The Catch Podcast
1) S5 Part I: A Legacy of Colonialism
Small pelagic fish off the West African coast are being scooped up in large numbers and ground into a product called fishmeal. This fishmeal is then used to support animal production and aquafarms aro...Show More
2) S6 Part V: Nature’s Protectors
On this episode of The Catch, Rux and the reporting team head to the island of Tetepare, in the western Solomons, to speak to park rangers tasked with protecting local marine life. Much of their work ...Show More
3) S6 Part IV: Hope for the High Seas
There’s good news for the ocean coming out of the United Nations’ annual meetings in New York: 60 countries ratified the High Seas Treaty, meaning the landmark agreement can now be implemented. The Ca...Show More
4) S6 Part III: Vanishing Islands
Host Ruxandra Guidi and the reporting team meet with descendants of climate refugees who arrived in the Solomon Islands in the 1960s from the atolls of Kiribati. This community, like many others acros...Show More
5) S6 Part II: Tuna Bonanza
Host Ruxandra Guidi and the reporting team head to the island of Munda to join local fisher Tingo Leve as he fishes for skipjack tuna. The team then hears about the landmark Nauru Agreement, whose sig...Show More
6) S6 Part I: Salt Water People
To kick off Season 6 of The Catch, host Ruxandra Guidi and her reporting team head to the Solomon Islands to hear about this Pacific island nation’s deep connection to the ocean. First, the team heads...Show More
7) A New Season of The Catch Coming Soon
The Catch returns for another season, this time on tuna. Climate change is pushing this lucrative fish out of the Pacific Islands' waters and host Ruxandra Guidi heads to the Solomon Islands to learn ...Show More
8) The Catch LIVE at UNOC3
The Catch hosted a live podcast taping at the United Nations’ third annual Ocean Conference in Nice, France. Moderator Philippe Cousteau was joined by former U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and U.N...Show More
9) S5 Part VI: Women at the Helm
According to the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization, roughly 4 in 10 people working in small-scale fisheries are women. Half are fishers themselves, and half process the fish, like Cary Badgie, fr...Show More
10) S5 Part V: Migration by Land and by Sea
In a region characterized by high unemployment, food insecurity, and depleted fish stocks, many fishers are forced to migrate. The fishmeal plants dotting the coast have only exacerbated these existin...Show More