#27 - ATBS - OCEARCH 2nd Catch - With Chris Fischer

If you like what we do please consider supporting us on Patreon!https://www.patreon.com/atbsthepodcastThis week we catch up with Chris Fischer from OCEARCH. He has just returned from a voyage to Nova Scotia where they discovered a "Matriarch" of the ocean dubbed Nukumi.Photo Credit: Chris RossProgram Notes:Topics, Highlights and time stamps0:00 - 4:00 Catching up, welcome home Chris!4:30 - 7:00 Chris reflects on the many years, 39 expeditions, the experiences and wisdom gained over the years.7:30 - 11:30 Expedition Nova Scotia, Navigating around the many storms (18 days), scouting locations for future expeditions, Prince Edward Island 11:30 - 14:30 Moving through the Canso Canal toward the Canso Peninsula then on to the very productive West Ironbound Island area. 15:00 - 16:30 Why so many White Sharks in that particular area? Mysterious. 17:30 - 21:00 Chris explains how a day on the ship unfolds, the guys fishing, the crew, the scientists. Then it turns on, the sharks are there, they don’t eat everything they are discerning.21:00 - 29:30 The ocean and humans. Calculating risk. 29:30 - 33:00 Jeff shares his early days in Park City and “Tuesday Night Town Jump Series”, individual accountability.33:45 - 47:30 Chris gives his detailed and heart felt description on the beautiful White Shark Nukumi (The old wise one). Nurturing the conversation about the oceans, the information, the future.48:00 - 51:00 Looking to the future, the science, conservation. Mapping and planning expeditions for 2021.51:00 - 58:00 Ocearch is an ocean abundance program, not a shark program.https://www.ocearch.org/tracker/?listReferences and resourcesJeff Glor - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_GlorCaptain Bret - Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Edward_IslandThe Canso Canal - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canso_CanalWest Ironbound Island - http://www.tageo.com/index-e-ca-v-07-d-m812682.htmGarrett Kopp - ATBS episodes #11 & #14 - https://birchboys.com/Jan Peterson - https://www.parkrecord.com/news/park-city/to-jan-peterson-everyone-was-family/ABC’s Wide World of Sports intro 1976 - https://youtu.be/tiR7G8-HH-8Nukumi - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuhwFiZlLPkApex predator - Wolves in Yellowstone - https://www.nps.gov/yell/learn/nature/wolf-restoration.htmOcearch links:Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/ocearch/?hl=enFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/OCEARCH/Twitter - https://twitter.com/OCEARCH?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5EauthorYoutube - https://www.youtube.com/user/OCEARCH