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The FFAW explains its role in DFO crab surveys + We'll catch up with enterprise owner Lil Saul and her catch of the day + Petty Harbour Mini Aquarium planning significant expansion

FFAW president-elect Dwan Street explains union's role in crab surveys, after a fisherman was denied the right + Twillingate is home now for Lil Saul but we caught up with her selling salt fish in Mount Pearl + Executive director Keith Moore on the expansion plans for Petty Harbour Mini Aquarium which include immersive virtual reality.

Published 10/25/24

Earth Scientist's theory about white mystery substance in Placentia Bay + MP Clifford Small had pointed questions on northern cod decision at House of Commons Fisheries meeting + International grad students studying ocean observation in this province

Memorial earth scientist Hilary Corlett has some informed thoughts on what the mystery white blobs could be + Conservative MP Clifford Small had questions about northern cod for Adam Burns, an assistant deputy minister with Fisheries and Oceans + We meet some of the international students at The Launch in Holyrood who are here to study ocean observation.

Published 10/24/24

Fish harvester from Port Saunders frustrated that he's not permitted to do a crab survey + Jamie Baker has left the Newfoundland Aquaculture Industry Association and has a new job with the FFAW

Fisherman Conway Caines is worried about his future after DFO said he was not allowed to do a crab survey this year + Former Broadcast host Jamie Baker is going back to work at the FFAW, as a member representative for fishing area 3PS.

Published 10/23/24

Some good news about the endangered North Atlantic right whale + Mistaken Point is known for its ancient fossils, but it's also home for a lot of seabirds

New England Aquarium senior scientist Philip Hamilton says the 2023 population count shows increase in right whale population + MUN PhD candidate Sydney Collins is giving a lecture at Mistaken Point about the largest and smallest seabirds in the area.

Published 10/22/24

Economist David Vardy has some advice for Ottawa about northern cod for next year + Marine biologist and author Helen Scales talks about her book, 'What the Wild Sea Can Be'

David Vardy gave a presentation to the House of Commons Committee on Fisheries and Oceans + Helen Scales talks about the future of the world's ocean in her latest book, "What the Wild Sea Can Be."

Published 10/21/24

Ocean Choice International reacts to federal court ruling against injunction to stop northern cod fishery + Benta Torstensen on the social acceptance of aquaculture in Norway + Update on the mystery white blobs washing up in Placentia Bay

Carey Bonnell of OCI is pleased federal court denied injunction to stop northern cod fishery + Norway's Benta Torstensen of Nofima talks about the 'social licence' of aquaculture + Environment and Climate Change Canada says mystery white blobs could be plant-based.

Published 10/18/24

Cenovus Energy will be dredging ocean floor near Argentia, harvesters looking for compensation + Baffin Fisheries says its newest vessel the 'Inuksuk II' will be a training platform for new generation of harvesters

Dredging is required near Argentia to tow Cenovus gravity structure to oil field, Jamie Barnett says harvesters are seeking compensation as the project will affect their ability to fish + Chris Flanagan of Baffin Fisheries says their newest vessel the 'Inuksuk II' is the largest in Canada and it's heading to NL

Published 10/17/24

Fisheries scientist George Rose says reopening northern cod fishery increases likelihood of stock decline + Group trying to save Quidi Vidi slipway feeling hopeful + Jane Adey on the launch of the 60th season of Land & Sea

Cod scientist George Rose tells House of Commons Committee on Fisheries and Ocean that reopening the fishery could lead to stock decline + Community support giving Jennifer Whiteway more hope about the future of the Quidi Vidi slipway + Land & Sea host Jane Adey chats about lobster, trout and a new season of the TV program.

Published 10/16/24

Does NL's fisheries minister have a solution to the redfish conundrum? + Great white sharks in NL waters + More on the push for increased lobster licences on the tip of the Northern Peninsula

Fisheries minister Gerry Byrne says DFO should change inshore rules for redfish fishery + Ocearch scientist John Tyminski on why great white sharks have been tracked to NL waters + Fish harvester Carl Hedderson tells us why more lobster licences should be issued for tip of Great Northern Peninsula.

Published 10/15/24

A public meeting to talk about Mowi Canada East's salmon hatchery expansion + A sombre day at Middle Cove beach where three Coast Guard personnel died 35 years ago

Gideon Pringle, managing director of MOWI Canada East takes questions at a public meeting about a salmon hatchery expansion + Gregory Peddle was just a boy when his father, a Coast Guard officer, lost his life with two colleagues off Middle Cove beach.

Published 10/11/24

Labrador MP defends opening up Northern cod fishery to the Canadian offshore fleet + Another decades old drifter buoy washes ashore near a river coming out of Western Brook Pond

Labrador MP Yvonne Jones spells out the benefits of opening Northern cod to the offshore sector + During a walk on the beach, Julie Huntington finds an old drifter buoy in a crab pot.

Published 10/10/24

DFO catch rules for redfish aren't working for fish harvesters + Shrouds and Stay: The Ballad of Jane Wright + Premier Andrew Furey gives a shout out to the aquaculture industry

Fisherman Rendell Genge says DFO rules on where to fish redfish need to change + Catherine Wright and her one woman performance, :Shrouds and Stay: The Ballad of Jane Wright" + Premier Furey promotes expanding aquaculture operations on the south coast of Newfoundland.

Published 10/09/24

Fisheries minister Gerry Byrne is aghast at redfish being left in the ocean + A fisherman on the Great Northern Peninsula says its too soon to be issuing new lobster licences

Gerry Byrne the minister of fisheries, says allocations of redfish to the offshore sector aren't and won't be fished + Fisherman John Taylor says the payoff for his lobster licence has been a long time coming and now is not the time for DFO to be issuing new licences.

Published 10/08/24

Fisheries minister Gerry Byrne is aghast at redfish being left in the ocean + A fisherman on the Great Northern Peninsula says its too soon to be issuing new lobster licences

Gerry Byrne the minister of fisheries, says allocations of redfish to the offshore sector aren't and won't be fished + Fisherman John Taylor says the payoff for his lobster license has been a long time coming and now is not the time for DFO to be issuing new licences.

Published 10/08/24

A plea for more lobster licences on the Great Northern Peninsula + Northern cod on the menu at a federal meeting in Ottawa

Noddy Bay fisherman Carl Hedderson says it is time to issue more lobster licences + MP Clifford Small on his questions for DFO officials regarding Northern cod.

Published 10/07/24

Repeat episode: Squid Jigging

An archival episode of The Broadcast from the summer of 2022 when guest-host, chef and writer Andie Bulman goes jigging for squid stories with artist, master storyteller and Newfoundland pony breeder Clifford George.

Published 10/04/24

OCI defends its management of the plant in Fortune; Northern cod on the menu at NAFO meetings in Halifax

OCI president Blaine Sullivan says union complaints about Fortune plant are unfounded; Dwan Street, president-elect of the FFAW on discussions about Northern cod at NAFO meetings.

Published 10/03/24

3D metal printing provides parts options for marine industries + A research buoy found 64 years after being launched

Additive XL's Pascal Milord tells us about a 3D metal printer making parts for marine industries + Research scientist Nancy Soontiens tell us about a recovered research buoy that was launched October 3rd, 1964.

Published 10/02/24

Rescuing Leach's storm petrels stranded on land + Empty nets during the sentinel fishery in St. Mary's Bay

The Rock Wildlife Rescue and its work in rescuing Leach's storm petrels + Fisherman Keith Bowen on a very poor sentinel fishery in St. Mary's Bay.

Published 10/01/24

Shark, tuna and sunfish, a changing ocean along Labrador's north coast + Local seafood on the menu at Mamattuk in Happy Valley-Goose Bay

Makkovic angajukKâk Barry Andersen on a changing ocean and concerns about reopening the Northern cod fishery + Andy Turnbull, CEO of Nunacor on keeping it local on the menu at Mamattuk.

Published 09/30/24

Mysterious doughy substance found on a Placentia Bay beach, "doesn't pose a threat," but origin still unclear + Why capelin seem to be returning to a Ship Cove Beach + Oceana Canada is supporting DFO's mackerel rebuilding plan

Environment and Climate Change Canada still investigating mysterious doughy substance found on a Placentia Bay beach + Ship Harbour resident Stan Tobin says after remediation work, capelin seem to be returning to a local beach + Oceana scientist Rebecca Schijns says DFO's mackerel rebuilding plan is a positive step forward for the future of Atlantic fisheries.

Published 09/27/24

Qalipu First Nation part of consortium that's purchasing the St. John's dockyard + How seaweed will help the town of CBS deal with its wastewater

An historic occasion as Qalipu First Nation and Membertou First Nation of NS make deal to buy Newdock + CBS councillor at large Josh Barrett and Michael Teasdale of HoldFastNL tell us about a pilot project that's using seaweed to help filter effluent that's piped into Conception Bay.

Published 09/26/24

The FFAW takes aim at former NL fisheries minister Elvis Loveless over his position on the offshore allocation of northern cod + Current NL fisheries minister Gerry Byrne fires back + A large, soft coral garden discovered near Fogo Island

Glenn Winslow says the FFAW wants the province to retract position made last year by minister Loveless regarding northern cod + Current fisheries minister Gerry Byrne says NAFO rules force offshore to get part of cod quota + Marine Institute grad student Emmeline Broad on discovering a rare coral garden on NL's northeast coast.

Published 09/25/24

There's a resolution to the dispute between Canada and France over halibut, but who actually wins? + Mapping the ocean floor and taking core samples, hear why the Geological Survey of Canada is off the coast of Nova Scotia

Sylvie LaPointe of the Atlantic Groundfish Council on the resolution to the international dispute over Atlantic halibut + Pierre-Arnaud Desiage and Jordan Eamer are scientists with the Geological Survey of Canada doing work aboard the RRS Discovery.

Published 09/24/24

Did DFO ignore its own rules on stock management when it reopened northern cod fishery? + When it comes to southern Nfld cod, how much do seals eat? + Should Canada sanction China over human rights violations on its distant water fleet?

Radio-Canada reporter Patrick Butler on why some scientists believe Ottawa ignored its own rules on stock management when it reopened northern cod fishery + Audience reaction to cod stock rebuilding plan in 3PS + Austin Brush of the Outlaw Ocean Project on the push for Canada to sanction China over its human rights violations on the high seas.

Published 09/23/24