Erik Hoffner Mongabay and Sex with Clown Fish EP 348

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

https://news.mongabay.com/podcast/2024/12/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

https://news.mongabay.com/2025/01/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

https://news.mongabay.com/2025/01/as-galapagos-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