Ep 25 🐙🌱 In part 2 of this chat with marine ecologist Zoe Doubleday, we start by asking - is eating a giant cuttlefish OK?! Among many things, Zoe’s contributed research to cephalopod fisheries and octopus aquaculture. She shares insights into the opportunities and challenges of humans starting to farm a new animal for the first time, and whether Australia’s new seafood labeling regulations are enough.

Zoe Doubleday is a marine ecologist who leads the Marine Research for Innovative Solutions Lab at Adelaide University (www.marislab.org). She’s an awarded ‘Superstar of STEM’, and is driven by a mission to ensure that science reaches communities, and is not hidden behind closed doors.

You can find Zoe on LinkedIn or @drzoedoubleday on Instagram. You can find and contact me @seaweed.people, follow Quiet Night on Substack or buy a hoodie here! Donate to support the making of this show at buymeacoffee.com/seaweedpeople.

Dr Zoe Doubleday - Instagram

Zoe’s Linked In

MARIS Lab (Marine Research for Innovative Solutions)

GoodFish Sustainable Seafood Guide

New seafood country-of-origin labelling in Australian hospitality venues (ABC)

New seafood labelling - info for restaurants and suppliers

False Bay's great white sharks have vanished, and the answer may be in our fish and chips (ABC) and the radio doco is here

This episode was recorded and produced on Gadigal & Bidjigal Country. I acknowledge and pay respects to First Nations people and their elders past and present as the ongoing custodians of Sea, Land and Sky Country.

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Ep 24 🫧🦑 Giant cuttlefish! This episode’s for you if you’re a cephalopod head , if you’re curious how octopus or cuttlefish can change textures or colours, and if you want to know what it’ll take to list the world’s largest aggregation as a species of concern. We talk about the disappearance of the Spencer Gulf giant cuttlefish aggregation this year, and some of the solutions and interventions that have been tested to mitigate the impacts of the algal bloom in South Australia.

Zoe Doubleday is a marine ecologist who leads the Marine Research for Innovative Solutions Lab at Adelaide University. She’s an awarded ‘Superstar of STEM’, and is driven by a mission to ensure that science reaches communities, and is not hidden behind closed doors.

You can find Zoe on LinkedIn or @drzoedoubleday on Instagram. You can find and contact me @seaweed.people, follow/support Quiet Night on Substack or **buy a hoodie here!** Donate to support the making of this show at buymeacoffee.com/seaweedpeople.

Some links to things we covered in this ep:

MARIS Lab (Marine Research for Innovative Solutions)

Giant Australian Cuttlefish

Great Southern Reef Foundation - Giant Cuttlefish updates September 2026

The Conversation - Australia is home to the only mass cuttlefish gathering in the world. This year these giants didn’t return

SA Governments algal bloom info page

The bubble curtain

This episode was recorded and produced on Gadigal & Bidjigal Country. I acknowledge and pay respects to First Nations people and their elders past and present as the ongoing custodians of Sea, Land and Sky Country.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

🧑‍🎨🪸 Welcome to Part 2 of our conversation for HoldFast! You’ll like this episode if you’re curious about the thermal tolerance of kelps and a vision of the near future from a molecular ecologist, if you want a first-hand account of managing a coral restoration project during a cyclone, if you find the word ‘hydrocommons’ alluring.

We hear from Leza Howie, Josephine Johnson and Nicole Steenhoff, three WA-based artists who have organised the HoldFast exhibition in Walyalup (Fremantle). We hear stories from Norway from Dr. Antoine Minne, dip into coral restoration with Research Director of WAMSI, Dr. Jenny Shaw, and - last but not least - we get an insight into asparagopsis (beyond the methane story!) from Tom Puddy, managing director of SeaStock.

Find out more about HoldFast here. Subscribe for updates or support the podcast at quietnightin.substack.com. You can find and contact me @seaweed.people. Donate to support the making of this show at buymeacoffee.com/seaweedpeople.

Links to guests and other stuff in this ep:

Leza Howie - artist

Nicole Steenhof - artist

Josephine Johnson - artist

Dr. Antoine Minne

Gecokelp Project - Kelp forests in the anthropocene

White Rock - short film by the Great Southern Reef Foundation

Bodies of Water, Human Rights and the Hydrocommons - Astrida Neimanis

SeaStock

SeaStock’s Asparagopsis red pigment

This episode was recorded and produced on Gadigal & Bidjigal Country. I acknowledge and pay respects to First Nations people and their elders past and present as the ongoing custodians of Sea, Land and Sky Country.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.