The Broadcast from CBC Radio

Federal Fisheries Minister Joanne Thompson announced changes to the province's food fishery + Melissa Abbott, a chief of conservation and protection with DFO, on the impact of having more people taking part in the summer food fishery + Barry Fordham, chair of the Food Fish Fishers Committee, says he has mixed feelings about the changes being made to the food fishery

Ivan Lear says a "Wharf to Table" program is starting in Port de Grave to help people source fresh seafood + Cytochrome CEO Martin Van Den Berghe explains how the startup is developing a way to store carbon using the ocean + A listener has a question about the capelin fishery in the Gulf.

Julie Huntington of the Whale Release and Strandings group says they lost several tools trying to free a humpback off Happy Adventure + Phew, St. Mary's mayor Steve Ryan says the town is looking forward to the removal of the putrid fish sauce plant + Dante Enewold, CEO of Atlantic BioCorp, says their shrimp shell derivative will be used to make space suits.

Dwight Russell, CEO of Labrador Fishermen's Union Shrimp Co., says in order to remain viable they need a greater share of Northern cod + With the help of her father, nine-year-old Ellie Blake harvested her first seal.

Fishermen Bernard Martin and John Warford talk about the importance of investing in wharfs and harbour upgrades around the province + Atlantic Echo co-founders Mohammad Mousavi and Len Zedel are developing a way to do precise underwater imaging using sound.

Processor Bill Barry and Ivan Batten of Port de Grave's Harbour Authority say the redevelopment of Ship Cove harbour is good news for the fishery + Christine Dawood is the author of "Ninety-Six Hours: A Wife and Mother's Desperate Search for the Lost Titan Sub."

Hayward and Raymond Blake have written a book about their mother, Minnie Blake, called 'Outport Woman: Life on the Ocean's Edge' + Longtime CEO of the Labrador Fishermen's Union Shrimp Company Ltd, Gilbert Linstead, has retired.

Oceana Marine Scientist Jack Daly says forage fish such as capelin and mackerel need better protection + Todd House says it took two weeks to clear rocks from Spirity Cove + Liberal MHA Sherry Gambin-Walsh supports an expanded food fishery but warns that there's a lot to consider to make the fishery fair for everyone.

Ray Andrews was honoured by Turning the Tide with an Industry Lifetime Achievement Award + MP Clifford Small has tough questions for DFO's Bernard Vigneault about the closure of the Atlantic mackerel fishery.

The Canadian Coast Guard and Resolve Marine held a media briefing on how the wrecked MSC Baltic III will be removed from the ocean + NL Fisheries Minister Loyola O'Driscoll on the department's post-budget priorities + MHA Jim McKenna has put forward a resolution to expand the Food Fishery to seven days a week.

Federal Fisheries Minister Joanne Thompson talks about new funding for Small Craft Harbours and ghost gear retrieval + Loretta Tatchell is grateful for the quick actions of Shealene Bailey, who rescued her son from the freezing waters off Bartlett's Harbour.

After a polar bear sighting, Fogo Island deputy mayor Damian Roebotham tells residents to beware + Dennis Young of Cyan Analytics says tracking the origins of seafood is becoming more important, especially in Europe + In terms of herring and mackerel, NL Fisheries advocate Barry Darby says controlling how you fish, could be better than a quota-based system.

FFAW president Dwan Street on the importance of the fishery to NL's economy + DFO scientist Shelley Lang is keeping an eye on the harp seal herd this spring + Paying tribute to the late Alice Kavanagh of Calvert.

Rocky Harbour's Ernest Decker says access to some Gulf cod would be a good boost for fish harvesters + Based on the latest stock assessment, Ocean Choice's Carey Bonnell thinks an increase in total allowable catch of Northern cod is warranted.

Quin-Sea Fisheries is closing a plant in Southern Harbour + A look back at how a portion of Iceland's fish is sold via an auction.

Erosion brought on by climate change is threatening what remains of 18th century British fortifications on Bois Island + A PEI fisherman and an FFAW scientist tell an Ottawa parliamentary committee about the abundance of mackerel being seen in Atlantic Canadian waters.

NL Fisheries Minister Loyola O'Driscoll will meet with his federal counterpart to push for changes to the Food Fishery + Composer Mary Knickle on the upcoming performance of the Seafarer's Requiem + Meet 'Ocean Innovator' Sarika Kumari of BioLabMate.

Kurtis Hayne of the Marine Stewardship Council says Northern cod has entered the assessment process for sustainability certification + Admiral's Inn owner Derek Bennett says four former fishing boats are available as vacation rentals.

A fish harvester in Felix Cove says without a Harbour Authority, who do you call about a damaged slipway? + The Coast Guard's Bruce English says the wrecked container ship near Lark Harbour will be removed soon + Jen Shears of The Natural Boutique says seal skin products are gaining in popularity.

FFAW president Dwan Street explains the new deal on snow crab that ended a two-week dispute + Federal Fisheries Minister Joanne Thompson talks about a variety issues before she heads to a global seafood show in Spain.

The FFAW and the ASP say the dispute over snow crab pricing is over + Liberal fisheries critic Elvis Loveless says it's a politician's job to help those lobster harvesters in Spirity Cove, so they can start fishing + Merv Wiseman hopes that the Food Fishery will become more flexible so people are not forced to fish in poor weather

NL Fisheries Minister Loyola O'Driscoll says the process to apply for a seafood processing licence has become less complicated + A shifting coastline in Spirity Cove is preventing lobster harvesters from fishing

Details of a lawsuit filed by the ASP against two members of the FFAW executive + Doug Chaisson of the Seals and Sealing Network is feeling optimist about this year's seal harvest and the industry

Sis Boland of Sis's Seafood says her customers are eagerly awaiting fresh snow crab + Tara Young's art installation in Norris Point is created from marine garbage + Alisha Hodder of Hodder's Shellfish says provincial government rules are hampering her business

Lorelei Roberts of the ASP says crab harvesters have the right to go fishing + Pam Patten says she and her husband have been threatened with violence over the crab dispute + R. Bruce MacDonald's new book is called 'Sound Like a Sailor'

Seafood analyst John Sackton on the price difference between Gulf snow crab and NL snow crab + Transportation Safety Board Chair Yoan Marier says the dates that fisheries open can be a factor in fishing fatalities

Matthew O'Leary of Rough Water Traps says he's ready to ship crab to the Maritimes to be processed + Alberto Wareham of Icewater Seafoods says there's a lot of good news in the recent stock assessment of Northern cod

The price setting panel has selected the ASP's price of 5.30 a lb for snow crab, but fisheries union president Dwan Street says no crab will be processed in the province at that price, we'll also hear from Lorelei Roberts executive director of the Association of Seafood Producers

Paul Regular, DFO research scientist and stock lead for Northern cod, says the stock is in the healthy zone and is growing + Postville fisherman Ryan Pottle talks about the challenges of fishing crab this year with a quota decrease.

Historian Sean Cadigan on how Nfld's fishing industry changed with Confederation with Canada + Chair of the Food Fisher's Committee Barry Fordham is disappointed he's not been able to secure a meeting with Fisheries Minister Joanne Thompson.

Lorelei Roberts of the ASP says the FFAW can't change crab pricing legislation just because they don't like it + Some questions about crab came up during Question Period at the House of Assembly + Reporters ask Premier Tony Wakeham about the snow crab situation.

FFAW president Dwan Street on why the union wants to move away from the panel process for snow crab this season + NL Transportation minister Barry Petten on why the town of Red Bay's government wharf is not getting replaced.

Executive director Lorelei Roberts says the ASP is waiting for the fisheries union to come to table, to start negotiations for snow crab.

He's way down south -- we chat with Thomas Janes chief Scientist for the Canadian Antarctic Research Expedition + MPs question Fisheries Minister Joanne Thompson about why funding was pulled for the sentinel fishery.

Retired research scientist Jerry Payne says dumping snow in St John's harbour is less harmful to the environment than the alternatives + Geoff Irvine of the Lobster Council of Canada says they're not concerned about the crackdown on boiling live lobsters in the UK + Lisa Hunt on finding a washed up dolphin in English Harbour West.

Alvan Buckley tells us about a detailed letter he sent to the Department of Forestry, Agriculture and Lands, outlining why a general hunt for double-crested cormorants is a bad idea + Icelandic stock coordinator Teresa Silva on how they assess the capelin stock + Red Bay mayor Eric Paul on why the local wharf should be repaired prior to a visit of a replica of a Basque whaling ship in 2027.

Cuno Jensen, chairman of the Nuuk Maritime Network is looking to talk with those interested in a possible new shipyard in Greenland + Sid Woolfrey on the history of and the and present-day People of the Sea Service in Portugal Cove-St. Philip's.

The Random Passage site at New Bonaventure, portraying fishing life in the 1800's, is getting funding to make it a more attractive space for visitors + A petition is presented in the House of Assembly to fix a wharf in Red Bay prior to a visit by a replica of the Basque whaling ship, San Juan.

NL Premier Tony Wakeham on his trip to Boston for the Seafood Expo and a look at this year's snow crab fishery + FFAW fisheries scientist Erin Carruthers on how the post-season crab survey works + The MHA for Burin - Grand Bank tables a petition looking for action on cleaning up a dumpsite at the Fortune Head Ecological Reserve.

John Green on the historical migration and connections between Ireland and Tilting + Conservative MP Clifford Small questions DFO about the health of Atlantic mackerel stocks.

FFAW president Dwan Street says there could be changes this year to how snow crab is priced + Listener Steve Pinksen is glad that hunting double crested cormorants is now legal.

From 1981, join Land & Sea host Herb Davis aboard The Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker Grenfell, as it comes to the rescue of a sinking longliner that was damaged by sea ice.