The Broadcast from CBC Radio

Julia Pantin, lead stock assessor for snow crab, says the stock is healthy in some zones but is declining in others + Qalipu Chief Jenny Brake says she talked to the FFAW about a misleading and racist comment that was posted on social media by the vice president of the union's inshore council.

They say it's embarrassing: Carl Slaney and Shauna Brennan are concerned about an eroding dump site that is taking attention away from the Fortune Head Ecological Reserve.

We'll hear about the crab fishery and visit a new salt fish operation in this Land & Sea episode from 1987 called "Labrador Diary" hosted by Dave Quinton.

David Warner, a creative sustainability coordinator in the Orkney Islands, says retro rubbish from Canada and beyond has turned up on a beach on Sanday Island + Filmmaker Christoph Potting is hoping to find someone in NL to be featured in a documentary about the power of ocean tides.

FFAW president Dwan Street is praising the PC party's handling of the fishery in their first 108 days in office + St. Mary's Mayor Steve Ryan on plans to process crab in other towns, and on the status of the old fish sauce plant.

The Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture is taking over the role of reviewing applications for fish processing licences and disbanding the role of an arms-length board + Barry Kendall is upset that the FFAW cut benefits his disabled father had been receiving since he was injured in a horrific car accident in the early 1980's

There was no episode of The Broadcast today due to the live broadcast of the Canada vs Switzerland women's ice hockey semi-final at the Winter Olympics.

FFAW president Dwan Street says members are preparing to protest if the province doesn't commit to changing the price setting process + Clayton Burry, chair of The Ocean Ranger Legacy Foundation, says by next year the public will be able to see artifacts from the sunken rig on display in NL

Tor Larsen of Norway's Fishermen's Association says fish is a resource that belongs to Norwegians so there are fewer fisheries regulations + Senator Fabian Manning explains a new report on using marine carbon capture technologies to reduce carbon.

Fermeuse mayor Jerome Kenny says there's a lot of misunderstanding around a proposed mega project to liquify natural gas in Fermeuse harbour, but Kenny says the project is contingent on many things and there's been no proposal presented to the town.

Memorial University students Eric Devine, Grace Fitzpatrick and Seamus MacKenzie, along with political science professor Angela Carter, discuss the liquified natural gas project that might be in the cards for Fermeuse.

DFO area chief Robert MacDougall on a pilot project to commercially harvest green crab in New Brunswick + Various reaction to the provincial government pulling out of an MOU on a proposed national marine conservation area.

At his 90th birthday celebration a lot of people thanked Wilfred Bartlett for his contributions to the fishery, we'll hear from his daughter Samantha as well as Ray Andrews, Ryan Cleary, Lin Paddock, Paul Dinn and Lela Evans plus Salvation Army Majors Chris and Claudette Pilgrim.

Premier Tony Wakeham, NL NDP leader Jim Dinn and Canada's Environment minister Julie Dabrusin answer questions about the future of the South Coast Fjords NMCA + The 30 by 30 conservation target is discussed in the House of Commons.

NL environment minister Chris Tibbs says the South Coast Fjords NMCA just doesn't work for NL + Barbara Barter has been fighting to create a conservation area off Burgeo for 25 years and says she's not stopping now.

The Wakeham government terminates the MOU for the ocean conservation area on the south coast, we'll hear from fisheries minister Loyola O'Driscoll, FFAW president Dwan Street and Miawpukek First Nation Chief Brad Benoit + DFO holds a media briefing on its whale-safe fishing gear strategy.

John Mannion and his wife Maura just received the Order of Newfoundland and Labrador for their documentation of Irish settlement in NL + Marine Protected Areas and their effectiveness is being discussed in the House of Commons.

Swapan Kataria, CEO of Fermeuse Energy Ltd, gives an update on the proposed liquified natural gas mega project + While at an infrastructure announcement, Minister of Fisheries Joanne Thompson is asked about fisheries issues.

Val Walsh still has questions about the proposed liquified natural gas project in Fermeuse + Our interview with Keith Sullivan of NAIA strikes a nerve with listeners + Seafood analyst John Sackton on how the removal of a Chinese tariff could affect crab and lobster sales.

Keith Sullivan, executive director of NAIA, has invited chef Jeremy Charles to view Newfoundland's salmon farms + Dante Enewold, CEO of Atlantic BioCorp, plans to open a facility in St. Anthony to 'upcycle' shrimp shells.

Part two of our conversation with seafood processor Danny Dumaresque about diversifying markets in a trade war + Hanna Vatcher of Oceana says Canada needs to mandate whale-safe fishing gear to help protect right whales.

Danny Dumaresque of Labrador Gem Seafoods says it's more important than ever to diversify our seafood markets + Lukey's boat wasn't always painted green -- Andrea O'Brien and Juliet Lanphear of Heritage NL chat about the evolution of paint in this province.

Jeremy Charles is part of "Off the Table" - a group of chefs advocating against ocean farmed salmon + Brendon Gould took a video of his father and another fisherman as they rescued a caribou in the ocean off Port au Choix + The Broadcast is celebrating its 75 anniversary this year, but what did the show sound like in 1975?

Tonia Grandy with New Age Seafoods in Garnish talks high water, green crab and periwinkle + PhD student Nick Coady on testing whalesafe gear for lobster pots + Premier Tony Wakeham takes questions about restructuring the fishery.

St. Mary's Mayor Steve Ryan on possible crab processing in St. Mary's following last year's plant fire + FFAW President Dwan Street on how a meeting with the premier and seafood processors went + Barry Petten, minister of transportation and infrastructure, speaks to requests for help regarding the Placentia flood wall.

Commissioner Mario Pelletier on where the Canadian Coast Guard is and where it's headed + President Sean Leet with Horizon Naval Engineering on why they partnered with Membertou First Nation to buy Genoa Design International.

Wind tears the wall out of the fish sauce plant in St. Mary's, we'll look into the history of the business + Fisheries Minister Joanne Thompson on the easing of Chinese tariffs on seafood + George Karaganis, a senior meteorologist with the Canadian Ice Service, on sea ice conditions off the coast of NL.

While Conservative MP Clifford Small is pleased Chinese tariffs on some seafood products are being suspended, he says there are many unanswered questions about the deal + Membertou First Nation Chief Terry Paul on why they are buying Genoa Design International + Genoa Design International CEO, Gina Pecore on a deal to sell her company.

Fisheries Union president Dwan Street gives an update on the fish pricing crisis + Marine biologist Kiley Best hopes to show more school children across NL how to identify aquatic invasive species.

Danny Dumaresque of Labrador Gem Seafoods says his plant is processing halibut in the winter for the first time + A listener shares his in-depth submission to DFO's survey on the food fishery.

Will the Wakeham government make sweeping changes to the fishery? + Placentia residents and MHA Sherry Gambin-Walsh are very concerned about flooding, and the town's aging wave wall + PhD candidate Kerri Ann Ennis on a research project that aims to improve safety on the water for fish harvesters.

It's about more than the 28 cent crab rebate -- fisherman John Efford on the latest situation between harvesters, fish producers and the province + Glen Meadus of Seabreeze Boats in Centreville on how he got into the business.

FFAW president Dwan Street on demands for the provincial government, in light of disappointing news about the snow crab rebate + Frank Dyson says it's not unusual to see more than a thousand seals off Black Tickle + Karen Gosse of The Rock Wildlife Rescue on why so many bull birds, or dovekies, got stranded over Christmas.

DFO research scientist Trevor Kenchington explains how psednos gulliensis, a new species of snailfish, was discovered + David Hatcher is the man behind "Ships in Passing" on Facebook and Instagram

Amélie Desmarais, a coordinator with Amundsen Science, says the Plastic in a Bottle Project helps create awareness about marine litter + Byron Collins on the creation of Fab-Tech Industries Silver Dolphin boats

Theresa O'Leary on her book 'Race to the Cape: The Daring News Chase, the Birth of the Associated Press, and the Journalist at the Heart of it All' + Robert Grenier, the archaeologist behind the discovery of the 16th century whaling ship 'San Juan', died on January 3

Doug Chiasson of the Seals and Sealing Network on how Brigitte Bardot helped devastate Canada's sealing industry + After returning from Alberta, Nicole Vokey decided to help run the family's boat building business in King's Point

Flooding in Placentia has residents worried it's just a matter of time before the wave wall fails + a couple more Christmas recitations from this season's Land & Sea.

FFAW President Dwan Street on when the crab rebate payments should be announced + Retired Captain Wilfred Bartlett reacts to a study on harp seals + Dave Paddon recites "The Christmas Flight."

DFO's Laurie Hawkins on how the halibut fishery in 4R works + The Room's Mark Ferguson is looking for help identifying where scenes of the Newfoundland fishery were painted by artists in the 17th century.

Fisherman Gerald Greenham penned a poem to reflect the frustration over the delayed crab rebate + Conway Caines with an update on the halibut situation in Zone 4R + Erin Bertrand, associate professor of biology at Dalhousie, is a lead author of a new study about how vitamins in the ocean end up in seafood.

We'll hear about the life of fisherman Michael A. Dobbin who was inducted into the Atlantic Canada Marine Industries Hall of Fame + Karen Ennis and Dave Penny are helping to keep the tradition of Christmas recitations alive.