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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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    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.

    Labrador fisherman says it's unfair that the FFAW is not asking for a northern cod quota increase for area 2J + A ship's wheel holds a mystery at the Marystown Model Ship Gallery

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2025 22:27


    Chad Strugnell says Labrador harvesters deserve a northern cod quota increase + Jim Myles of the Marystown Model Ship Gallery chats about some of the artifacts and models on display this season.

    Less ice and fewer caplin affecting harp seal population in Gulf of St Lawrence + Indian Bay Ecosystem Corporation says thanks to conservation efforts, the piping plover has returned to Cape Freels

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2025 19:28


    DFO biologist Joanie Van de Walle says the seal population in the Gulf of St. Lawrence is getting older + Jessica Vincent, project coordinator with the Indian Bay Ecosystem Corp., says after 11 years without sightings, two piping plovers have been seen in Cape Freels.

    The FFAW isn't happy with the way some snow crab is being shipped off the island for processing + A lobster fisherman won't use elogs and says he is now facing charges

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2025 21:24


    FFAW president Dwan Street slams local processors sending snow crab for processing in other provinces + Conway Caines outlines reasons why he is against using elogs.

    Update on the salvage of the MSC Baltic lll + A song about the stranded cargo ship + Food fishery protest near DFO offices + Trap Berth Day on Fogo Island

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2025 19:48


    Coast Guard's Bruce English on the status of the MSC Baltic lll + Jim Sheppard with his new song about the stranded cargo ship + Barry Fordham takes his protest for an expanded food fishery to DFO + Iris Stunzi tells us about Trap Berth Day on Fogo Island

    Talking safety, PLB's and EPIRB's with the NL Fish Harvesting Safety Association + Mom and daughter at event featuring graduating naval architects + Wildlife and ice off the coast of Black Tickle

    Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2025 25:08


    Craig Parsons with the NL Fish Harvesting Safety Association on current safety campaigns + Mackenzie Piercy explains her ship design at an open house featuring graduating naval architects + Jeffrey Keefe in Black Tickle on the icebergs, bears, birds and seals in his ocean backyard

    Tangled up in a lot of gear; efforts made to free a humpback on the west coast + A new crop of bright young students from the naval architecture program at the Marine Institute

    Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2025 19:27


    An extraordinary effort to free a humpback by the Whale Release and Strandings group + Designing ships, students in the naval architecture program at the Marine Institute talk about their futures

    People, polar bears and a documentary maker on the Great Northern Peninsula + Turning the Tide Marine Industry Awards recipients + Fish harvester Brendan Gould on a seal and herring video

    Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2025 19:11


    Monica Engel tells us about her documentary on human - polar bear interaction on the Great Northern Peninsula + Recipients of the Turning the Tide Marine Industry Awards announced + Brendan Gould tells us about his video showing seals chasing herring in the bay

    Fighting for better search and rescue resources in Labrador + Plenty of jobs for seafarers, the Canadian Marine Careers Foundation points out urgent workforce gaps

    Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2025 20:44


    Jeanette Russell, founder of the Labrador Coalition for Search and Rescue, continues to push for better search and rescue capabilities + The Canadian Marine Careers Foundation is trying to bring attention to "critical labour and skills shortages in the country's marine transportation sector."

    Protesting elogs outside DFO headquarters in St. John's + A smart buoy is being prepared for Hermitage Bay

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2025 21:22


    Fish harvester Amanda Boutcher on why she staged a protest over elogs at DFO headquarters in St. John's + A smart buoy for Hermitage Bay will monitor sea conditions - we head to the Marine Institute in Holyrood for a look at the large yellow buoy.

    Fishing for Success held an event that that celebrated Cassie Brown's book 'Death on the Ice' + It's slow, but oil is being pumped off the grounded MSC Baltic III

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2025 20:52


    Seal tastings, an archival exhibit, and lots of people eager to take part in a live reading of "Death on the Ice" + Bruce English of the Canadian Coast Guard with the latest on the salvage operation of the MSC Baltic III.

    Gary Collins talks about his new book 'The Lucky Seven: The Story of the Elite Navigator' + We look back at how the life-raft from the Elite Navigator is used for training

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2025 25:11


    Gary Collins on the research involved to write a book on the F/V Elite Navigator rescue + From January 2025, Marcel O'Brien and Jim Chidley of the Canadian Coast Guard Auxiliary show us what's inside the Elite Navigator's life-raft.

    Outspoken fisherman says DFO was heavy-handed in seizing his cell phone as part of a fishing violation investigation + NL's tourism department launches Hello Humpback - a website to help track the whales

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2025 18:33


    Jason Sullivan, inshore vice president with the FFAW, says his privacy is being violated because fisheries officers seized his mobile phone as part of an investigation + Director of Tourism Marketing Darrell Smith says tour boat operators are very pleased with the launch of HelloHumpback.ca.

    Ocean Trout Canada on the recent escape of steelhead trout from a marine site + Why there's a going to be a live reading of Cassie Brown's 1972 book, 'Death on the Ice'

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2025 19:00


    Sheldon George of Ocean Trout Canada says they're trying to determine how many trout escaped from a farm site near St. Alban's + Kimberly Orren of Fishing for Success talks about the upcoming live reading of "Death on the Ice."

    An update on the proposed National Marine Conservation area off northern Labrador + Meet some of the students working at the new Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage Lab at Memorial

    Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2025 18:44


    Nunatsiavut's deputy minister of Lands and Natural Resources Jim Goudie says the NMCA off Torngat Mountains National Park is still on track to be the first in NL + Hear from some of the students working on ways to store carbon under the seabed at MUN's new CCUS lab.

    Memorial University is training a new workforce in carbon capture utilization and storage + Chef Chris Mercer has tips to cook fish like the pros

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2025 21:52


    Process engineering professor Lesley James says the students at the new Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage Lab at MUN will help create a new industry in NL + Chef Chris Mercer of the Post Taphouse in Torbay is giving a workshop on how to fillet and cook fish.

    Rough Water Traps speaks out about alleged intimidation tactics from the ASP + Barry Fordham takes his campaign for the food fishery to Ottawa

    Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2025 19:12


    Rough Water Traps owner Matthew O'Leary says despite threats, his company did not need to comply with ASP demands + Barry Fordham of the Food Fishery Fighters is still hopeful DFO will make changes to the summer recreational cod fishery.

    FFAW accuses Association of Seafood Producers of intimidation + FFAW rep for Placentia Bay and south coast says harvesters frustrated with mandatory ELOGS, and low price for lobster + Northern Peninsula lobster harvesters say cold water affecting catches

    Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2025 24:07


    FFAW president Dwan Street accusing ASP of intimidation tactics + Jamie Baker, FFAW rep for area 3PS, says harvesters beyond frustrated over the apps used or electronic logging + Jeff Griffin, FFAW rep for area 14A, says cold water temperature affecting beginning of lobster season.

    A method for catching tuna is causing problems in the world's oceans + The Wooden Boat Museum was docked in Mount Pearl to help students learn about boat building

    Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2025 22:02


    Laurenne Schiller, a postdoc research fellow at Dalhousie and Carleton, is the lead author of a study on the damaging effects of drifting fish aggregating devices to catch tuna + Some junior high students use some old-fashioned tools to learn about boat building.

    Why have lobster become so plentiful around Newfoundland? + We pay tribute to late musician and captain, Mark Hiscock

    Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2025 20:53


    DFO biologist Elizabeth Coughlan on why the waters around Newfoundland have become so ideal for lobster + Back in August 2023, the late Mark Hiscock had become a captain for O'Brien's Whale and Bird Tours.

    Port Saunders lobster fisherman has a close call on the water + Meet the artist behind a new plaque that will commemorate the rescue of the Lucky 7 crew

    Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2025 19:29


    Fisherman Boyd Lavers has a safety message after a close call last week + Keisha Mercer's drawing that depicts the rescue of the 'Elite Navigator' crew will be bronzed and put on display in New-Wes-Valley

    NL seafood producer working to diversify markets at seafood expo in Spain + Seafood seller in Fortune Bay says it's been a rough season so far for lobster harvesters + Where are all the icebergs?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2025 21:56


    Danny Dumaresque is part of NL delegation at a seafood expo in Barcelona + Tonia Grandy of New Age Seafoods in Garnish says lobster harvesters are having a rough season + C-Core's Desmond Power says big icebergs off NL shores are becoming more rare.

    We bring you to Cape St. Mary's to meet the researchers studying how northern gannets are reacting to our changing climate

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2025 23:25


    Broadcast producer Todd O'Brien tags along as seabird biologist Bill Montevecchi and his students capture and perform tests on gannets at Cape St. Mary's, before attaching tracking devices to the birds

    If there's a northern cod quota increase, will Labrador harvesters get an increase? + Meet the underwater robotics team from Southwest Arm Academy

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2025 20:35


    Dwight Russell, president of the Labrador Fishermen's Union Shrimp Company, says Labrador should get a fair share of a cod quota increase, but that's not what was recommended to DFO by the FFAW + A team from Southwest Arm Academy is competing in the MATE ROV challenge for the first time

    Ocean Ranger Legacy Foundation getting closer to repatriating artifacts held in Ottawa + A program in the Maritimes lends whale-safe gear to fish harvesters

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2025 23:38


    Clayton Burry, chair of the Ocean Ranger Legacy Foundation, hopes they can secure a permanent exhibit space in St. John's + Sean Brillant of the Canadian Wildlife Federation says harvesters in NL may soon need better access to whale-safe crab and lobster gear

    Two humpbacks got tangled in fishing gear recently + Crime in the sea cucumber industry

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2025 21:51


    Julie Huntington of the Whale Release and Strandings Group says they were called to help two humpbacks last weekend + Felix Morrow is the lead author of a paper about crime in the Canada's sea cucumber fisheries

    Rocket debris warning in NL's offshore + Why the only wharf in Torbay is closed + Why lobster is so essential to some harvesters

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2025 21:11


    Hilding Neilson, an assistant professor of physics and physical oceanography, talks about the debris warning due to the Atlas V rocket launch + Ian Gosse of the Torbay Harbour Authority on why Tapper's Cove is now off-limits + Brad House of Port Saunders talks about the opening of lobster season

    Why Exploits Island became a refuge for a draft dodger and people seeking peace and tranquility, in this archival episode called 'A Lot of Good Memories'

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2025 18:56


    From 2009, a Land & Sea episode about Exploits Island called 'A Lot of Good Memories' hosted by Fred Greening

    A price gap between Nfld and Gulf crab is not fishy at all, say seafood producers + Otto Kelland's daughter Jocelyn talks about the legacy of his song, 'Let Me Fish off Cape St. Mary's'

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2025 22:06


    The difference in the Urner Barry price for Nfld and Gulf crab, is not a cause for concern says Jeff Loder of the ASP + Jocelyn Kelland talks about the legacy of her father's song 'Let Me Fish off Cape St. Mary's' which will soon be inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame

    FFAW concerned about crab price discrepancy + Women you wouldn't dare cross: A look back at women's roles in our early Irish fishing communities

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2025 20:20


    FFAW president Dwan Street says the difference between the price of Gulf crab and NL crab needs to be investigated + Historian Willeen Keough tees up her lecture on "Unsettling Femininity in Early Irish-Newfoundland Fishing Communities" 

    Some say they are overabundant, but DFO science says harp seals are in decline + Oil has leaked from the MSC Baltic III says the Coast Guard

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2025 20:50


    Shelley Lang discusses the latest DFO stock assessment of Northwest Atlantic harp seals + Coast Guard senior response officer Bruce English says pollution from the Baltic III is being cleaned up

    A petition demanding urgent action on salvage of MSC Baltic III + Fisherman concerned about how lobster is priced + A gift of flippers from a "Food Fish Fighter"

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2025 21:30


    Nadia Childs says the salvage operation of a grounded container ship off Lark Harbour is taking too long + Ernest Decker has concerns about how lobster is priced + Barry Fordham of 'Sharing the Harvest' and 'Food, Fish Fighters' is donating some seal flippers to food banks

    What do the federal candidates in Central Newfoundland have to say about fisheries issues? + Issues with the salvage of the MSC Baltic III make it to the House of Assembly

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2025 20:35


    What do Central Newfoundland federal candidates NDP Darian Vincent, Liberal Lynette Powell and Conservative Clifford Small have to say about fisheries issues? + Independent MHA Eddie Joyce has concerns about the salvage of the grounded MSC Baltic III.

    Concern is rising about fishing debris in the ocean around Spotted Island, Labrador, caused by a storm in January + Take a tour of a new Titanic exhibit in St. John's

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2025 24:36


    Erin Snow is frustrated that no governments have offered assistance to help clean debris and ghost gear off of Spotted Island + Larry Daley gave reporters a sneak peak of his new Titanic and iceberg exhibit.

    The FFAW says the grounded MSC Baltic III is posing threats to the fishery + Meet the Mount Pearl man running for the Animal Protection Party that aims to end seal hunting

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2025 21:00


    FFAW president Dwan Street says the grounded container ship near Lark Harbour is a potential environmental disaster + Mike Peach is running for the Animal Protection Party of Canada in the district of Cape Spear.

    What's happening with the market for seal products in 2025? + Researchers discover that some medieval monks in France were using seal skin for some very important work

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2025 22:28


    Dion Dakins of Carino Processing on today's market for seal products + Élodie Lévêque and Matthew Collins are part of a University of Cambridge study on how medieval French monks used seal skin to bind books.

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