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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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"

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

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