Episodes
Steve Ryan says the lifting of the crab processing cap for St. Mary's Bay Fisheries could be a big benefit for the town + Tim Kennedy, president of Canada's Aquaculture Industry Alliance, says the proposed marine conservation area on Nfld's south coast threatens the fish farming industry
Published 11/22/24
New FFAW president Dwan Street broke a glass ceiling, but she's just getting warmed up + DFO's Brett Gilchrist on the five year whale safe gear program + Only 35 percent of Canada's wild fish stocks are considered healthy says Oceana Canada's fisheries scientist Rebecca Schijns.
Published 11/20/24
The pros and cons of bringing back the right to strike in the fishing industry + Ocean Networks Canada is hoping to hire five science ambassadors in Nunatsiavut.
Published 11/19/24
Bringing back the right to strike? The Minister of Fisheries outlines proposed changes + Amanda Boutcher of Protect NL + A student film inspired by the mysterious white blobs of Placentia Bay.
Published 11/18/24
David Taylor is a folklorist who came to study at Memorial University in 1977. He collected dozens of interviews with boat builders and his research became the catalyst for the opening of the Wooden Boat Museum in Winterton.
Published 11/15/24
Blaine Sullivan, president of OCI, seeking apology from fisheries minister Gerry Byrne over comments made about redfish fishery + Wanda Cuff-Young of Work Global Canada says out-of-country workers coming to NL for fish processing jobs will likely be exempt from Canada's crackdown on temporary foreign workers.
Published 11/14/24
Premier Furey pays tribute to David Tiller and crew of Elite Navigator at the House of Assembly + Fisherman Keith Bowen is skeptical about plans for ocean conservation around a large part of the Avalon Peninsula + NL Fisheries Minister Gerry Byrne's thoughts on Unit 1 redfish.
Published 11/13/24
NAIA board member Steve Crewe says if south coast national marine conservation area doesn't change its boundary it will hurt fish farming industry and the area's economy + Yannis Cleymans of Belgium discovers whale that washed ashore on Baie Verte Peninsula using Google maps and a lot of help from the public.
Published 11/12/24
Fred Mills was a merchant seaman from Carbonear who was memorialized as "lost at sea," but lived to tell the tale.
Published 11/11/24
Sigrid Kuehnemund of Parks Canada says the study boundary of the South Coast Fjords marine conservation area can be redrawn to allow aquaculture + DFO's Barbara Neves describes the coral garden found off the north coast of Labrador.
Published 11/08/24
Chemistry professor Chris Kozak has done more analysis on the white blobs, and has a hypothesis of where this pollution could be coming from + Dalhousie oceanography grad student Adam Stoer on how underwater robots are helping to better measure phytoplankton in the water column.
Published 11/07/24
A statement from the Groundfish Council on what they are calling 'misinformation' from the FFAW
about 3PS cod + Nordic Hunters Alliance and others in the EU have hope that the trade ban on seal products will change.
Published 11/06/24
Darlene Sampson, a superintendent with the Coast Guard, on what's happening with a loud buoy that went adrift in Placentia Bay + Todd Russell, president of the Nunatukavut Community Council, speaks to the House of Commons Committee on Fisheries + Cod stock in 3PS is still in the critical zone says DFO's Laura Wheeland.
Published 11/05/24
Chemistry professor Chris Kozak and earth science professor Hilary Corlett have figured out what the white blobs that washed ashore along Placentia Bay are made of + Incoming FFAW president Dwan Street says redfish regulations are strangling the fishery.
Published 11/04/24
Jim Payne and Fergus O'Byrne are here to launch 'Wooden Boats,' which features songs about women at sea, seal hunting and our changing fishery.
Published 11/01/24
Canadian Coast Guards says annoying buoy adrift in Placentia Bay will be removed soon + Robert Hiscock tells us the story of "The Restless Corpse of La Poile" + Listener Wilfred Bartlett says Ottawa should take the politics out of managing fisheries.
Published 10/31/24
Brandon Carrnel says a noisy DFO buoy that has drifted near Southern Harbour got people drove + Director/producer Barbara Doran and playwright Robert Chafe talk about the climate change film, "Taking on Water"
Published 10/30/24
It was supposed to be in St. John's by now, but Baffin Fisheries CEO Chris Flanagan says "Inukshuk II" is returning to shipyard in Turkey for repairs + Man in New Zealand has some thoughts on mystery white blobs + Environment and Climate Change Canada's Mary Alliston Byrne says they're still gauging the public about ocean protection around the Avalon Peninsula.
Published 10/29/24
Journalist Leila Beaudoin tells us about the "Seasplainer" investigation into NL commercial fishing fatalities + Yulin Hu, an assistant professor of Sustainable Design Engineering at UPEI, tells us about a project that will remove lithium from seawater and in the process make the water drinkable.
Published 10/28/24
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
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
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
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
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