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The ocean is a part of daily life in Newfoundland and Labrador. Whether it’s fishing, tourism, shipping, research or culture, there are thousands of people whose lives have some connection to the sea. The Broadcast casts a wide net to explore the stories of people in coastal communities in Newfoundland and Labrador and around the world.

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    Advocate frustrated by lack of action to clean up garbage from ancient fossil site on the coast of Fortune Bay + How Hant's Harbour is helping to preserve its fishing and seafaring history

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2026 25:09


    Despite lobbying and letter writing, Carl Slaney says nobody is taking responsibility to clean up dump site near Fortune Head Ecological Reserve + From shipwrecks to early crab processing, Marlayne Hardy says a new self-guided audio tour will help preserve Hant's Harbour's history.

    A consultant makes the case for Labrador inshore harvesters to get more access to Northern cod + A tour guide in Seldom explains the 'Fogo Process'

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2026 21:23


    Former DFO manager Wayne King says Labrador fishermen deserve more access to their adjacent cod resource + Colleen Higgins shows us more of the Marine Interpretation Centre on Fogo Island.

    Ocean Week cleanup on Change Islands + A weekend demonstration in Corner Brook called 'March for Our Wild Salmon'

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2026 21:58


    Firefighters, townspeople and students scour the beaches, trails and roadside on Change Islands with an Ocean Week cleanup + A demonstration in Corner Brook opposing the expansion of Atlantic salmon farming.

    The Broadcast on Fogo Island: Take a drive around the island to hear what really keeps this place going + A look back at a tumultuous time in the history of the fisheries Co-op + What does prosperity mean for the founder of Shorefast?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2026 20:18


    Meet Edward Heath who drives a tour bus on Fogo Island + We'll look back to May of 2000 which was a tumultuous time for the Fogo Island Co-op + What Shorefast founder Zita Cobb has to say about prosperity.

    The Broadcast on Fogo Island: What the increase in lobster means for fishermen here + The mayor of Fogo Island says population growth is a priority + Tour the former Fishermen's Union Trading Co. building

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2026 25:09


    Seldom fisherman Sheldon Dawe on what the increase in lobster means for this area + Town of Fogo Island mayor Andrew Shea on some of the challenges facing the island + Colleen Higgins shows us part of the former Fishermen's Union Trading Co premises.

    The Broadcast on Fogo Island: What does the increase in Northern cod mean for the Fogo Island Co-op? + A group picks up litter on Fogo Island as part of World Oceans Week

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2026 24:12


    Paul Torraville, Barry Payne and Paul Dennis are all managers with the Fogo Island Co-op, they discuss the potential in cod and the challenges in attracting plant workers + Gabbie Ledesma, Olivia Best and Liz Newton were taking part in a roadside cleanup as part of World Oceans Week activities.

    The Broadcast on Fogo Island: We'll meet a boat builder who does things the old fashioned way + The Shorefast Foundation is involved in many things here, including helping people eat healthier

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2026 21:42


    We visit boat builder Hardy Penney's shed in Little Seldom + The Shorefast Foundation is not afraid to take risks in order to help the community, says chief operating officer Susan Cull.

    The Broadcast on Fogo Island: Tourists come for the seafood and the experience + A photographer chats about how the island changes people + Trap Berth Day celebrations in Joe Batt's Arm

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2026 21:57


    Meet some tourists who've had The Fogo Island Inn on their bucket list + St. John's photographer Paddy Barry was drawn to Fogo Island 15 years ago + Pete Decker explains Trap Berth Day.

    You can help; Manitoba scientists want to know more about jellyfish in our waters + An expedition to check out sea pens and corals on the Southern Newfoundland Slope

    Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2026 19:49


    University of Manitoba's Davoren Lab wants to learn more about jellyfish populations in NL waters + Oceana Canada's Isabelle Jubinveille on what they saw while examining what's on the Southern Newfoundland Slope.

    A Gulf fisherman makes a case for fishing Northern cod north of the Northern Peninsula + What would happen if Labrador fishermen walked away from the FFAW?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2026 25:09


    As tensions rise over access to Northern cod, Boyd Lavers, chair of the 4R Mobile Gear Fleet, makes his case + FFAW president Dwan Street reacts to a petition circulating among Labrador harvesters to de-certify from the union

    A Labrador fishermen says harvesters there want to leave the FFAW + The mysterious American Eel

    Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2026 23:00


    Chad Strugnell says harvesters in Labrador feel their needs are not being represented by the FFAW + Biologist Chris Hearn has had a lifelong fascination with American eels.

    A Labrador processing company continues to push for more access to Northern cod + Hear more from an artist who sees a lot of potential in fish waste

    Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2026 22:11


    Dwight Russell, CEO of Labrador Fishermen's Union Shrimp Company, says they need more access to cod to keep operations afloat + Cod leather and more: Artist Kelly Jane Bruton is involved with the Women's Fishing and Cultural Cooperative, which has plans to turn fish waste into pet food.

    Shrimp is still at the core of St. Anthony Basin Resources Inc + Meet an artist who sees a lot of potential in cod leather

    Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2026 21:46


    Christopher Mitchelmore, CEO of SABRI, on why the shrimp fishery is still at the core of this social enterprise + Artist Kelly Jane Bruton on how to make cod leather, and what it can be used for

    The National Marine Conservation Area plan was cancelled, but what does ocean conservation look like today in Burgeo? + As the weather improves and people work on projects near water, DFO says they need to be aware of potential damage to fish habitat

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2026 17:02


    On the International Day for Biological Diversity, Barbara Barter of Burgeo talks about the importance of protecting the ocean ecosystem in that part of Nfld + DFO biologist Blair Thorne on what people should keep in mind when they're starting projects near any waterway

    It was NL fishermen who saved them: Forty years after 155 Tamil refugees were found drifting in lifeboats off St. Shott's, we'll hear what this rescue means to a new generation

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2026 25:08


    Scholar and filmmaker Cyrus Sundar Singh and his daughter Saskia Laufer have produced a live documentary called "In the Wake of Another Time: when local fishermen rescued 155 Tamil Sri Lankan refugees"

    A Newfoundland boat builder had a lot to take in at a maritime festival in Spain, including the replica of the San Juan + A lobster boom happening in Quebec?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2026 19:03


    Jerome Canning of the Wooden Boat Museum was invited to an international maritime festival in the Basque region of Spain + Research scientist Dave Drolet on what is luring lobster to the shores of Quebec

    The food fishery has been expanded, but not for the whole province + How changes to the food fishery could affect the work of Fisheries Officers + A group that's been lobbying for changes to the food fishery has mixed reaction to the announced change

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2026 22:07


    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

    A 'Wharf to Table' program has started in Port de Grave + An innovative way to store carbon dioxide using the ocean + An interesting question about the capelin fishery

    Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2026 18:09


    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.

    How a feisty whale off Happy Adventure got freed from fishing net + The old fish sauce plant in St. Mary's is finally getting cleaned up + Why shrimp shells from NL could end up in space

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2026 21:24


    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.

    Labrador Shrimp Company wants bigger portion of Northern cod quota + Young girl in Northwest River harvests her first seal

    Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2026 18:47


    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.

    Small Craft Harbours is getting a lot of new funding, we'll hear reaction from fishermen in Petty Harbour + As part of our series on 'ocean innovators' we'll meet the team behind Atlantic Echo

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2026 21:42


    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.

    A funding boost for Small Craft Harbours means Ship Cove in Port de Grave will finally get redeveloped + NL holds a special place in her heart, a woman who's husband and son died in the Titan submersible tragedy has written a book about the ordeal

    Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2026 23:55


    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."

    'Outport Woman: Life on the Ocean's Edge' is a tribute to Minnie Blake + A fisheries executive who helped grow the industry along Labrador's south coast has retired

    Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2026 22:42


    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 Canada sounds the alarm about forage fish + Fishermen in Spirity Cove finally have access to fishing grounds + Unanimous support for expanded food fishery in House of Assembly, but a Liberal MHA says there's a lot to consider to make it equita

    Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2026 21:57


    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.

    After five decades in fisheries management, Ray Andrews gets a Lifetime Achievement Award + In terms of Atlantic mackerel, should Canada follow what the USA is doing?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2026 22:15


    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.

    A salvage company has started work to remove the wrecked Baltic III container ship from Cedar Cove + Now that the budget is tabled, what's on the agenda for NL's Fisheries Minister? + An MHA is supporting an expanded Food Fishery

    Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2026 23:13


    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.

    Close to a billion dollars in funding will help Small Craft Harbours + Hear about an incredible rescue after boy falls into the ocean on Northern Peninsula

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2026 19:00


    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.

    Seals on the coast are luring polar bears onto land + Why tracing seafood from the boat to the plate is becoming vital + Fisheries advocate tells House of Commons committee about input-based fisheries management

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2026 21:25


    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.

    According to the new budget, the value of NL's fishing sector is at an all-time high + Checking in on the harp seal herd + Paying tribute to a pioneering female fish harvester

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2026 20:39


    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.

    A fisherman in Rocky Harbour would like greater access to Gulf cod + Ocean Choice International is looking for a significant increase in the amount of Northern cod to be caught

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2026 22:07


    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.

    A fish plant in Southern Harbour is shutting down + A look back at Iceland's fish auction

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2026 22:15


    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.

    An island off Ferryland is rapidly eroding, we'll hear about what could be lost on Bois Island + A fish harvester and fisheries scientist make the case for a mackerel fishery before MP's in Ottawa

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2026 21:45


    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.

    The provincial government is pushing for changes to the Food Fishery + The Seafarer's Requiem + Is seaweed a solution to displace single-use plastics in research labs?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2026 25:08


    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.

    From collapse to abundance? Why Northern cod could soon get sustainability certification from the Marine Stewardship Council + Repurposing fishing boats into vacation rentals in Twillingate

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2026 17:03


    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.

    Who's responsible for repairing a community slipway in Felix Cove? + Why it's taking so long for the wrecked MSC Baltic III to be removed from Cedar Cove + It's not fast fashion, why seal skin products endure

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2026 22:17


    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.

    Are both sides equally unhappy? The FFAW on the new crab pricing agreement + Federal Fisheries Minister answers questions about the food fishery, Small Craft Harbours and Northern cod

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2026 23:05


    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.

    FFAW reached an agreement with seafood producers over crab pricing + Liberal fisheries critic says politicians should help the lobster fishermen in Spirity Cove + Marine safety advocate says the current Food Fishery rules can create dangerous conditions

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2026 21:05


    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

    The province has streamlined the process to apply for seafood processing licences + Why some lobster harvesters are 'trapped' in Spirity Cove

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2026 20:47


    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

    Five fish processing companies are suing the FFAW for lost income due to crab fishery delay + Is interest in the seal harvest and fur products on the rise in Canada?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2026 18:11


    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

    A seafood retailer hopes the snow crab fishery gets going soon + Meet the artist behind an ocean installation created entirely from beach plastic + Seafood plant owner in Stoneville is frustrated with the provincial government

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2026 23:46


    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

    The ASP wins in court, the FFAW is ordered to end the tie-up over snow crab + A Fortune Bay fish harvester says her husband was threatened because he went to NS with snow crab + How to sound like a sailor

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2026 22:42


    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'

    Why snow crab from the Gulf of St. Lawrence can have such a different price than NL crab + The chair of the TSB says some of the board's safety recommendations for commercial fishing have not been addressed

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2026 21:17


    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

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