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  • Chefs on Seafood, Changing Menus & Trust - A Special Report from Seafood Expo North America 2018

    This is a special episode of Beyond Data reporting on the 2018 Seafood Expo North America. In this episode, we focus on chefs as change agents in the seafood industry. Forward-thinking chefs who are thought leaders in the seafood space, are always trying to figure out how to create demand for lesser-known species that are both delicious and seasonably abundant. Can these chefs drive industry change, and if so, how? Chef Evan Mallett moderates a panel on this topic with top New England chefs and a supplier.

    Panal Participants

    Evan Mallett, Black Trumpet and Ondine Oyster & Wine Bar

    Jeremy Sewall, Island Creek Oyster Bar and Row 34

    Derek Wagner, Nicks on Broadway

    Jared Auerbach, Red's Best

    Justin Boevers, Fish Choice

    Part I [00:00] Intro

    Seafood Expo North America

    Part II [02:15] The Discussion

    Top Seafood Species

    FishPeople Seafood

    "What about the 'S' Word?" by Ret Talbot

    This was a 75-minute panel discussion, so today's 20-minute episode is just a small slice of what was discussed. Stay tuned for more from this session in future episodes.

    Thanks

    Thanks to the Seafood Expo North America and everyone who attended the event this year. Music this episode by Andy Cohen and sound effects by lonemonk at freesound.org. Cheers as always to Clay Gloves at the Fish Nerds Podcast for doing all you do.

    If you’d like to ask a question or make a comment about today’s show, call into the Beyond Data voicemail line at 207-370-1575 and leave a message. You can also join the conversation at Facebook.com/BeyondDataPodcast or on Twitter at @RetTalbot.

    Beyond Data is reported, narrated and produced by me, Ret Talbot, in Rockland, Maine. If you enjoyed today’s podcast, please tell a friend about it, and consider subscribing on Apple Podcasts where you can also help out the show by rating it and giving us a review. That really does make a difference.

    Thanks!

  • Resiliency in the Lobster Fishery, Mistaken Case of Science vs. Fishing Industry & Right Whale Entanglements

    This is a special episode of Beyond Data reporting on the 2018 Maine Fishermen's Forum. In this episode, we hear from Maine Department of Marine Resources (DMR) Commissioner Patrick Keliher on resiliency in the State's most valuable fishery. We also explore a case of mistaken science versus fishing industry, and we touch on the single biggest issue facing Maine's working waterfronts over the next few years: right whale entanglements.

    Part I [00:00] Intro

    Voices from the Maine Fishermen's Forum

    Overview of the Podcast (for new listeners)

    Maine Fishermen's Forum

    Seafood Expo North America

    PART II [00:03:00] The Forum

    Overview of Maine Fishermen's Forum

    Gerry Cushman, Fisherman from Port Clyde, Maine

    PART III [00:06:04] A Pretty Good Place - Lobster Stock Resiliency

    DMR Commissioner Patrick Keliher Putting 2017 Lobster Landings into Context

    2017 Lobster Landings & Value (DMR Reporting)

    110,819,760 Pounds of Lobster Landed

    2017 Lobster Landings Valued at $433,789,855

    Bangor Daily News Article

    Portland Press Herald Article

    Seafood News Article

    Ellsworth American Article

    Ellsworth American Article

    Gulf of Maine Research Institute (GMRI)

    "GMRI Paper" "Climate vulnerability and resilience in the most valuable North American fishery"

    Kathleen Reardon, DMR

    DMR Lobster Surveys

    Lobster Settlement Surveys

    Robert Russell, DMR

    Fewer Lobsters; not Less Lobsters (Sorry!)

    Maine Lobster Fishery Management

    V-Notching

    Dr. Andrew Pershing, GMRI

    PART IV [00:21:10] Mistaken Case of Science Vs. Fishing Industry

    Captain John Peabody

    Commercial Fisheries Research Foundation (CFRF)

    Norbert Stamps, Atlantic Offshore Lobstermen's Association

    PART V [00:27:00] Right Whale Entanglements

    Dr. Mark Baumgartner, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute

    Amy Knowlton, New England Aquarium

    Endangered Species Act

    Marine Mammal Protection Act

    Want to weigh in on the issue of right whale entanglements for episode of 8 of the Beyond Data Podcast scheduled for June 2018? Leave a message at 207-370-1575.

    Thanks

    Thanks to the Maine Fishermen's Forum and everyone who attended. Music this episode by Andy Cohen. Cheers to Clay Gloves at the Fish Nerds Podcast for doing all you do.

    If you’d like to ask a question or make a comment about today’s show, call into the Beyond Data voicemail line at 207-370-1575 and leave a message. You can also join the conversation at Facebook.com/BeyondDataPodcast or on Twitter at @RetTalbot.

    Beyond Data is reported, narrated and produced by me, Ret Talbot, in Rockland, Maine. If you enjoyed today’s podcast, please tell a friend about it, and consider subscribing on Apple Podcasts where you can also help out the show by rating it and giving us a review. That really does make a difference.

    Thanks!

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  • Episode 3 - Beloved Invader

    The non-native brown trout, which the data show places a burden on imperiled native fishes, is revered in the United States, while other non-natives are demonized. In the next episode of the Beyond Data Podcast, we take a deep dive into the interplay between non-native and native fishes--especially salmonids. We'll look at how our perceptions toward introduced species are shaped, and we'll ask the question of whether or not there is a place for non-native species in ecosystems we consider healthy.

    Guests

    (in order of appearance)

    Dr. Julie Lockwood, Professor in the Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources at Rutgers University

    Dr. David West, Science Advisor, Freshwater at New Zealand Department of Conservation

    Kirk Deeter, Vice President of Trout Media at Trout Unlimited

    Kim Todd, Sparrow Author of Tinkering with Eden and Sparrow

    Dr. Nathaniel Hitt, Research Fish Biologist at USGS Leetown Science Center

    Michael Steinberg, Author of Forthcoming A Brook Trout Pilgrimage and Associate Professor at The University of Alabama

    Francis Brautigam, Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife

    Catherine Schmitt, Author of The President's Salmon and Communications Director at Maine Sea Grant

    Derek Young, Professional Fly Fishing Guide, Owner of Emerging Rivers Guide Services and Founder of Headwaters Matter

    Links

    PART I [00:00] Non-Native Cover Fish

    Trout Unlimited's Trout Magazine

    PART II [4:00] Nuanced Definition

    Dr. Julie Lockwood's Invasion Ecology, 2nd Edition

    "Conserving Honey Bees Does Not Help Wildlife" in Science, January 2018

    "How Invasive Feral Pigs Impact the Hawaiian Islands" from Island Conservation

    "Why are lionfish a growing problem in the Atlantic Ocean?" from NOAA Ocean Facts

    PART III [7:50] Earth's Virgin Utopia

    Silver Pine Lodge

    New Zealand Department of Conservation

    "Rotenone treatment has a short-term effect on New Zealand stream macroinvertebrate communities" in New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

    "Reintroduction of a native galaxiid (galaxias fasciatus) following piscicide treatment in two streams: response and recovery of the fish population" from Ecology of Freshwater Fish

    Zealandia Sanctuary

    Galaxiid Conservation Status

    "Silently Spreading Death" from Fish & Game New Zealand is linked as a PDF

    PART IV [21:55] The Brown Trout Comes to America

    "Tinkering with Eden" by Kim Todd

    PART V [27:00] What the Data Show

    "USGS Study Reveals Interactive Effects of Climate Change, Invasive Species on Native Fish"

    "Brook trout use of thermal refugia and foraging habitat influenced by brown trout" in Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

    Fausch's "Competition Between Brook Trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) and Brown Trout (Salmo trutta) for Positions in a Michigan Stream" in Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

    "Temperature‐dependent shifts in phenology contribute to the success of exotic species with climate change" in the American Journal of Botany

    "How Climate Change is Helping Invasive Species Take Over" in Smithsonian Magazine

    PART VI [31:50] Maine's Embattled Coldwater Fishes

    Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife

    IFW Angler Survey

    PART VII [42:45] Immigrant Fish & Dark Rhetoric

    "Why Do I Love Brown Trout So Much?" by Kirk Deeter

    David Theodoropoulos on Invasion Biology at the Public Interest Environmental Law Conference

    "What is the Brown Tree Snake" from USGS FAQs

    "Conserving Honey Bees Does Not Help Wildlife" in Science, January 2018

    "Why are lionfish a growing problem in the Atlantic Ocean?" from NOAA Ocean Facts

    PART VIII [50:05] Angler Evolution & A Conservation Ethic

    The President's Salmon

    Penobscot River Restoration Project

    Trout Unlimited

    Native Fish Coalition

    Eastern Brook Trout Joint Venture

    Western Native Trout Initiative

    American Sportfishing Association

    Headwaters Matter

    Thanks

    In addition to my guests today, special thanks to Loren McClenachan of Colby College and Molly Payne Wynne from The Nature Conservancy. Music by Andy Cohen and Fabrika Music at HookSounds. Sound effects by acclivity at freesound.org. A big shout out to Jess from the Murder Road Trip Podcast for New Zealand voice talent. Cheers to Clay Gloves at the Fish Nerds Podcast for doing all you do.

    If you’d like to ask a question or make a comment about today’s show, call into the Beyond Data voicemail line at 207-370-1575 and leave a message. We’ll do our best to respond in the next Follow-Up Friday episode, and you’ll also be entered for a chance to win an Angler’s Pint of your choice! Learn more at Facebook.com/BeyondDataPodcast.

    Beyond Data is reported, narrated and produced by me, Ret Talbot, in Rockland, Maine. If you enjoyed today’s podcast, please tell a friend about it, and consider subscribing on Apple Podcasts where you can also help out the show by rating it and giving us a review. That really does make a difference.

    Thanks!

  • Episode 3 Teaser - Native vs. Non-Native Fishes

    The non-native brown trout, which the data show places a burden on imperiled native fishes, is revered in the United States, while other non-natives are demonized. In the next episode of the Beyond Data Podcast, we take a deep dive into the interplay between non-native and native fishes--especially salmonids. We'll look at how our perceptions toward introduced species are shaped, and we'll ask the question of whether or not there is a place for non-native species in ecosystems we consider healthy.

    Voices from This Teaser

    (in order of appearance)

    "Invasive Species Spreading Across America" CBS's Mark Strassmann reports

    David Theodoropoulos, author of Invasion Biology: Critique of a Pseudoscience

    Professor Daniel Simberloff, Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville

    Kirk Deeter, Vice President of Trout Media at Trout Unlimited

    Michael Steinberg, Associate Professor, New College and Geography at The University of Alabama and author of a forthcoming book on brook trout

    Catherine Schmitt, Author of The President's Salmon and Communications Director at Maine Sea Grant at the University of Maine

    Julie Lockwood, Professor in the Department of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources at Rutgers University

    Music: "Xi" by Andy G. Cohen Artwork by Karen Talbot
  • Episode 2 - Meal Kits and Sustainable Seafood

    Meal kit delivery services like Blue Apron and Sun Basket are uniquely positioned to radically change Americans’ relationship to seafood. These services remove many of the barriers to cooking fish at home by providing step-by-step directions and precisely measured ingredients—ingredients they frequently claim are sustainable. But are there data to support those sustainability claims when it comes to seafood? In this episode of Beyond Data, my guests and I take a deep dive into meal kit delivery services and sustainable seafood.

    Guests

    (in order of appearance)

    Ken Plasse, CEO of FishPeople Seafood

    Michael Tlusty, Associate Professor, Sustainability and Food Solutions, School for the Environment at University of Massachusetts at Boston

    Monica Jain, Executive Director of Fish 2.0

    Karen Talbot, Scientific Illustrator

    Max Miller, Chef at The Landings Restaurant

    Gavin Gibbon, VP Communications at National Fisheries Institute

    Tim Fitzgerald, Director of Impact Division of Environmental Defense Fund's Fishery Solutions Center

    Ryan Bigelow, Program Engagement Manager at Seafood Watch

    Justine Kelly, Co-Founder and Executive Chef at Sun Basket

    Links

    PART 1 [00:00]

    Blue Apron

    FishPeople Seafood

    FishPeople Pacific Cod Traceability Page

    Marine Stewardship Council

    Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch

    NOAA Office of Science and Technology

    Chef Rick Moonen on ShareCare

    Seafood Expo North America

    Sun Basket

    Fish 2.0

    PART II [11:36]

    University of Massachusetts at Boston School for the Environment

    New England Aquarium

    PART III [20:21]

    Karen Talbot Art

    Meal Kits and Waste

    Anchored Inn

    Australis

    Barramundi - Truly a Better Fish

    Celebrating Previously Frozen Farmed Fish

    PART IV [30:35]

    The Landings Restaurant

    Chef Massimo Bottura on Why the Future of Food is in Our Trash

    Max Cooks an Oyster Toadfish [begins ~13:49 in EP1]

    PART V [41:47]

    National Fisheries Institute

    GSSI

    Environmental Defense Fund - Tim Fitzgerald

    Seafood Watch - Ryan Bigelow

    Seafood Watch Partners

    Sun Basket - Chef Justine Kelly

    Tennessee State University Study

    Oceana Seafood Fraud Report

    Images from This Week's Episode

    Chef Max Miller Getting Ready to Cook the Blue Apron Barramundi

    The FishPeople Branded Pacific Cod that Arrived in the Sun Basket Meal Kit with a Traceability Code

    The Farmed Australis Barramundi that Arrived in Our Blue Apron Kit and Labeled under the Anchored Inn Brand (Anchored Inn is a trademark of Blue Apron)

    Labeling on the Back of the Farmed Barramundi Package from Blue Apron

    Blue Apron Includes the Seafood Watch Wordmark on Its Seafood Packaging

    Tennessee State University Study Results on Mislabeling of Seafood Products Purchased Online

    Thanks

    Dr. Sandria Godwin R.D., LDN Professor of Food Safety and Nutrition Department of Human Sciences College of Agriculture at Tennessee State University

    Vanessa Miller

    SpliceSound for the Sad Trumpet

    Clay Groves, The Fish Nerds Podcast

    The Angler's Pint

    Music: "Xi" by Andy G. Cohen

    If you’d like to ask a question or make a comment about today’s show, email me at [email protected], leave a voicemail at 207-370-1575, send a Tweet to @rettalbot, or comment on the show’s Facebook page, which is Facebook.com/beyonddatapodcast. We’ll follow-up on your comments and questions in next Friday’s Follow-Up Friday podcast. If you enjoyed today’s episode, please consider subscribing on iTunes, where you can also rate the podcast and post a review—that really does make a difference.

  • The second episode of the Beyond Data Podcast airing later this month takes a deep dive into meal kit delivery services and how they are shaping the sustainable seafood space.

    The data show that eating more seafood is good for you, especially when cooked at home, but Americans often hesitate to buy it outside of a restaurant setting. In part, that’s because cooking fish at home can be daunting, but there are also plenty of other reasons why people may avoid the seafood counter.

    A growing number of Americans want to know where their food originates for reasons ranging from health to socio-economic and environmental sustainability. When it comes to seafood, a lack of transparency makes it difficult to source seafood with confidence.

    Meal kit delivery services like Blue Apron, Hello Fresh and Sun Basket are uniquely positioned to radically change Americans’ relationship to seafood. These services remove many of the barriers to cooking fish at home by providing step-by-step directions and precisely measured ingredients—ingredients that they frequently claim are sustainable.

    The leading meal kit delivery services talk a lot about how they are reinventing what they see as a broken food system in America. In the case of seafood, they frequently talk about how the meal kit can connect consumers with domestic, sustainably harvested and farmed fish and shellfish, which is a big deal considering that upwards of 90% of the seafood Americans consume is imported from countries lacking both the sustainability and food safety regulations to which US fisheries and farms adhere.

    While this certainly sounds good on the surface, some industry observers wonder if it’s too good to be true, especially given the competitive nature of the space and some of the challenges meal kit delivery services are encountering. Are there data to back-up the sustainability claims made by these companies—claims that are often front and center in marketing materials aimed at sustainably-minded consumers, who increasingly make up a larger percentage of their target audience? What does it mean when Blue Apron claims “100% sustainable seafood” or when Hello Fresh uses the word “sustainable” more than 600 times on its website?

    I’m Ret Talbot, inviting you to join my guests and me when we go beyond the data and take a deep dive into meal kit delivery services and sustainable seafood in the next episode of the Beyond Data Podcast coming this Thursday to Apple podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. I hope you’ll join us, and, if you missed Episode 1 on New York’s oyster toadfish fishery, this would be a great time to give it a listen and subscribe so every episode of the Beyond Data Podcast will be delivered to you automatically.

    Voices from This Episode

    PBS NewsHour's Judy Woodruff [0:01]

    WKBN27's Amanda Smith [0:07]

    Sun Basket's Chef Justine Kelly [0:11]

    Inside Edition's Deborah Norville [0:30]

    CBS News contributor Katie Lee [0:36]

    Chef Alexander Papetsas of New York City's Kellari Taverna on Inside Edition [0:43]

    CBS News correspondent John Blackstone [0:49]

    Annie Kelly of The Guardian [0:54]

    Blue Apron Advertisement [1:35]

    FishPeople Seafood's Ken Plasse [2:54]

    Music: "Xi" by Andy G. Cohen

  • Follow-Up Friday for Episode 1 - Toadfish

    Follow-Up Friday episodes follow the monthly deep dive episodes by about 10 days and provide an opportunity to address listener comments and questions. This week I'm joined by scientific illustrator Karen Talbot, as we discuss your comments and questions about the oyster toadfish. Comments and questions can be emailed to [email protected], tweeted to @RetTalbot, posted on the Beyond Data Podcast Facebook page, or left as a voicemail at 207-370-1575. Below are some links and content mentioned in the 27 October episode of Follow-Up Friday.

    Sorry about the quality of the audio this week - new microphones and tough setting. I'll do better!

    Links

    Karen Talbot Art

    Angler's Pint

    The Memory of Fish Film

    Chef's Collaborative

    Farnsworth Art Museum

    Maine Bumble Bee Atlas

    Banggai Cardinalfish Book by Ret

    David Kimbro at Northeastern

    Another Oyster Toadfish Recording

    Outer Banks Sentinel Article on O'Neals Sea Harvest

    More Information on the Swipe Card from Maine DNR

    Ret's Fish Site Article on Abundant, Underutilized and (often) Data Deficient Fisheries

    Guests

    Karen Talbot, Scientific Illustrator

    Images

    The Beyond Data Podcast is brought to you by the Angler's Pint with these two new designs released in September!

    Trash Fish Art Installation at the Farnsworth Art Museum

    Peconic Bay Long Island Trawl Survey Sites

    NMFS Oyster Toadfish Commercial Landings Data by Pounds, Year and State - The two graphs are the same data, but the broken lines in the second graph indicate years with no data/confidential data.

    Thanks

    Karen Talbot

    Moby

    Maine Beer Company

    Oscar Blues Brewery

    The Angler's Pint

    Music by Andy G. Cohen

    If you’d like to ask a question or make a comment about today’s show, email me at [email protected], leave a voicemail at 207-370-1575, send a Tweet to @rettalbot, or comment on the show’s Facebook page, which is Facebook.com/beyonddatapodcast. We’ll follow-up on your comments and questions in next Friday’s Follow-Up Friday podcast. If you enjoyed today’s episode, please consider subscribing on iTunes, where you can also rate the podcast and post a review—that really does make a difference.

  • Episode 1 - Toadfish: A Cautionary Tale

    In the 1990s, commercial landings of a data deficient, unregulated fish in New York waters increased by more than 300 percent in a single year without fisheries managers taking note and assessing the sustainability of the fishery or its effects on other fisheries. How did this happen, and could it happen again in the face of climate change, the culinary trash fish movement and developing international markets? Host Ret Talbot and his guests go beyond the data in a quest to answer these and other questions.

    Links

    IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

    "Toward Reassessing Data-Deficient Species"

    "Why IUCN Should Replace “Data Deficient” Conservation Status with a Precautionary “Assume Threatened” Status"

    New York's Wildlife Action Plan

    Atlantic Coastal Cooperative Statistics Program (ACCSP)

    NOAA Fisheries Commercial Landings Data

    Guests

    William Darwall, IUCN

    Richard Federico, Long Island Bayman

    Ed Warner, Long Island Bayman

    Max Miller, The Landings Restaurant

    Carl LoBue, The Nature Conservancy

    Wayne Grothe, The Nature Conservancy

    Julie Defilippi Simpson, Atlantic Coastal Cooperative Statistics Program

    David Kimbro, Northeastern University

    John Maniscalco, NY Department of Environmental Conservation

    Images

    Long Island Oyster Toadfish by Adam Starke

    Monkfish - NOAA's Fisheries Collection; Collection of Brandi Noble

    Chef Max Miller Comes Face to Face with His First Oyster Toadfish

    Oyster Toadfish (Opsanus tau)

    Chef Max Miller Sizing Up His First Oyster Toadfish

    Chef Max Miller's Lobster Bushi

    Chef Max Miller's Toadfish Preparation

    NY DEC Peconic Bay Trawl Survey Data for Oyster Toadfish

    Thanks

    Jake Kritzer, Environmental Defense Fund

    Avery Federico

    Clay Groves, The Fish Nerds Podcast

    Music by Andy G. Cohen

    If you’d like to ask a question or make a comment about today’s show, email me at [email protected], leave a voicemail at 207-370-1575, send a Tweet to @rettalbot, or comment on the show’s Facebook page, which is Facebook.com/beyonddatapodcast. We’ll follow-up on your comments and questions in next Friday’s Follow-Up Friday podcast. If you enjoyed today’s episode, please consider subscribing on iTunes, where you can also rate the podcast and post a review—that really does make a difference.

  • The first episode of the Beyond Data Podcast airing later this month takes a deep dive into New York's oyster toadfish fishery. The data may be few, but the two-decades old cautionary tale told by those who experienced it is perhaps more relevant now than ever.

    Music by Andy G. Cohen

    Guests (in order of appearance): Richard Federico, Wayne Grothe & Carl Lobue

    Episode thumbnail image courtesy of Adam Starke

    Special thanks to Avery Federico

  • Coming in October, award-winning freelance journalist and science writer Ret Talbot will go beyond the data in a new podcast developed for a data deficient world full of alternative facts. Stay tuned for more information about the official launch date and a preview of upcoming episodes.

    Music by Andy G. Cohen and additional sound support from copyc4t and sonsdebarcelona

    Audio Clips: Kellyanne Conway on NBC's Meet the Press, Pat Gray on The Blaze's Pat & Stu Show, Rep. Jason Chaffetz on CNN, and John Coleman on Fox's The Kelly File

    A big thank you to the Angler's Pint for supporting this podcast.