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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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    A new shipyard for our neighbours in Greenland? + The People of the Sea Service in Portugal Cove-St. Philip's

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2026 21:54


    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 in New Bonaventure is getting a refit + A petition to fix the wharf in Red Bay before the visit of the San Juan

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2026 22:29


    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.

    Premier Tony Wakeham talks about the Boston Seafood Expo and the snow crab industry + The FFAW has concerns about the post-season crab survey + A petition to clean up the old dump in the Fortune Head Ecological Reserve

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2026 21:42


    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.

    The generational connection between Ireland, Trinity and Tilting + Heated questions about mackerel in Ottawa

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2026 17:21


    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.

    There's still a lot of uncertainty about this year's snow crab fishery, says union president + A listener shares his grandmother's recipe for fishy-tasting seabirds

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2026 18:22


    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 the archives: How a Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker became a game changer for Newfoundland fishermen back in the late 1970s, we'll jump aboard The Grenfell with the crew of Land & Sea

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2026 25:08


    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.

    Could Canada and the United States soon be at odds when it comes to protecting whales? + A new way to get younger people involved in hunting seals

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2026 21:41


    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.

    Trending in the right direction, latest DFO stock assessment for capelin shows they are increasing in numbers + A provincial ecologist says there are several reasons to allow a long hunting season for double crested cormorants

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2026 21:35


    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.

    A fisherman on the Northern Peninsula has a lot of concerns about access to the cod fishery + A seabird scientist is worried about new hunting rules for double crested cormorants

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2026 25:08


    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.

    She ran a 17th century fishing plantation, celebrating the legacy of Lady Sara Kirke + Conversations about seals and squid, we'll hear more about the history of The Broadcast

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2026 22:11


    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."

    Celebrate The Broadcast's 75th birthday: Part Two of our special anniversary episode recorded at The Rooms in front of live audience

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2026 25:08


    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.

    Celebrate the Broadcast's 75th birthday: Part One of our special anniversary episode recorded at The Rooms in front of live audience

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2026 25:09


    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.

    The Law of the Sea: How will a United Nations convention on taxing offshore oil affect the Bay du Nord project? + DFO wants to restrict access to a wharf on Cottle Island, but the mayor of St. Brendan's says the wharf is essential

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2026 17:34


    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.

    remier Tony Wakeham says NL is back in the oil business, as he announces a benefits agreement for the Bay du Nord offshore oil project

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2026 25:09


    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.

    The provincial fisheries minister on what changes to the fishery he is pursuing + More feedback on federal Liberals voting against a bill to extend the recreational food fishery

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2026 21:12


    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.

    Why did the federal LIberals vote against a bill to extend NL's food fishery? + A colourful shed is a reminder of Baine Harbour's connection to the sea

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2026 19:06


    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.

    We're looking back at The Broadcast's 75-year history. Today, we'll hear how one former host fought to keep the show alive, and the story of our iconic theme music

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2026 21:42


    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.

    The FFAW is demanding a complete overhaul of the snow crab assessment process + The federal fisheries minister responds to FFAW demands + The Mission to Seafarers' holds a soft launch today in St. John's

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2026 21:40


    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.

    DFO warns that a decline in snow crab stocks is predicted in the coming years + The chief of the Qalipu First Nation is calling out troubling comments about the cancellation of the South Coast Fjords Conservation Area

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2026 23:10


    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.

    We'll bring you to Fortune Head where an old dump site is falling into the ocean, right next to one of the world's most significant fossil sites

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2026 22:10


    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.

    In this archival Land & Sea episode, we'll visit some fishing communities on the south coast of Labrador in August 1987

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2026 25:08


    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.

    Did ocean currents bring old trash from NL to Scotland? + A European filmmaker is looking for someone in NL whose life is significantly impacted by ocean tides

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2026 21:26


    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.

    The FFAW says the provincial government is making positive changes to the fishery + An update on the upcoming crab season and the old fish sauce plant in St. Mary's

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2026 25:09


    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 provincial government is ending the Fish Processing Licencing Boards' role in reviewing applications + The family of a former FFAW representative says the union has turned its back on their sick father

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2026 21:08


    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

    The Broadcast pre-empted today by Olympics coverage

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2026 0:38


    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.

    After losing a grievance over crab rebate, the FFAW says harvesters are fed up with how they're treated by The Association of Seafood Producers + The Ocean Ranger Legacy Foundation says by 2027 artifacts from the rig will be on display in NL

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2026 22:08


    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

    What can we learn from how Norway manages its fisheries? + A new way to use the ocean to help reduce carbon dioxide from the atmosphere

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2026 21:51


    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.

    Is the future of Fermeuse rooted in the fishery? The mayor of the town says a proposed liquified natural gas hub and pipeline may just be a pipe dream

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2026 19:20


    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.

    If this province is "open for business" does that include an LNG operation in Fermeuse harbour? We'll hear from some university students who've been looking into the proposal

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2026 22:23


    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.

    A pilot project to commercially harvest green crab in New Brunswick + More reaction to the province pulling out of the MOU on a proposed national marine conservation area

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2026 18:47


    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.

    A longtime advocate for the fishing industry has turned 90, we'll take you to retired captain Wilfred Bartlett's birthday celebration in CBS

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2026 25:09


    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.

    An ocean conservation area on Nfld's south coast is off the map, we'll get reaction from Confederation Building, from Ottawa and from listeners + What does the 30 by 30 conservation target actually mean?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2026 21:45


    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.

    Industry vs conservation? More reaction to the province's decision to withdraw support for the creation of a national park and a marine conservation area on Nfld's south coast

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2026 21:58


    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 province is pulling out of the agreement, will the South Coast Fjords NMCA survive? We'll hear from NL's fisheries minister, the FFAW and the Miawpukek First Nation + DFO is rolling out its whale-safe fishing gear plans

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2026 20:58


    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.

    His work lead to a better understanding of NL's Irish immigrants + Just how effective are Marine Protected Areas? We'll head to a committee meeting in Ottawa

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2026 18:44


    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.

    A pipeline and a hub for liquifying natural gas --The CEO of Fermeuse Energy Ltd has big plans for the southern shore + Reporters ask the federal fisheries minister about snow crab pricing and the fishery

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2026 17:34


    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.

    Concern rises over proposed LNG project for Fermeuse as South Korean firm gets involved + Interview with NAIA's executive director strikes a nerve with listeners + How will the removal of a Chinese tariff affect lobster and crab sales?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2026 23:00


    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.

    After his criticism of aquaculture, chef Jeremy Charles has been invited to view the south coast salmon farms + Turning shrimp shell waste in St. Anthony into usable products

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2026 19:25


    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.

    Whelk sushi? Labrador Gem Seafoods getting more product into local restaurants + Oceana Canada says DFO moving too slowly to implement whale-safe fishing gear

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2026 18:32


    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.

    Selling whelk to Hong Kong -- a fish processor is finding new markets for seafood despite a trade war + Fish and seal oils were often used, hear about the history of paint in NL

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2026 21:42


    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.

    A renowned NL chef served up some tough talk on farmed salmon at the World Economic Forum + A couple of quick thinking fishermen rescue a caribou + What did The Broadcast sound like in 1975?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2026 21:53


    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?

    High water, green crab and periwinkle; we'll have a chat with a seafood producer on the Burin Peninsula + Testing whalesafe gear for lobster pots + Premier Wakeham on talks with the FFAW and ASP

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2026 22:50


    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.

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