Law on the Half Shell

In our final episode, the National Sea Grant Law Center attorneys share their final thoughts about the topics covered during this season of the podcast. They also provide some behind-the-scenes glimpses about how the work of the National Sea Grant Law Center changed and the team adapted during the pandemic. To learn more about the National Sea Grant Law Center visit our website, follow us on Facebook or Twitter, or sign up for our newsletter.

On this episode, the National Sea Grant Law Center’s Taylor Harris and Olivia Deans discuss the University of Mississippi’s Lead in Drinking Water project. As an AmeriCorps VISTA member, Taylor Harris shares her unique experiences associated with Covid-19’s impact on water quality outreach and research projects. To learn more about the National Sea Grant Law Center visit our website, follow us on Facebook or Twitter, or sign up for our newsletter.

National Sea Grant Law Center senior attorneys Cathy Janasie and Terra Bowling discuss some of the day-to-day impacts of COVID-19 on coastlines and coastal gatherings. An interview with Ohio Sea Grant Outreach Extension Educator Jill Bartolotta focuses on the use of plastics and masks during the pandemic and how the use of these products affects our coastlines. An interview with Diane Burich, Director of Education for the New Jersey Sea Grant Consortium, discusses how the pandemic impacted events at the coast.  To learn more about the National Sea Grant Law Center visit our website, follow us on Facebook or Twitter, or sign up for our newsletter.

National Sea Grant Law Center senior attorneys Cathy Janasie and Terra Bowling discuss a few legal issues the pandemic created for beach towns across the country, ranging from restrictions on beach access to disruptions to tourism. The episode features an interview with Jeff Malarney, an attorney and member of the North Carolina Real Estate Commission, and Bobby Outten, Dare County Attorney and County Manager, about Dare County’s experience during the pandemic.  To learn more about the National Sea Grant Law Center visit our website, follow us on Facebook or Twitter, or sign up for our newsletter.

On the episode, National Sea Grant Law Center Director Stephanie Otts discusses the legal rights and responsibilities of sailors, captains, and ship owners under maritime law with respect to disease outbreaks on ships. She also recounts the epic saga of a sailor who filed a lawsuit after being forced from his ship when he fell ill with smallpox.  To learn more about the National Sea Grant Law Center visit our website, follow us on Facebook or Twitter, or sign up for our newsletter.

The National Sea Grant Law Center’s Olivia Deans and Stephanie Otts discuss Covid -19’s impact on fisheries management. We will hear how regulators have addressed challenges arising from Covid-19 through the Magnuson Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act and its regulations. To learn more about the National Sea Grant Law Center visit our website, follow us on Facebook or Twitter, or sign up for our newsletter.

On this episode, we’re focusing on the impacts of COVID-19 on the seafood industry. Through interviews with Joshua Stoll, assistant professor of marine policy at the University of Maine, and Jamie Doyle and Angee Doerr of Oregon Sea Grant, the National Sea Grant Law Center’s Zachary Klein explores the ways in which the pandemic upended seafood supply chains and created opportunities to build a more resilient sector. To learn more about the National Sea Grant Law Center visit our website, follow us on Facebook or Twitter, or sign up for our newsletter.

On this episode, National Sea Grant Law Center Director Stephanie Otts shares some stories from history about disease outbreaks on passenger vessels with some surprising parallels to today. We will also be joined by Chris Robinette, professor of law at Southwestern Law School, who will share his insights into lawsuits that have been filed against the cruise line industry since the outbreak of Covid-19. To learn more about the National Sea Grant Law Center visit our website, follow us on Facebook or Twitter, or sign up for our newsletter.

Welcome to season 2 of Law on the Half Shell!  This season, the attorneys at the National Sea Grant Law Center focus on legal issues and challenges coastal communities and industries faced during the global Covid-19 pandemic. In this first episode, we’ll get to know the voices behind season 2 and hear tales of how they responded to Covid’s unique challenges during the first days, weeks, and months of the pandemic. To learn more about the National Sea Grant Law Center visit our website, follow us on Facebook or Twitter, or sign up for our newsletter.

Today, we’re doing things a little differently. As we were putting this series together, we discovered a lot of interesting facts about shellfish. Unfortunately, some of our favorite facts didn’t make it into the episodes. So, in this bonus episode, we wanted to take you behind the scenes of podcast production and share some of our favorite discoveries.

Today, we’re going to be talking about local opposition to shellfish aquaculture, with a focus on zoning conflicts in particular

On today’s episode we’re going to talk about the impact of invasive species on shellfish aquaculture.

On today’s episode we’ll be talking about the impact of disaster events on shellfish aquaculture.

In this episode we’ll be talking about some of the legal issues involving freshwater that have affected shellfish aquaculture in recent years.

In this episode, we discuss how shellfish farmers deal with leasing and permitting procedures.

Shellfish 101. In this episode, we cover shellfish biology and the role that shellfish play in the ecosystem. The episode also features an interview with James Gledhill, a grad student in the Department of Biomolecular Science at the University of Mississippi. James is studying environmental toxicology, and his research is on oyster reefs in the Mississippi Sound.

The debut episode of Law on the Half Shell, a podcast from the Ole Miss National Sea Grant Law Center informing you on all you need to know about shellfish aquaculture.