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No mass die-offs this summer, but what's happening with salmon farm expansion? + Bringing the deep water port in Botwood back to life
Aug 19, 202618 min
Should personal locator beacons and life jackets become mandatory for fish harvesters? + Local scientist is lead researcher on France's Tara Polar Station
Aug 18, 202622 min
More great white sharks around NL is a good sign, says shark researcher + Whether or not the seafood plant gets rebuilt, the town of St. Mary's is open for business says MHA
Aug 17, 202625 min
Best of the Broadcast: 40th anniversary of the iconic NL album, 'Towards the Sunset'
Aug 14, 202625 min
As DFO cracks down on the illegal sale of food fishery cod, we hear from some recreational fishers in Quidi Vidi + Comfort Cove-Newstead has revived its annual Shellfish Festival
Aug 13, 202618 min
A seaweed solution for sewage? Hear the results of a pilot project in CBS + Meet a high school student who's representing Canada in an international water science competition
Aug 12, 202623 min
Does this province have a handle on the invasive green crab? + There's a new children's book about the 'Whale Man' Jon Lien
Aug 11, 202622 min
Paula Gale 10:59 AM (16 minutes ago) to me Northern cod is plentiful, but does NL have enough processing capacity? + NL fisheries minister addresses concerns about fish plant rebuild in St. Mary's
Aug 10, 202625 min
Back on Bob Bartlett's ship: In September 2025, The Broadcast went aboard the schooner 'Ernestina Morrissey' while she was docked in Bartlett's hometown of Brigus
Aug 7, 202625 min
A visit to a facility where millions of green crab get crushed + Could NL make billions from national shipbuilding? + The Food Fishery Committee says there is a way to expand the fishery on Nfld's south and west coasts without harming fish stocks
Aug 6, 202620 min
Growing concern that the St. Mary's fish plant will not be rebuilt in the town + On the hunt for squid in Holyrood
Aug 5, 202623 min
Another great white shark in fishing gear off the province's west coast + The Marine Institute's efforts on tackling European green crab
Aug 4, 202619 min
Trying to protect lobster from European green crab in Long Harbour + DFO wants your photos and information on shark encounters
Aug 3, 202617 min
A great white gets caught up in a fisherman's halibut trawl + Preliminary reports from a 10-year-study on porbeagle sharks
Jul 31, 202621 min
The christening of a model schooner based on the Hazel Pearl + A visit to the Champney's West aquarium
Jul 30, 202618 min
A fisherman is looking for help to continue trapping green crab + A visit to the squid jiggin' ground + An Australian documentary maker focuses on a retired lighthouse keeper
Jul 29, 202619 min
The Food Fishery Committee is advocating for a 7-day-a-week food fishery for all parts of the province + People in Foxtrap Harbour are pleased with having the option of fishing all week
Jul 28, 202619 min
A check in on one fisherman's cod fishery this summer + A popular YouTuber has high praise for NL's seafood and overall vibe
Jul 27, 202619 min
An episode from March of 2023 dedicated to the make and break engine
Jul 24, 202625 min
Family and friends of the fishermen who died near Harbour Round recount fond memories of the men and vow to fight on for safer fishing rules
Jul 23, 202621 min
Coming to grips with the death of two fishermen in Harbour Round + A Sharing the Harvest happy recipient of cod
Jul 22, 202620 min
Is otter trawling the worst method of harvesting? + An accelerator program is in St. John's to help aquaculture startups
Jul 21, 202619 min
DFO tells us about Goldfish, the right whale spotted in Bay de Verde + A Twillingate fisherman on concerns about the future of the community wharf
Jul 20, 202621 min
A right whale is spotted next to the fish plant in Bay de Verde + Tagging northern gannets at Cape St. Mary's in 2024
Jul 17, 202625 min
Con O'Brien of the Irish Descendants talks about the cod fishery and their tribute album to Stan Rogers + This weekend the push is on for donations of cod for those who can use the food
Jul 16, 202617 min
The beginning of a five month scientific expedition to waters off Labrador and beyond + A guided tour of Innu Nation's research boat, Polar Athena
Jul 15, 202621 min
Lobbying for a reopening of the commercial mackerel fishery + Centuries of history being swallowed by the sea in Ferryland
Jul 14, 202622 min
The NunatuKavut Community Council on how this years self-regulated salmon fishery is going + The passing of seabird biologist Bill Montevecchi
Jul 13, 202621 min
We head to Port au Choix's inaugural Cod Festival in 2024 in this encore episode
Jul 10, 202625 min
We'll head to Cape Race for a reading of the book, 'Race to the Cape'
Jul 9, 202621 min
Reaction to seeing the wreck Quest on the bottom of the Labrador Sea + Digging into the numbers on how the collapse of cod stocks affected NL + A fishing net workshop in Happy Valley-Goose Bay
Jul 8, 202623 min
The Transportation Safety Board's report on commercial fishing + The F.U. Trading Company premises is taking visitors
Jul 7, 202618 min
The Nunatsiavut Government has concerns about NunatuKavut's new fisheries plan + Piping plovers are back in Cape Freels + NL university students win a remotely operated vehicle world championship
Jul 6, 202625 min
DFO says the NunatuKavut fishery is an illegal one + Canadian Coast Guard defends its response to a vessel in distress off Labrador + A mission to map in 3-D two famous ships
Jul 3, 202622 min
The NunatuKavut Community Council explains its new fisheries management plan + A little talk, a little money: The slipway in St. John's harbour is now open for recreational boaters
Jul 2, 202622 min
The do's and don't of this year's food fishery + A look into how much fish was discarded during the St. Pierre and Miquelon fishery between 1950 to 2022
Jun 30, 202622 min
She's seen whales her whole life but it never gets old, a chat with the mayor of St. Vincent's + He's fulfilling his dream of becoming a 16th century boat builder and sailor
Jun 29, 202622 min
Meet researchers aboard the "Louis" who are helping to support the UN Convention of the Law of the Sea + An update on the construction of the replica Basque galleon 'San Juan'
Jun 26, 202621 min
CCGS Louis S. St-Laurent is in port in St. John's but soon heading north on a variety of missions + A union representing some DFO workers warns of long term consequences of jobs cuts in NL
Jun 25, 202622 min
Producing 'sea lettuce' on Change Islands + Meet the other student from Change Islands' graduating class of two + More stories from the Punt Premises in Joe Batt's Arm
Jun 24, 202622 min
Why there's such a need to get more people involved in the inshore fishery + Keeping an eye on the European's Commission's review of the ban on seal products
Jun 23, 202623 min
A new area to fish Northern shrimp off Newfoundland + A quiet but fulfilling life on Change Islands
Jun 22, 202621 min
A crab boat gets caught between a whale and the gear the whale was towing + The FFAW says it has been advocating for harvesters in 4R + The NunatuKavut Community Council on the principles it advocates for in accessing Northern cod
Jun 19, 202624 min
A former fisheries minister says it's time harvesters on the west coast of the island regain access to Northern cod + One of two students graduating from A.R. Scammell Academy talks about a future that includes Change Islands
Jun 18, 202622 min
Why the Fort Amherst Harbour Authority not allowing recreational fishers to use boat launch this summer + Nunatsiavut Government says DFO's Northern cod decision goes against their land claims agreement
Jun 17, 202622 min
A Liberal MP is very critical of how DFO is dividing Northern cod for Labrador harvesters + Digging up centuries of fishing history on Turpin's Island
Jun 16, 202622 min
Oceana Canada says the new quota for Northern cod is too much, too soon + Who loves lobster bodies? + Tour the 'State of Maine' training vessel
Jun 15, 202621 min
DFO minister says quota for Northern cod has gone up 55 per cent + The FFAW reacts to news that the offshore fishery will get a greater share of cod + The Labrador Shrimp Company disappointed it didn't get the share of cod they were hoping for
Jun 12, 202622 min
The Whale Release and Strandings group believes the dead humpback in Spaniard's Bay drowned after getting tangled in rope + Federal advisory committee says Atlantic salmon on NFLD's south coast, west of Burin Peninsula are now endangered
Jun 11, 202622 min
Advocate frustrated by lack of action to clean up garbage from ancient fossil site on the coast of Fortune Bay + How Hant's Harbour is helping to preserve its fishing and seafaring history
Jun 10, 202625 min