Ep. 448 - Why Fish Need Plants
In Defense of Plants Podcast
In Defense of Plants
4.8 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 19 November 2023
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
It may not seem obvious at first, but fish need plants too! From aquatic to terrestrial, plants provide fish places to breed, places to eat, and places to hide. Plants filter water and prevent erosion, ensuring fish have suitable habitat. Plants also feed the organisms that fish love to eat. Simply put, you can't protect fish without protecting and restoring native plant communities. No one knows this better than the folks over at Conversation Fisheries. Join me and Conservation Biologist Evan Poellinger as we explore the many ways plants make their mission possible. This episode was produced in part by Sung, NOK, Stephen, Heidi, Kristin, Luke, Sea, Shannon, Thomas, Will, Jamie, Waverly, Brent, Tanner, Rick, Kazys, Dorothy, Katherine, Emily, Theo, Nichole, Paul, Karen, Randi, Caelan, Tom, Don, Susan, Corbin, Keena, Robin, Peter, Whitney, Kenned, Margaret, Daniel, Karen, David, Earl, Jocelyn, Gary, Krysta, Elizabeth, Southern California Carnivorous Plant Enthusiasts, Pattypollinators, Peter, Judson, Ella, Alex, Dan, Pamela, Peter, Andrea, Nathan, Karyn, Michelle, Jillian, Chellie, Linda, Laura, Miz Holly, Christie, Carlos, Paleo Fern, Levi, Sylvia, Lanny, Ben, Lily, Craig, Sarah, Lor, Monika, Brandon, Jeremy, Suzanne, Kristina, Christine, Silas, Michael, Aristia, Felicidad, Lauren, Danielle, Allie, Jeffrey, Amanda, Tommy, Marcel, C Leigh, Karma, Shelby, Christopher, Alvin, Arek, Chellie, Dani, Paul, Dani, Tara, Elly, Colleen, Natalie, Nathan, Ario, Laura, Cari, Margaret, Mary, Connor, Nathan, Jan, Jerome, Brian, Azomonas, Ellie, University Greens, Joseph, Melody, Patricia, Matthew, Garrett, John, Ashley, Cathrine, Melvin, OrangeJulian, Porter, Jules, Griff, Joan, Megan, Marabeth, Les, Ali, Southside Plants, Keiko, Robert, Bryce, Wilma, Amanda, Helen, Mikey, Michelle, German, Joerg, Cathy, Tate, Steve, Kae, Carole, Mr. Keith Santner, Lynn, Aaron, Sara, Kenned, Brett, Jocelyn, Ethan, Sheryl, Runaway Goldfish, Ryan, Chris, Alana, Rachel, Joanna, Lori, Paul, Griff, Matthew, Bobby, Vaibhav, Steven, Joseph, Brandon, Liam, Hall, Jared, Brandon, Christina, Carly, Kazys, Stephen, Katherine, Mohsin Kazmi Takes Pictures, Manny, doeg, Daniel, Tim, Philip, Tim, Lisa, Brodie, Bendix, Irene, holly, Sara, and Margie.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello everyone and welcome to the Indefensive Plants podcast the official |
| 0:03.2 | podcast of Indefensive Plants.com what's up this is your host Matt welcome to the |
| 0:07.2 | show how is everyone doing this week I hope you brought your snorkeling |
| 0:10.9 | gear because today we are talking about fish. I know this is a |
| 0:15.1 | plant podcast but I can't harp on the idea that plants are habitat enough and there's |
| 0:20.3 | no better way to illustrate that than to talk about how plants are involved in the greater ecological health of the myriad organisms we share this planet with. |
| 0:29.0 | Today we are joined by Evan Pelanger of Conservation Fisheries Inc. and they are doing incredible work to keep North America's |
| 0:36.0 | amazing fish diversity on the landscape for future generations to appreciate. |
| 0:41.2 | And this is an excellent conversation because we really dive into the ecological nature of this work and why plants are so important in creating habitat that these fish can thrive in. |
| 0:51.0 | I don't want to steal any of Evans Thunder. It's an amazing |
| 0:54.4 | conversation and really an inspiring conversation. There is a lot of things to |
| 0:58.2 | celebrate and many more successes to come over the horizon. But conversations |
| 1:02.1 | like this can't happen unless you support |
| 1:03.9 | this show. There's a lot of great ways to do that and one of the best is to pick up a |
| 1:07.5 | copy of my book. All of the links are in the show notes over at indefensible plants |
| 1:11.2 | com. Just navigate down to each episode where I put all of the relevant |
| 1:15.8 | links. But that's entirely enough out of me. I don't want to keep you from this any longer. |
| 1:19.4 | So without further ado, here's my conversation with Evan Pelanger. |
| 1:23.2 | I hope you enjoy. All right. |
| 1:38.2 | Evan Pelinger, welcome to the podcast. I'm really excited to pick your brain today, but let's start off with an introduction. Tell everyone a little bit about who you are and what it is you do. |
| 1:47.0 | Hey, yeah. I'm Evan, I'm a conservation biologist with conservation fisheries and I'm also the staff ecologist for |
| 1:56.8 | Murgo Gardens which is a native plant landscaping organization. |
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