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.

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.

As Ottawa rolls out a whale-safe fishing gear strategy, the US considers rolling back measures to protect whales from vessel strikes says conservation biologist Sean Brilliant + DFO regional resource manager Barry Peters chats about the new 'Personal Use Seal Fishery - Educational Observer Pilot' for people 12 and over who want to learn about seal harvesting.

Stock assessment biologist Ron Lewis says the warming ocean is one reason why capelin are increasing in numbers + Bruce Rodrigues, an ecosystem management ecologist with NL's Wildlife division, says the province will closely monitor the double crested cormorant hunt.

Conway Caines says it's not fair that harvesters in Zone 4R cannot access cod off southern Labrador + Seabird biologist Ian Jones says new hunting rules for double crested cormorants could inadvertently lead to the wrong birds being killed.

A local actor is portraying Lady Sara Kirke as the the Colony of Avalon celebrates her legacy + We'll hear more from a 1975 Land & Sea episode about "The Fisherman's Broadcast."

As we celebrate 75 years on the radio, we'll hear from former hosts who understood the importance of the fishery and what the show means to listeners, with music from Jim Payne and Fergus O'Byrne.

As we celebrate 75 years on the radio, we'll hear from former hosts who understood the importance of the fishery and what the show means to listeners, with music from Jim Payne and Fergus O'Byrne.

CBC reporter Terry Roberts explains how a little known UN convention on taxing offshore oil on the high seas will affect the Bay du Nord project + "Just leave us alone": St. Brendan's mayor Bill Broderick says DFO deemed a wharf unsafe and restricted access, but Broderick insists the wharf is needed and will be used.

The Broadcast takes in a live news conference announcing details of the Bay du Nord offshore oil project in the Flemish Cap Basin, which will include a floating dry dock facility in Bull Arm.

Fisheries and Aquaculture Minister Loyola O'Driscoll on department priorities + Liberal MP Tom Osbourne on why he voted against a bill to extend the recreational food fishery.

Liberal MPs from this province explain why they voted down a Conservative bill to extend the recreational food fishery + Robert Butler is keeping nautical history alive by decking out his shed with the names of boats and ships that have made Baine Harbour home.

Herb Davis became host of The Broadcast in the mid-1970s but immediately had to fight to keep the show alive + Musician Sandy Morris arranged the current Broadcast theme in 1999.

FFAW President Dwan Street says there are deficiencies with the latest snow crab assessment and changes must be made + Federal Fisheries Minister Joanne Thompson responds + Organizers of a new Mission to Seafarers' talk about what the organization does and how it will operate in NL.

Julia Pantin, lead stock assessor for snow crab, says the stock is healthy in some zones but is declining in others + Qalipu Chief Jenny Brake says she talked to the FFAW about a misleading and racist comment that was posted on social media by the vice president of the union's inshore council.

They say it's embarrassing: Carl Slaney and Shauna Brennan are concerned about an eroding dump site that is taking attention away from the Fortune Head Ecological Reserve.

We'll hear about the crab fishery and visit a new salt fish operation in this Land & Sea episode from 1987 called "Labrador Diary" hosted by Dave Quinton.

David Warner, a creative sustainability coordinator in the Orkney Islands, says retro rubbish from Canada and beyond has turned up on a beach on Sanday Island + Filmmaker Christoph Potting is hoping to find someone in NL to be featured in a documentary about the power of ocean tides.

FFAW president Dwan Street is praising the PC party's handling of the fishery in their first 108 days in office + St. Mary's Mayor Steve Ryan on plans to process crab in other towns, and on the status of the old fish sauce plant.

The Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture is taking over the role of reviewing applications for fish processing licences and disbanding the role of an arms-length board + Barry Kendall is upset that the FFAW cut benefits his disabled father had been receiving since he was injured in a horrific car accident in the early 1980's

There was no episode of The Broadcast today due to the live broadcast of the Canada vs Switzerland women's ice hockey semi-final at the Winter Olympics.

FFAW president Dwan Street says members are preparing to protest if the province doesn't commit to changing the price setting process + Clayton Burry, chair of The Ocean Ranger Legacy Foundation, says by next year the public will be able to see artifacts from the sunken rig on display in NL

Tor Larsen of Norway's Fishermen's Association says fish is a resource that belongs to Norwegians so there are fewer fisheries regulations + Senator Fabian Manning explains a new report on using marine carbon capture technologies to reduce carbon.

Fermeuse mayor Jerome Kenny says there's a lot of misunderstanding around a proposed mega project to liquify natural gas in Fermeuse harbour, but Kenny says the project is contingent on many things and there's been no proposal presented to the town.

Memorial University students Eric Devine, Grace Fitzpatrick and Seamus MacKenzie, along with political science professor Angela Carter, discuss the liquified natural gas project that might be in the cards for Fermeuse.

DFO area chief Robert MacDougall on a pilot project to commercially harvest green crab in New Brunswick + Various reaction to the provincial government pulling out of an MOU on a proposed national marine conservation area.

At his 90th birthday celebration a lot of people thanked Wilfred Bartlett for his contributions to the fishery, we'll hear from his daughter Samantha as well as Ray Andrews, Ryan Cleary, Lin Paddock, Paul Dinn and Lela Evans plus Salvation Army Majors Chris and Claudette Pilgrim.

Premier Tony Wakeham, NL NDP leader Jim Dinn and Canada's Environment minister Julie Dabrusin answer questions about the future of the South Coast Fjords NMCA + The 30 by 30 conservation target is discussed in the House of Commons.

NL environment minister Chris Tibbs says the South Coast Fjords NMCA just doesn't work for NL + Barbara Barter has been fighting to create a conservation area off Burgeo for 25 years and says she's not stopping now.

The Wakeham government terminates the MOU for the ocean conservation area on the south coast, we'll hear from fisheries minister Loyola O'Driscoll, FFAW president Dwan Street and Miawpukek First Nation Chief Brad Benoit + DFO holds a media briefing on its whale-safe fishing gear strategy.

John Mannion and his wife Maura just received the Order of Newfoundland and Labrador for their documentation of Irish settlement in NL + Marine Protected Areas and their effectiveness is being discussed in the House of Commons.

Swapan Kataria, CEO of Fermeuse Energy Ltd, gives an update on the proposed liquified natural gas mega project + While at an infrastructure announcement, Minister of Fisheries Joanne Thompson is asked about fisheries issues.

Val Walsh still has questions about the proposed liquified natural gas project in Fermeuse + Our interview with Keith Sullivan of NAIA strikes a nerve with listeners + Seafood analyst John Sackton on how the removal of a Chinese tariff could affect crab and lobster sales.

Keith Sullivan, executive director of NAIA, has invited chef Jeremy Charles to view Newfoundland's salmon farms + Dante Enewold, CEO of Atlantic BioCorp, plans to open a facility in St. Anthony to 'upcycle' shrimp shells.

Part two of our conversation with seafood processor Danny Dumaresque about diversifying markets in a trade war + Hanna Vatcher of Oceana says Canada needs to mandate whale-safe fishing gear to help protect right whales.

Danny Dumaresque of Labrador Gem Seafoods says it's more important than ever to diversify our seafood markets + Lukey's boat wasn't always painted green -- Andrea O'Brien and Juliet Lanphear of Heritage NL chat about the evolution of paint in this province.

Jeremy Charles is part of "Off the Table" - a group of chefs advocating against ocean farmed salmon + Brendon Gould took a video of his father and another fisherman as they rescued a caribou in the ocean off Port au Choix + The Broadcast is celebrating its 75 anniversary this year, but what did the show sound like in 1975?

Tonia Grandy with New Age Seafoods in Garnish talks high water, green crab and periwinkle + PhD student Nick Coady on testing whalesafe gear for lobster pots + Premier Tony Wakeham takes questions about restructuring the fishery.