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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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    Spencer Lake Jr. has big dreams for the south coast of Newfoundland + Reaction to our look at NL's Sentinel fishery

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2025 21:50


    The son of a well-known fish processor, Spencer Lake is back in Newfoundland to invest in tourism on the south coast + Audience reaction to our look at the Sentinel Fishery.

    NL fisheries minister talks about plans to strengthen aquaculture regulations and better market NL seafood, as well as other issues including the food fishery + The second part of our cod conversation with a DFO groundfish biologist

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2025 22:20


    A feature interview with Fisheries, Forestry and Agriculture minister Lisa Dempster on some of the issues facing the fishing industry + Part two of our cod conversation with DFO groundfish biologist Emilie Novaczek.

    Are big cod really old? A groundfish biologist answers questions about cod + Black Cat Cemetery Preservation were busy in Battle Harbour recently, restoring more than 50 gravestones

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2025 24:09


    With recreational fishers catching some really big cod this summer, we had questions about codfish biology for DFO groundfish expert Emilie Novaczek + Robyn Lacy and Ian Petty of Black Cat Cemetery Preservation were doing work in historic Battle Harbour, Labrador.

    Why thousands more farmed salmon have died this summer at fish farms sites + Owner of fish stages destroyed by fire Quidi Vidi says it's a devastating loss

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2025 23:22


    Joel Richardson of Cooke Aquaculture says a spike in sea temperature is one factor that lead to more salmon deaths at farm sites on Newfoundland's south coast + Dave Ring and daughter Linda Bishop on the history of their iconic fishing stage in Quidi Vidi harbour that was destroyed by fire this week.

    A lasting legacy, folklorist David Taylor tells us about collecting dozens of interviews with boat builders in Newfoundland and Labrador

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2025 20:28


    David Taylor is a folklorist who came to study at Memorial University in 1977. He collected dozens of interviews with boat builders and his research became the catalyst for the opening of the Wooden Boat Museum in Winterton. (Repeat episode, originally aired November 15th, 2024)

    Salmon die-off on south coast farm site + Meteorologist Eddie Sheerr's weather app + Building a flat-bottomed rowboat in Hopedale

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2025 22:03


    Warm water and low oxygen has killed thousands of salmon at a farm site on the south coast of Newfoundland +Meteorologist Eddie Sheerr on why he launched his own weather app + A visit to a busy shed in Hopedale where people are building a flat-bottomed rowboat.

    From the waters of St. Mary's Bay to the offices of the FFAW, we hear why the NL sentinel fishery continues to be important in gauging the health of fish stocks

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2025 20:24


    Broadcast producer Todd O'Brien heads out on the water with sentinel fisherman Keith Bowen + FFAW fisheries scientist Erin Carruthers on why the sentinel fishery continues to be important.

    A DFO biologist on the health of the cod stock in the northern part of the Gulf of St. Lawrence + A new book features colour images of rural NL taken by Gerald S. Doyle

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2025 20:42


    Biologist Jordan Oulette-Plante on the state of cod in zone 4R in the Gulf of St. Lawrence + John Doyle on the new book, "In the Sunny Long Ago" which features photos taken by his father, Gerald S. Doyle.

    Community of Brigus South is buzzing with activity due to a Netflix show about a fisherman being shot there this summer + Why work is being done in Marystown to honour the Newfoundland seamen who died on HMS Hood

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2025 17:37


    Kathy Hayes, chair of Local Service District for Brigus South, says a Netflix series is not the first production filmed in the community + Jim Myles of the Marystown Model Ship Gallery has compiled some new information about the Newfoundlanders who were on HMS Hood when it was sunk in 1941.

    A missing sailor from Quebec is found off the coast of Labrador + Whale Release and Strandings Group says it took five days to free one entangled humpback earlier in July

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2025 16:40


    Martin Hurley, of the Maritime Rescue Sub-Centre in St John's, says a lone man on a sailboat who'd been missing was found unharmed + Julie Huntington of Whale Release and Strandings says the group was very busy in July with calls to help whales tangled in fishing gear.

    The towns of Burgeo and Ramea reaffirm their commitment to the establishment of a marine conservation area on the south coast of Nfld + Man on Eastport Peninsula says catching big fish runs in the family

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2025 22:11


    Burgeo spokesperson Barbara Barter says the town, along with nearby Ramea, is reconfirming support for an ocean conservation area, in the face of opposition from people such as MP Clifford Small + Mark Hjerpe says his son caught a huge cod in Bonavista Bay recently, but he's not the only family member with a history of bagging big fish.

    Gillnet vs handline? A commercial fisherman has lots of thoughts + Quidi Vidi residents pleased that the village's aging wooden slipway is being replaced + St. John's councillor says the slipway is an important part of the village's histor

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2025 22:02


    We meet up with Ronnie Bidgood and crew as they come into Petty Harbour with a catch of northern cod + Jenn Whiteway of Quidi Vidi says getting a new slipway will help residents access the food fishery + Ward 2 councillor Ophelia Ravencroft says the Quidi Slipway replacement will cost $750,000.

    A Land & Sea archival episode from 1988: The Foley brothers of Conche on their risky endeavour to build a longliner

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2025 25:08


    Land & Sea host Bill Kelly with the story of four brothers from Conche who couldn't get the funds for the longliner they needed, so took the matter into their own hands.

    Grieg Seafood is selling its operations in Canada to Norway-based Cermaq + Mayor of Marystown talks about the sale of Grieg, which has a large footprint in the town + Food fishery tips from a retired commercial fisherman

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2025 22:34


    Cermaq CEO Steven Rafferty talks about acquiring Grieg's salmon farming operation in Newfoundland + Marystown mayor Brian Keating is cautiously optimistic about the sale of Grieg + Eugene Lee with some tips on how to catch a great cod in the recreational fishery

    Some recreational fishermen in Petty Harbour caught some big cod, and discuss how the fishery could change in the future + Oceana Canada talks about Canada's role in negotiating a UN treaty to end plastic pollution

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2025 18:37


    No shortage of opinions on the recreational groundfish fishery on a wharf in Petty Harbour + Anthony Merante, Senior Plastics Campaigner with Oceana Canada, says negotiating a global treaty on plastics in Switzerland next month won't be easy

    He was looking for seabirds but discovered a rare whale off the Cape Shore + Port au Port Peninsula fish harvester talks about the unusual fishing season, and the tuna and porpoises that have washed ashore recently

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2025 21:31


    Jared Clarke of Bird-The-Rock nature tours spotted a North Atlantic Right whale off St. Shott's + We catch up with fish harvester Chalsie Cook-Marche, who is also the mayor of Port au Port West-Aguathuna-Felix Cove

    A Newfoundland actor and director has started a kelp enterprise on Change Islands + Members of the 103 Search and Rescue Squadron in Gander will receive an international award for rescuing the crew of the MSC Baltic III

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2025 25:08


    Varrick Grimes is the founder of a kelp operation on Change Islands called KalUP + Back in February, helicopter pilot Captain Matthew Cox told us about the challenges of hoisting 20 people off a grounded container ship

    Concern being raised about Sea-Doos getting too close to whales + The salvage operation of the MSC Baltic III is making good progress, but there's still worry that the wreck could affect fisheries

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2025 19:38


    DFO marine mammal researcher Jack Lawson says fines for getting too close to whales can be up to half a million dollars for the first offence + The Coast Guard's Bruce English and Lark Harbour mayor Wade Park are glad that the salvage of the grounded MSC Baltic III is making significant progress

    A teacher from Gander caught the biggest cod she's ever seen + After a significant kelp harvest, what's next for HoldFast NL Seaweed? + A workshop for 'make and break' engine enthusiasts

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2025 17:47


    A vacation to remember, Rebecca Edwards on how she ended up catching a gigantic cod + Nicole Teasdale on the next steps for HoldFast NL Seaweed + Charlie Donnelly is giving a free 'make and break' engine workshop at the Wooden Boat Museum

    A seaweed harvest on St. Mary's Bay + A former NL lighthouse keeper had his book published as a comic strip in the 'Washington Post'

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2025 16:06


    A group from HoldFast NL Seaweed is harvesting their farmed kelp in St. Mary's Bay + Barry Porter, author of 'Adventures of a Lightkeeper' is delighted that his book has been turned into a comic for a 'Washington Post' series called Shifts

    A new study reveals the impact that harp seals have on cod stocks + A fisherman on the Northern Peninsula is seeing an increase in shrimp catches, despite the stock being in the 'critical zone'

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2025 17:17


    Marine Institute research scientist Tyler Eddy and postdoctoral fellow Pablo Vajas discuss their new study on harp seals, which shows that the seals' impact on cod has been increasing + Barry Decker is feeling encouraged by an increase in shrimp catches off Port au Choix

    The crab fishery is in the home stretch and the FFAW says that outside processing issues have been curtailed + The granite cod in Port au Choix will be named during the town's upcoming cod festival

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2025 17:57


    FFAW president Dwan Street says less crab is leaving NL for processing thanks to government attention + Lizeta Gould, town manager in Port au Choix, says the town's granite cod statue will receive a name at the 2nd annual cod festival

    Chef Jeremy Charles trades the restaurant scene for a food truck in in Gros Morne + Checking in on the capelin scene at Middle Cove beach + We'll meet the crew of a sailboat in Petty Harbour that's been travelling the world, in the name of clima

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2025 21:23


    Well-known chef Jeremy Charles has left the downtown restaurant scene to open a food truck in Norris Point + Robert Power, a longtime maintenance worker with the Town of Logy Bay – Middle Cove – Outer Cove on capelin runs present and past + Veronica Lysaght and Nigel Jollands are sailing the world aboard the vessel, Novara to promote action on climate change

    The town of St. Vincents is on wheels, now that the whales are back + the latest on the long grounded MSC Baltic III

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 3, 2025 20:35


    The whales are chasing the capelin and the tourists are chasing the whales... we speak with the mayor of the ever-popular St. Vincents + The latest on efforts to remove oil from the cargo ship MSC Baltic III which ran aground on the west coast in mid-February.

    Funding for a new wharf in Torbay + The latest scientific mission near the Strait of Belle Isle

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2025 16:53


    Fisheries Minister Joanne Thompson announces 4.1 million dollars for construction of a new wharf in Torbay + Genevieve Faille, a biologist with Fisheries and Oceans tells us about the latest scientific mission in the Gulf of St. Lawrence

    Funding for a new wharf in Torbay + The latest scientific mission near the Strait of Belle Isle

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2025 16:53


    Fisheries Minister Joanne Thompson announces 4.1 million dollars for construction of a new wharf in Torbay + Genevieve Faille, a biologist with Fisheries and Oceans tells us about the latest scientific mission in the Gulf of St. Lawrence

    Too much, too soon, Oceans North says now is not the time for heavier fishing of Northern cod + A new study on the beauty of fish and why that matters

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2025 22:29


    Katie Schleit, fisheries director with Oceans North says now is not the time to increase fishing pressure on Northern cod + Dalhousie biology professor Aaron MacNeil says protecting areas where marine life is perceived as beautiful can be beneficial on different levels.

    view of the cod fishery from Rocky Harbour + A view of the Northern cod fishery from Cartwright + A DFO study on the state of the Gulf of St. Lawrence

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2025 23:58


    Ernest Decker wonders what will become of the now paused cod fishery on the west coast + Fisherman Terry Heard on Labrador's share of the Northern cod fishery + DFO biologist Marjolaine Blais on her studies of deoxygenation and plankton in the Gulf of St. Lawrence.

    Work in fish farming and protecting the ocean can both happen on the south coast of Nfld says an environmentalist + When the cold storage facility is built at Gander Airport, even more flights full of seafood will head to Europe says the airport's CF

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2025 21:46


    Rebecca Brushett has concerns about NAIA's "Save our Jobs" campaign + Tony Hiscock, VP and CFO of the Gander Airport Authority, gives an update on the construction of the new cold storage facility.

    The Nfld Aquaculture Industry Association has launched a campaign called 'Save South Coast Jobs - No NMCA' + The first big planeload of live NL lobster has landed in Madrid

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2025 25:08


    Keith Sullivan, executive director of NAIA, says people in fish farming communities have not had enough say about the proposed marine conservation area for the south coast + Raymond Collins of PF Collins and Darrell Roche of Whitecap International, talk about the first planeload of lobster that landed in Spain last week.

    The film 'Rock Plastic Salmon' highlights the plastic pollution from fish farms on the south coast of Nfld + The Newfoundland Aquaculture Industry Association says the film is 'riddled with fear mongering tactics'

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2025 25:08


    Filmmakers Emily and Josh Murphy talk about making 'Rock Plastic Salmon', which was co-produced by the Atlantic Salmon Federation + Keith Sullivan executive director of NAIA says the Atlantic Salmon Federation has been spreading disinformation about the aquaculture industry.

    Tour boat operator has mixed feelings about changes to recreational fishery + Atlantic Groundfish Council reacts to increase in northern cod quota + A youth-led instructional series on seal skin

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2025 21:13


    Graham Wood of Mussel Bed Boat Tours says new food fishery rules for tour boots is a divisive issue + Sylvie LaPointe of the Atlantic Groundfish Council says members are pleased with cod quota increase + Mina Campbell is part of a seal skin instructional series made by youth in central Labrador.

    The northern cod quota has more than doubled; we hear from the federal fisheries minister and get reaction from the FFAW, a seafood processor and an environmental group

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2025 24:53


    Fisheries Minister Joanne Thompson on why DFO is more than doubling the quota for northern cod + FFAW president Dwan Street says the union is pleased with the quota increase + Alberto Wareham of Icewater Seafoods says the cod increase will mean more work + Rebecca Schijns of Oceana Canada says Thompson's decision is political.

    Valleyfield fisherman wants other harvesters to voice concerns about dragging on crab grounds + Why some lobster fishermen in the Old Perlican area are donating lobsters

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2025 18:22


    Be it for shrimp or cod, Edgar Hunt concerned about the practice of dragging on cod grounds + Mike Foote, president of the Baccalieu Lions Club, on the annual Canada Day lobster draw.

    Some Bell Island lobster fishermen find WWII ordnance on sea floor + Shipwreck Preservation Society president says the shell that was discovered was rare, and likely live!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2025 18:32


    Tara Saunders, wife of the fisherman who got in the water to retrieve shell, says luckily it didn't go off + Neil Burgess of the Shipwreck Preservation Society has theories about the origin of the shell.

    People who live close to the abandoned fish sauce plant in St Mary's are relieved that the site will finally be cleaned up + Sea turtles full of plastic, meet a Memorial University scholar studying microplastics in our oceans

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2025 18:44


    Juliette Lee and Murial Whelan say that living next to the old Atlantic Seafood Sauce plant often meant keeping the windows closed to keep out the stench + Banting post-doc scholar Alice Zhu is studying how plastic moves through the ocean, and how it affects marine life such as turtles.

    Was a NL fisheries advocate banned from Facebook for posting a Ray Guy quote? + More crime on the high seas in season two of the Outlaw Ocean podcast

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2025 19:50


    Ryan Cleary says he was banned forever from Facebook after posting a Ray Guy quote + From problems with China's distant water fleet to human rights abuses in seafood processing, Ian Urbina talks about the second season of the Outlaw Ocean podcast.

    An outspoken fisherman is accusing some seafood producers of market manipulation + Should ocean temperature play a larger role in stock assessments?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2025 19:32


    Fish harvester John Efford says the ASP is manipulating the crab market + Research scientist Frédéric Cyr on how ocean condition cycles can affect groundfish recovery.

    Meet some temporary foreign workers at St. Mary's Bay Fisheries + From 2023, why the Atlantic Seafood Sauce plant became such a stinky hazard + MHA Sherry Gambin-Walsh on what the province is doing to clean up the former seafood sauce plant

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2025 17:56


    We'll meet some workers from the Philippines who are processing crab in St. Mary's + From 2023 we'll hear some of CBC Investigates coverage of the rotting fish sauce plant in St. Mary's + MHA Sherry Gambin-Walsh on why it's taken so long to help St. Mary's with the abandoned seafood sauce plant.

    Northern cod was discussed today in the House of Commons + Does NL do enough to promote seafood within the province? + The late Jack Troake on fishing and politics

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2025 25:08


    MP Clifford Small has questions for minister Joanne Thompson on Northern Cod + Nancy Bowers says Maritime provinces do a lot to promote their seafood industries, why can't NL? + From our archives: The late Jack Troake of Twillingate talks about the recreational fishery and more

    How crab processing is going in St. Mary's + Abandoned fish sauce plant will finally get cleaned up + Canadian Food Inspection Agency has detected a parasite in NL oyster farm sites

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2025 21:35


    St. Mary's mayor Steve Ryan says crab season hitting its stride + Steve Ryan with an update on St. Mary's abandoned fish sauce plant + Greg Ferrara of the CFIA says oyster dermo is not harmful to humans.

    Why the FFAW is recommending that the inshore northern cod allocation be increased in one part of the province + Big plans for World Oceans Day + We pay tribute to outspoken sealer and fisherman Jack Troake who died this week

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2025 22:04


    FFAW president Dwan Street on what the union is recommending to DFO in terms of northern cod + DFO biologist Dawn Mercer on the activities planned for World Oceans Day across NL + We hear one of the last interviews Jack Troake did on The Broadcast.

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