Radio Marinara - 13 September 2020

Fam and our Baykeeper Neil Blake talk about new legislation in South Australia that bans single use plastics, making SA the first state in Australia to do so. SA for the win! Also some news about growing evidence about the impact of single use face masks on our marine wildlife, and Neil will lead a tribute to Tony Flude, the wonderful secretary from Port Phillip Ecocentre and Westgate Park, who dedicated 20 years of his life to restoring Port Phillip wetlands and sadly passed away this week. We’ll catch up with James Rule from Museums Victoria and Monash University about a game-changing paper he’s just published in which he and his co-authors scientifically describe nine ancient seal fossils for the first time collected over 90-odd years by generations of scientists and citizens at Beaumaris. The implications are highly significant for what the world knows about seal evolution, and we can’t wait to catch up with James again to find out more. And in this month’s Cabin Boy Diaries, Brett tips his frayed sailor’s cap to windsurfers, covering the history of windsurfing, and where to do it now.