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 can we keep California's oceans safe for whales?

On the next Your Call, we'll talk about the struggles whales are facing on the Pacific coast. At least five dead whales have been sighted or have washed ashore on Northern California beaches since late July. Researchers say abundant swarms of krill and an increase in ship strikes are to blame. What can we do to reduce ship collisions and prevent more deaths? Join us live at 11 or send us an email to feedback@yourcallradio.org. How do we raise public consciousness about the threats to these remarkable mammals? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Jackie Dragon, director of the Marine Sanctuaries Program with Pacific Environment

John Calambokidis, marine mammal biologist with Cascadia Research

Jodi Frediani, wildlife photographer

Roger Bland, professor of physics at SF State and whale communications researcher

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Are we coming to the end of wild seafood?

On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with Paul Greenberg, author Four Fish: The Future of the Last Wild Food. We harvest 90 million tons of wild fish and shell fish each year. What does our over-fishing say about our relationship to the ocean and our planet's natural resources? Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. Do you eat fish? And how concerned are you about the effects of overfishing? It's Your Call, with Sandip Roy and you.

Guests:
Paul Greenberg, a writer for the New York Times, National Geographic, and GQ. In 2005, his New York Times Magazine article on Chilean Sea Bass received the International Association of Culinary Professionals' award for excellence in food journalism.

Tom Worthington, owner of Monterey Fish Market in San Francisco

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Has an Oscar saved Japan's dolphins?

On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with Louie Psihoyos, director of the Oscar-winning documentary, The Cove. The film reveals the annual slaughter of tens of thousands of dolphins in a small town in Japan, a reality that the Japanese government would rather stay hidden. But now the story is out to the world. We had Louie Psihoyos on the show back in August before the film took off. Has anything changed for the dolphins and our oceans since then? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guest:
Louie Psihoyos, director of The Cove

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Your Call 080509 Can a documentary save thousands of dolphins from slaughter?

Can a documentary save thousands of dolphins from slaughter? On the next Your Call we will speak with Louie Psihoyos, director of the new documentary The Cove. The Cove reveals an annual slaughter of tens of thousands of dolphins in a small town in Japan. It won the audience award at Sundance in 2009 and followed Psihoyos' extreme efforts to film a slaughter the Japanese government wanted to keep hidden. Send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org or join us live at 11 a.m. What are you doing to save dolphins? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guest:
Louie Psihoyos

Director of the Cove, winner of the audience award at Sundance in 2009. Psihoyos was a photographer for National Geographic for 18 years and his photography has appeared in Fortune, Smithsonian, The New York Times Magazine and Rock and Ice.

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Your Call 123108 What can we learn from the transformation of our oceans?

What can we learn by paying attention to the transformation of our oceans? On the next Your Call, we'll revisit a conversation we had with Sylvia Earle, one of the most accomplished oceanographers of our time. She's recognized by the Library of Congress as a living legend, called "Her Deepness" by the New Yorker, and is Explorer-in-Residence at the National Geographic Society. She's out with a new book called Ocean: An Illustrated Atlas. Join us on the next Your Call with Sandip Roy and you.

Guest: Sylvia Earle, world-renowned oceanographer

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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 111208 Her Deepness

What can humanity learn by paying attention to the transformation of our oceans? On the next Your Call we welcome Sylvia Earle, one of the most accomplished aquanauts of our time. Earle was recognized by the Library of Congress as a Living Legend, called "her deepness" by the New Yorker and is Explorer in Residence at the National Geographic Society. We'll talk with Earle about her new book, Ocean: An Illustrated Atlas. As climate change transforms our oceans, how can we transform our relationship with the oceans? It's Your Call with Sandip Roy and you.

Guests: Sylvia Earle in Washington DC
Oceanographer recognized by the Library of Congress as a Living Legend. Her new book is Ocean: An Illustrated Atlas.

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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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