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NSP:149 Eric Anderson | Urchin Barrens, Great White Sharks and Dirty Water

Feb 19, 2021

Interview with Eric Anderson

Mad chat with Eric Anderson focusing on important spearfishing issues in Central California and further afield. Urchin Barrens feature as well as the benefits of having a long term buddy, Great White Sharks, tourniquets, central California diving and species, sketchy shore dives and kelp forests and more. This one was a long time coming and it was an honour to finally have a long chat with Eric. Enjoy!

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Important Times

04:00 Eric Anderson Introduction and Background

07:00 Sheep Head Fish Facts

09:00 Abalone | The Gateway Drug to the Spearfishing World

12:45 Urchin Barren Discussion

  • What is an Urchin Barren?
  • How does an abundance of Sea Urchins effect kelp?
  • What factors have been identified as potential causes? warming ocean climate, sea urchin abundance triggers overgrazing, decrease in predation (bony reef fish that predate on them, Lobster numbers, 
  • Where does this phenomena occur? NE Pacific in the 1960–1970s, Norwegian coast in the 1970s, NW Atlantic in the 1970–1980s [2], and Tasmania in the 2000s
  • What are the wider implications for the areas affected?

23:50 Aiden Brown triggered a story about filleting fish on the boat

26:15 How Eric’s Spearfishing Life Began

30:00 Benefits of having a Longterm Spearfishing Buddy

38:40 Tourniquets and Sharks | Check out this Combat Action Tourniquet

44:50 Night Diving and Shit Viz

53:30 Aiden asks about the importance of diving with a float line

58:20 Shore Diving vs Boat Diving

62:30 Shark Shield Discussion

67:00 Scary Moment | Lessons Learned

69:30 Old Man Blue Spearfishing Equipment

77:00 Funniest Moment out spearing

81:00 Spearo Q&A

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