Heather and Erin discuss recent holidays to breathtaking places to explore the marine environment just to make everyone jealous.  On a serious note, they discuss Marine Protected Areas and President Obama's announcement to make the largest marine protected area in the world, the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, as well as his latest announcement for a similar protected area in the Atlantic.  Learn about how sharks and rays are being given more recognition at the CITES conference in South Africa and how sharks have again made the media is Australia recently, this time at Bells Beach.