The Broadcast from CBC Radio

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

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

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 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 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

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

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

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 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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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."

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.

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 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.

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.

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."

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.

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.