What's happening to the food chain in the ocean?

On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation about why we should be concerned about our ocean's food supply. How are issues like the health of top predators and overfishing affecting the ocean? A bill that would ban the practice of shark-finning is being considered in Sacramento. How will we be affected by changes to the ecosystem? Join us at 10 or email feedback@yourcallradio.org. What do you want to know about threats to life in the ocean? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Salvador Jorgensen, marine ecologist with the Monterey Bay Aquarium

Captain Paul Watson, founder of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society

David McGuire, director of Sea Stewards

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How are native people fighting to protect their land and way of life?

On the next Your Call, we'll speak with members of the Winnemem Wintu Tribe from Northern California about their efforts to restore salmon to their spawning grounds on the McCloud River. "Our fight to return the salmon," they say, "is no less than a fight to save our Tribe." How does the health of an ecosystem affect the health of a people? Join us live at 10 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. How are other indigenous people fighting back against the destruction of their home and culture? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar, and you.

Guests:
Caleen Sisk-Franco, chief and spiritual leader of the Winnemem Wintu Tribe

Toby McLeod, director of In the Light of Reverence for the Sacred Land Film Project

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What is the future of wild seafood?

On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with Paul Greenberg, author of Four Fish: The Future of the Last Wild Food. A few decades ago, most of the seafood we ate was wild. But we may be the last generation to enjoy wild fish, if we don't change our practices. How can we help restore fish populations through our food choices? Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. What factors do you consider when you buy fish? It's Your Call, with Sandip Roy and you.

Guest:
Paul Greenberg, author of Four Fish: The Future of the Last Wild Food

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What will It Take to Save California's Salmon?

Why should you care about saving California's salmon? For the past two years, there's been no salmon-fishing season at all -- and a third year hangs in the balance. On the next Your Call, we'll talk about the plight of salmon. The dramatic decline in salmon population has cost thousands of jobs. And it indicates bigger problems with how California manages its water. But what would it take to restore a sustainable salmon fishery on the California coast?

Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. What's your role, whether you eat salmon or not? It's Your Call, with Sandip Roy and you.

Guests:
Christina Swanson--Executive Director and Chief Scientist for The Bay Institute

Caleen Sisk-Franco--Chief of the Winnemem Wintu tribe of Northern California

Larry Collins--Commercial fisherman, president of the Crab Boat Owners Association of San Francisco, and a founding member of Salmon Water Now

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Your Call 120808 Global Commons -- Whales & Sharks

How is the environment for whales and shark changing? On the next Your Call, we continue our series on the global commons, with a discussion about the state of whales and sharks. According to the United Nations about ten million sharks are killed each year for their valuable fins. Whales are also facing ever-increasing dangers despite the 20-year ban on commercial whaling. So what's been done to save these sacred and precious creatures? And can we save them? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests: David McGuire, conservation filmmaker, a field associate of the California Academy of Sciences and a shark advocate.

Douglas Long, Chief Curator, Natural Sciences at Oakland Museum of California. formerly chair of the Department of Ornithology and Mammalogy at the California Academy of Sciences, he is currently teaches in the Department of Biology at Saint Mary's College in Moraga.

Stan Minasian, a naturalist with the Oceanic Society.

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Your Call 051508 The Emptying Oceans

Can you still eat seafood for dinner and sleep well at night? On the next Your Call we speak with Taras Grescoe, author of Bottomfeeder: How to Eat Ethically in a World of Vanishing Seafood. Grescoe, a travel writer, has sampled the best the world has to offer: bouillabaisse in Marseille, sushi in Tokyo. But he found that his was one mouth among way too many and his book is a wide-ranging survey of failing global fish stocks. Are calamari, oysters and swordfish off the menu forever? Can 6 billion people live well and healthy only at the expense of the seas? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guest:
Taras Grescoe in San Francisco

Author of Bottomfeeder: How to Eat Ethically in a World of Vanishing Seafood. Taras is a frequent contributor to the New York Times, the Independent, and National Geographic Traveler.

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