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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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    Burgeo may be one step closer to becoming a sanctuary for some Marineland belugas + What will change with the Coast Guard now that they're under National Defence? + A fisherman on the west coast of Nfld says harvesters need to adapt to the warming oc

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2025 20:28


    Melissa Matlow of World Animal Protection Canada has been talking to the town of Burgeo about helping the Marineland belugas + Marc Mes of the Canadian Coast Guard discusses the transition to the Department of National Defence + Port au Choix fisherman Donald Spence discusses the changes in species he's observed due to the warming Gulf of St. Lawrence.

    A Conservative MP says there are unfair rules in the recreational scallop fishery + More than 200 young storm petrels get a second chance at life after being rescued + Optimism in the air in Makkovik as the Torngat plant processes cod for the first time

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2025 18:25


    MP Clifford Small is advocating for a man who's facing a fine for a recreational scallop fishery violation + We join wildlife biologist Taylor Brown as stranded storm petrels are released in Witless Bay + Makkovik AngajukKâk Barry Andersen says it was an historic day when the Torngat plant processed cod for the first time.

    We'll join a storm petrel patrol group in Holyrood + A seafood analyst on the crab season of 2025 and what we could expect in 2026

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2025 23:40


    Producer Todd O'Brien followed along with a petrel patrol group in Holyrood + In terms of the snow crab market in the US, seafood analyst John Sackton says the unpredictability of 2025 could carry over into 2026.

    A pink fishing boat is at the centre of a trial in St. John's + A UK researcher says the issue of microplastic in seafood has been overblown + We take a look at the upcoming season of Land & Sea

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2025 24:10


    Amanda Boutcher had her charges dropped in connection with a case involving a fishing boat at Confederation Building + Ted Henry, a professor of Environmental Toxicology at Heriot-Watt University, says the seafood industry has been unfairly targeted for microplastic contamination + Jane Adey tells us about the new season of CBC's Land & Sea.

    A marine heat wave off NL in 2023 had scientists looking for answers + Considering their recent success on Dragons' Den, we'll take a look at the rise of a seaweed skincare company in Grates Cove

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2025 21:41


    DFO scientist Nancy Soontiens and MI scientist Frédéric Cyr discuss their research on the marine heat wave of 2023 + We take a look back at the evolution of the seaweed skincare company 7 Fathoms.

    She just graduated with a PhD in earth sciences, we'll meet a Swiss student who researches the ocean floor + Pumpkin carving in full scuba gear? Hear about some upcoming events in NL's diving community

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2025 17:40


    Caroline Gini just graduated from Memorial's Earth Sciences department with a PhD, her research is on how we map and explore the seafloor + Adele Walsh of Ocean Quest Adventures talks about some upcoming fall events, including an underwater pumpkin carving contest.

    A look back at Norway's 'traffic light' system for sea lice in salmon farms + The new marine atlas for Gros Morne also has a companion podcast + Meet the woman behind the pet treat business, Treats Ahoy

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2025 23:21


    Salmon farming companies in Norway are suing the Norwegian government over the 'traffic light' system for sea lice, we'll look back at that policy + Rebecca Brushett is the lead author of 'People, Place and the Ocean' a marine atlas about the Gros Morne area + Sherry Welsh uses local seafood including cod and capelin to make products for Treats Ahoy.

    The FFAW hopes NL's new PC government will follow through with its commitments to the fishing sector + Hear about some great white sharks that were hanging around NL waters

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2025 20:01


    Jamie Baker, secretary-treasurer of the FFAW, says the union will be reminding the new PC government of the promises it made to the fishing industry + Chris Fisher, founder of Ocearch, says some great white sharks were recently tracked to NL waters.

    He's facing a fine from DFO, but a Harbour Breton man is speaking out against a recreational scallop fishery regulation that he calls unfair + A teacher in Musgrave Harbour says in the fall her young students help stranded storm petrels

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2025 20:23


    Gerald Parrott says a DFO regulation that bans the use of hydraulic equipment in the recreational scallop fishery is discriminatory + Rebecca Vincent of Gill Memorial Academy says her young students get a lot out of helping storm petrels that become stranded near the school.

    'Hard, Hard Times,' a 1989 archival edition of Land and Sea with host Dave Quinton speaking with fishermen about signs of a cod collapse

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2025 25:08


    Fisherman along the Great Northern and Avalon Peninsula's talk about their fishing seasons and signs that cod stocks are in trouble in an 1989 archival edition of Land and Sea.

    Giant squid and fisheries conservation, the legacy of Moses Harvey + A call for the commercial Atlantic mackerel fishery to resume

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2025 18:57


    Much more than giant squid, Jim Armour tells us about the life of Presbyterian minister Moses Harvey + Heated questions about reopening the Atlantic mackerel fishery aimed at the federal fisheries minister.

    What do NL's three political parties have to say about fisheries issues? Just ahead of the election we'll hear from the NDP, PCs and Liberal Party

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2025 25:08


    Bonavista PC candidate Craig Pardy, NDP leader Jim Dinn and Cartwright-L'Anse au Clair Liberal candidate Lisa Dempster answer questions about fisheries and aquaculture issues.

    A biology professor says Burgeo could make a good sanctuary for Marineland belugas + An animal rights group is interested in hearing about Burgeo's sanctuary proposal + What NL's seafood industry is worth in 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2025 23:00


    Hal Whitehead, a Dalhousie biology professor, says with the right infrastructure Burgeo might be a good sanctuary for belugas + Melissa Matlow of World Animal Protection Canada is interested in talking to the town of Burgeo about its Marineland beluga proposal + We take a look at how much money NL's seafood industry was worth in 2024.

    The town of Burgeo has a proposal to become a sanctuary for the Marineland belugas + There's a new map that depicts NL's ghost ship sightings

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2025 21:03


    Burgeo mayor Trevor Green says his town has a proposal to help 30 beluga whales currently living at the now defunct Marineland park + There's more than 100 ghost ship sightings on a map created by Folklore PhD student Karin Murray-Bergquist.

    Meet a Portuguese brotherhood bonded in cod + Back in 2021, how did Mowi Canada East deal with sea lice outbreaks at salmon farm sites in NL?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2025 23:51


    Nuno Cardoso and Jose Paulo Vieira are part of Confraria Gastronómica do Bacalhau and are in St. John's to honour Portuguese fishermen who died at sea + From our archives: former communications director for Mowi, Ian Roberts, talks about how the salmon farming company dealt with sea lice infestations in 2021.

    A discussion about NL's three current Marine Protected Areas + A look back at the Gilbert Bay Marine Protected Area and its golden cod

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2025 20:49


    A chat about the history and purpose of NL's three MPAs with DFO's Olivia Clark, acting senior biologist for Marine Protected Area Management + From 2016, a discussion with research scientist Corey Morris on the golden cod within the Gilbert Bay Marine Protected Area in southern Labrador.

    Mowi Canada East says at least 166,000 salmon have died due to sea lice + Why a sunken schooner continues to inspire people in Champney's West + Giving stranded storm petrels a second chance + Paying tribute to the late Bob Hooper

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2025 19:47


    In a statement, Mowi explains that due to repeated sea lice infestations at least 166,000 farmed salmon have recently died + Wayne Freeman says a replica of the Hazel Pearl is being built for display in Champney's West + Memorial student Fiona Le Taro on how to save Leach's storm petrels + The founding director of the Bonne Bay Marine Station, Bob Hooper, has died.

    A David's woman says waste from salmon farms is creating a bad smell at the dairy farm she lives near + The owner of the farm says waste from the aquaculture industry is regularly put in the farm's 'anaerobic digester' to create electr

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2025 22:33


    Sharon Piccott is frustrated over the fishy smell from a neighboring farm that's using salmon farm waste in its 'anaerobic digester' + New World Dairy owner Brent Chaffey says using fish waste does not pose a health risk and is a regular part of the farm's operation to generate electricity

    A Land and Sea archival edition called 'The Lake Melville Seal Hunt'

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2025 20:16


    A 1995 episode of Land and Sea called, 'The Lake Melville Seal Hunt.'

    A DFO research scientist talks about a leatherback turtle that washed ashore in Trepassey + We chat with two recreational fishery advocates about what changes they'd like to see in the fishery

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2025 21:50


    Charmain Hamilton, a research scientist with DFO, went to Trepassey last week to check out the leatherback turtle that washed ashore + Leon Abbott of Jigs and Reels Boat Tours and Barry Fordham of the Food Fishery Fighters talk about some of the changes they'd like to see in next year's recreational fishery

    Two young brothers talk about a dead sea turtle that washed ashore in Trepassey + John Pike received a lifesaving award for helping save the life of a man during the food fishery + How does St. John's restaurant LIV serve local bluefin tuna?

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2025 20:41


    It's huge, looks ancient and is likely a leatherback. We hear what the Penney family of Trepassey has to say about a dead sea turtle that washed ashore there + Fisherman John Pike received a St. John Ambulance Lifesaving Award for helping save the life of a man whose boat was sinking + We take a trip to LIV in downtown St. John's, which has lots of locally caught tuna on the menu.

    Greg Janes of Burgeo organized a demonstration against the impacts of farmed salmon die-offs + We'll hear more from the participants of the Aquaculture Industry Association's annual conference and trade show

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2025 21:36


    Greg Janes is worried about fish farm expansion and the potential impacts of mass salmon die-offs + More voices from Cold Harvest 2025 including Rob Spiers of Seawise Innovative Packaging; Gerard McDonald of Netukulimk Fisheries Ltd; and Amy Negriin of Mowi Canada East.

    We'll take you to Cold Harvest 2025: The Nfld Aquaculture Industry Association's 30th annual conference and trade show

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2025 25:08


    We'll hear from NAIA's Executive Director Keith Sullivan; Qalipu Vice Chief Colleen Paul; Keynote speaker Ken Coates; Grieg Seafood's Victoria Windsor and Aquaculture scientist Cyr Couturier

    Mapping the ocean floor off the south coast + A check-in with the crew of the Amundsen in the high Arctic + Protecting the lives of Leach's storm petrels

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2025 22:10


    The Marine Institute's Katleen Robert on mapping the ocean floor off the south coast + Research scientist Lisa Matthes on scientific work being carried out on the Amundsen in northern Canada + Seabird biologist Bill Montevecchi on what can be done to cut down on storm petrel deaths

    The FFAW says the shrimp fishery re-opening in zone 3L is a big win + Fish farm supporters speak out at a PC campaign stop in Harbour Breton + A Nfld Conservative MP says his party wants to replace the existing Temporary Foreign Worker Program

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2025 22:44


    FFAW president Dwan Street says the newly reopened shrimp fishery in the offshore is for Canadian harvesters only + Aquaculture supporters speak out against the proposed South Coast Fjords NMCA at a PC campaign stop + Conservative MP Clifford Small says his party is working on replacing the Temporary Foreign Worker Program

    Divers have just gone down to the sunken ship, Hazel Pearl; we'll dive into the history of this schooner and why this shipwreck is so unique

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2025 21:54


    Neil Burgess of the Shipwreck Preservation Society on what was discovered during a recent dive to the sunken schooner Hazel Pearl in Champney's West harbour + Ship researcher Heather Elliot on the oral history of the Hazel Pearl.

    Will ship recycling become a new industry for NL? + The joys of reeling in tuna

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2025 23:50


    Rob Strong of Newfoundland Marine Recycling has big plans for the Bull Arm site + Fisherman Ryan Pitcher of Pouch Cove talks the excitement and challenges of pursuing tuna.

    They want better search and rescue resources for Labrador, we'll hear voices from a demonstration held outside Coast Guard headquarters in St. John's + Oceana Canada is encouraged by DFO's new plans for rebuilding fish stocks

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2025 18:50


    Jeanette Russell, Jason Sullivan and Craig Parsons speak to the media during a demonstration for better search and rescue for Labrador + Rebecca Schijns of Oceana Canada is hopeful about DFO's 12 science-based plans to rebuild fish stocks for species such as Atlantic mackerel.

    Why a Coast Guard ship had to return to port while trying to rescue a scallop dragger in trouble + Due to the wildfires in August, the Wooden Boat Museum in Winterton had to change its 'Out in Boat' festival agenda

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2025 18:55


    "It got really rough really fast." Coast Guard commanding officer Irving Barney talks about what went wrong last week during a rescue effort near the Strait of Belle Isle + Jerome Canning of the Wooden Boat Museum in Winterton says there won't be a flotilla, but there's still lots on the agenda for the "Out in Boat" festival on Saturday.

    Tourism operator in Burgeo fed up with smell and residue from salmon being rendered at the fish meal plant + We'll hear more from two Marine Institute students who voyaged on The Morrissey + An Irish PhD student in NL studying capelin

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2025 21:44


    Dorim Keeping, owner of Burgeo Haven Inn, says the bad smell and oily residue from salmon rendering is affecting his ecotourism business + MI students David March and Lauren Martin learned more than sailing during their voyage on the schooner Ernestina Morrissey + PhD student Eamonn J. MacDonnacha is studying population dynamics of capelin.

    A celebration of the SSV Ernestina Morrissey: Join The Broadcast aboard this 130-year-old schooner which was once owned by famed explorer Captain Bob Bartlett of Brigus

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2025 25:09


    While The Morrissey was docked in Brigus, we hear how Captain Bartlett's legacy is being carried on by the ship's crew and supporters, post-secondary students from NL who voyaged on it as well as local people with deep connections to Bartlett.

    The FFAW hopes the provincial government will do something to prevent seafood processors from buying sea cucumbers from St. Pierre + Two university professors with opposing viewpoints on developing the natural gas industry in NL

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2025 22:25


    The FFAW's Jamie Baker says the province has the power to prevent processors from purchasing sea cucumbers from St. Pierre + Sara Hastings-Simon from the University of Calgary and David Detomase from the Smith School of Business react to the proposed natural gas project in Fermeuse.

    A New Brunswick wildlife cinematographer says he was threatened with violence after filming near sea pens in Harbour Breton Bay + A Fermeuse resident has a lot of concerns about the natural gas hub proposed for the town

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2025 23:05


    Nick Hawkins was shaken after he was threatened and had tires slashed while filming salmon in Harbour Breton Bay + Valerie Walsh has a lot of questions about a natural gas mega project proposed for the marine base in the town of Fermeuse.

    A scallop dragger and crew were rescued on Monday + With tariffs and uncertain markets, Labrador Gem Seafoods has had a bumpy season

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2025 21:38


    Hear how the "Strait Stream" helped rescue a scallop dragger called the "Linden's Commander" and its crew + Labrador Gem Seafoods president Danny Dumaresque talks about navigating marketing potholes and tariffs this season.

    Fish harvesters prevent a St. Pierre boat from unloading sea cucumber in Grand Bank + A CBC reporter who's in Harbour Breton covering the Mowi salmon die-off + A MUN oceanography professor explains the phenomenon that killed thousands of farmed salmo

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2025 21:10


    FFAW president Dwan Street says St. Pierre boats trying to offload sea cucumber in NL should turn back + CBC's Troy Turner in Harbour Breton talking to people about the mass farmed salmon die-off in Harbour Breton Bay + Memorial University oceanography professor emeritus Brad de Young says the phenomenon that recently killed farmed salmon on the south coast was caused by wind.

    Premier Hogan and the Salmonid Council of NL react to the Mowi farmed salmon die-off + An oceanographer explains thermocline inversion, which is what Mowi says caused salmon to die + The FFAW is troubled St. Pierre sea cucumbers are being landed in NL

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2025 20:08


    Premier John Hogan and wild salmon advocates react to the death of 400,000 salmon at Mowi sites on Nfld's south coast + Marine Institute research scientist on the phenomenon of 'thermocline inversion' in the ocean + FFAW president Dwan Street says Quinsea/Royal Greenland should not be landing sea cucumbers caught in St. Pierre waters.

    Mayor of Harbour Breton concerned about future of fish farming, after another mass die-off of salmon + An update on a pilot project in Conception Bay that's using kelp to help filter wastewater

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2025 19:34


    The biggest employer in Harbour Breton is Mowi Canada East; mayor Lloyd Blake says that when thousands of farmed salmon die, it's very concerning + Michael Teasdale of HoldFastNL says a pilot project in Kelligrews that's using seaweed to help filter effluent is continuing.

    Atlantic Salmon Federation is alarmed about the recent salmon die-off at three Mowi sites in Harbour Breton Bay + NL NDP leader Jim Dinn says the province's aquaculture regulations aren't doing enough to prevent mass farmed-salmon die-offs

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2025 20:31


    Neville Crabbe of the Atlantic Salmon Federation says Mowi Canada East needs to be more transparent about mortality events + Jim Dinn, leader of the NDP and wild salmon advocate, says the recent die-off event is disturbing news.

    Will the marine base in Fermeuse become a hub for liquified natural gas? + On the hunt for squid in Conception Bay

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2025 18:48


    Fermeuse Energy Ltd CEO Swapan Kataria says the company's plans include building a natural gas pipeline and a floating liquefaction facility + We join Mark Bailey on Conception Bay after dark to jig for squid.

    The quest to save Leach's storm petrels off NL shores + A fishing stage consumed by fire in Quidi Vidi harbour lives on in stained glass

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2025 21:29


    Seabird biologist Bill Montevecchi on reducing light from fish plants and fishing boats to help save Leach's storm petrels + Stain glass artist David Pye on a new piece depicting a fishing stage that burned in Quidi Vidi harbour this summer.

    Baker the great white shark pays a visit + Bob Bartlett's schooner is coming home to Brigus

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2025 19:37


    OCEARCH's Nigel Hussey tells us about Baker, the great white shark who's currently on the Grand Banks + Catherine Dempsey on an upcoming visit of Bob Bartlett's schooner, the SSV Ernestina-Morrissey.

    A retired DFO scientist's view on any potential oil spill from the Baltic 3 + Land and Sea visits the fish plant in Mary's Harbour

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2025 21:30


    Retired DFO scientist Jerry Payne on what might happen if oil spilled from the Baltic 3 + Land and Sea host Jane Adey tells us about her trip to the fish plant and fishing grounds in the Mary's Harbour area.

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