Erik is an editor for the huge environmental news site Mongabay, which has 5 bureaus around the world reporting in 6 languages daily.
He also produces their podcasts, available in English, Spanish and now French too.
The main show, the Mongabay Newscast, won an award for coverage of how Indigenous communities’ traditional ecological knowledge is important to conservation, as important as western science, and how these 2 are being used together more and more, https://news.mongabay.com/podcast/national-geographic-photographer-kiliii-yuyan-on-why-indigenous-peoples-are-the-best-conservationists/
Last month we published an episode that won’t win an award because it’s not a sexy topic like that, but it is fishy:
‘These stories deserve to be told’: Shining a light on secretive fisheries managers
There are 17 regional fisheries management organizations (RFMOs) responsible for regulating the fishing of various commercially valuable species across vast swaths of the ocean. Their members meet regularly, but their decisions aren’t often well-publicized, due to a lack of journalists in attendance.
But Mongabay reporters show up, even though they wish we didn’t: “Our presence at these meetings is not really welcomed, and that’s a problem,” a staff writer said
STRIPED BASS DISCUSSION - 10 -15 Minutes
NEWS
RED HERRING - Trump says Delta Smelt to blame for LA Water Issues https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250124-red-herring-why-trump-wrongly-blames-a-fish-for-la-wildfires
Salmon farms under fire on U.S. East Coast after being shuttered on West Coast
And on a more personal note, I was in the Galapagos reporting for Mongabay and the health of the fish and wildlife populations was incredible, big marine protected area surrounding all the islands, I saw so many big beautiful fish during our dives – fishing is allowed only with a guide and it’s all catch and release, some locals are allowed to fish for a few species
As Gálapagos ecotourism booms, top naturalist guide urges sustainability
FISH SEX
THIS FISH CAN MATE 25 Times Per Day https://www.newsweek.com/fish-sex-mating-sperm-evolution-behavior-animals-2011660
Clown Fish Sex
https://news.scubatravel.co.uk/male-to-female-sex-change-clown-fish-brain.html