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We explore the ocean through a climate change lens. We strive to make the ocean healthier by listening to those who work on it, study it, live next to and are inspired by it. We help you understand ocean science, innovation and technology, and how climate change affects our ocean and the world at large. You can reach us by email: Thebroadcast@cbc.ca

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New Norwegian vessel known as 'The Beast' made for removing plastic out of Arctic waters + Good news and bad news for northern shrimp stock

Rolf-Ørjan Høgset of "In the Same Boat" on new vessel designed for getting plastic out of Arctic waters + DFO research scientist Nicholas Le Corre gives the latest stock assessment for northern shrimp.

21m
Mar 26, 2024
How healthy is the northern cod stock? + Environmentalists presence at a capelin advisory meeting causes some participants to walk out

Pat Regular, DFO's lead stock assessor for northern cod, says the stock is steady but expected to decline + Oceana Canada's Jack Daly says he'll continue to work with a capelin advisory committee despite his group being called "An extremist organization."

19m
Mar 25, 2024
Seafood producers and the union with their views on what an agreement in the fishing industry means

The Association of Seafood Producers and the Fish, Food and Allied Workers explain what a new agreement in the fishing industry will mean for them.

22m
Mar 24, 2024
The protest continues and the FFAW speaks about the road ahead + A plant worker in Valleyfield pleads the case for local processing

FFAW's Jason Spingle on the need for a meeting with the premier to end the latest fishing dispute + Local FFAW representative at the Beothuk plant in Valleyfield says members feel they are being thrown under the bus by the union.

23m
Mar 20, 2024
Hundreds of fish harvesters protest outside the Confederation Building. We'll hear from a variety of voices

Continuing the fight for "free enterprise," hundreds of fish harvesters protest government fishery policy outside the Confederation Building.

23m
Mar 19, 2024
The province responds to FFAW's demands for fisheries reform + The Nova Scotia Seafood Alliance says it may be too late for outside buyers to come to the table + More from Land & Sea's 'An Appeal for Seal' episodes

Premier Andrew Furey talks to reporters about the "expression of interest" for outside buyers + Kris Vascotto, executive director of Nova Scotia Seafood Alliance, says buying unprocessed seafood from NL needs to make economic sense + Kelly Taylor is featured in Land & Sea's 'An Appeal for Seal' episodes.

20m
Mar 18, 2024
Harvesters continue to protest for 'free enterprise' + New study looks at mass mortality events at salmon farms around the world + Heidi Taylor of Taylor's Seafood on family legacy of selling seal meat on St. John's waterfront

A listener comments on protests for 'free enterprise' + Charlie Mather of MUN and Gerald Singh of UVic publish global study on increase of mass mortality events at salmon farms + From Land & Sea, Heidi Taylor talks about seal meat traditions.

24m
Mar 17, 2024
Finding workers for fish processing is not easy + Where's the sea ice? If you don't see it... it's coming, says Canadian Ice Service

Wanda Cuff-Young of Work Global Canada says hiring temporary foreign workers (and finding local people) for fish processing jobs is a challenge + George Karaganis, senior meteorologist Canadian Ice Service, says sea ice is on its way.

21m
Mar 14, 2024
FFAW decides to support harvesters' demands for free enterprise + PC leader says closing House of Assembly shows lack of respect for fishermen + How healthy is redfish stock in the Gulf?

Harvester John Efford pleased that fisheries union is supporting push to lift restrictions on outside buyers + PC leader Tony Wakeham says closing House of Assembly shows disrespect for protesting fish harvesters + Caroline Senay is the redfish stock assessor for DFO.

22m
Mar 13, 2024
A fish harvester explains the value of his enterprise to the economy of this province + The premier and opposition leader speak about the fisheries dispute + Capelin stock assessment

Edgar Hunt of New-Wes-Valley on his boat's contribution to the local economy + Premier Furey and opposition leader Tony Wakeham on the fisheries dispute + Capelin stock assessment with DFO research scientist, Hannah Murphy.

25m
Mar 12, 2024
Fish harvesters make their demands for a new kind of fishery, giving Fisheries Minister Elvis Loveless an earful

Fish harvesters explain why the way the fishing industry works/doesn't work for them + Fisheries Minister Elvis Loveless wades into a hostile crowd.

25m
Mar 11, 2024
Catch and release regulations for Atlantic salmon and a study on water temperature and fish mortality in NL waters + Crab questions at the House of Assembly

DFO regulations on the catch and release of Atlantic salmon and a DFO study on the effects of water temperature on salmon released by anglers + Crab fishery takes centre stage at the House of Assembly.

21m
Mar 10, 2024
A check in on how sea ice has been forming off Labrador + Should sand dunes be protected in NL?

Rex Holwell with SmartICE on sea ice conditions off Labrador + Student Meghan Power on coastal sand dunes that help protect the land against climate change.

20m
Mar 07, 2024
What is the effect on ocean life of a cold, late spring? + A play about whale rescuer Jon Lien is coming back to the stage

Ocean climate expert Frédéric Cyr says changes in our climate is changing the timing of phytoplankton blooms + Artistic Fraud is relaunching 'Between Breaths' about 'Whale Man' Jon Lien.

23m
Mar 06, 2024
Fish harvesters get evicted from public gallery at House of Assembly + Bob Sheppard says banning the catch and release of wild salmon would help the species survive

For the third day harvesters demonstrate at House of Assembly, demanding changes to fishing legislation + Bob Sheppard says catching and releasing salmon ends up killing too many fish.

22m
Mar 05, 2024
A call for outside buyers and more competition in the fishery + Wild salmon numbers in some NL rivers way down

Fisherman John Efford on why harvesters packed the public gallery at House of Assembly on Tuesday + DFO's Nick Kelly gives us the latest wild salmon stock assessment.

19m
Mar 04, 2024
As uncertainty mounts about crab fishery, harvesters protest at Confederation Building + The human cost of cheap seafood: Ian Urbina on his investigation into Chinese seafood processing plants that employ North Koreans

Andrew Careen says harvesters are fed-up with many aspects of the fishing industry + Journalist Ian Urbina of the Outlaw Ocean Project says North Koreans working in Chinese fish plants are kept like prisoners, and often abused at the hands of their managers.

21m
Mar 03, 2024
Should a Mi'kmaw sea canoe that's in a museum in Austria be returned? + How technology can help track pregnant sharks

Michelle Sylliboy and Aaron Prosper tell us the story of a Mi'kmaw canoe that is being stored in a Vienna museum + From September 2023, James Sulikowski of Oregon State University tells us about the challenges of tracking pregnant sharks.

23m
Feb 29, 2024
What happened to an entangled humpback found off the Burin Peninsula? + We head out to an experimental seaweed farm in St. Mary's Bay

What happened to an entangled humpback found off the Burin Peninsula? + We head out to an experimental seaweed farm in St. Mary's Bay.

22m
Feb 28, 2024
How alarmed should we be about the collapse of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation? + MP Clifford Small asks some pointed questions in Ottawa about redfish allocations

Susanna Fuller of Oceans North explains the AMOC and why we should worry about its collapse + Conservative MP Clifford Small has a lot of questions for DFO about redfish allocations.

18m
Feb 27, 2024
Snow crab stock off NL much the same as last year + MHA Gerry Byrne is continuing to fight for changes to redfish allocation

DFO biologist Julia Pantin explains latest snow crab stock assessment for NL + Corner Brook MHA Gerry Byrne finding ways to challenge Federal Fisheries Minister's decision on Gulf redfish allocation.

22m
Feb 26, 2024
Was it worth it? FFAW president responds to ASP winning grievance over tie-up + A long-time harvester and fisheries advocate shares his thoughts on recreational fishery issue

Holding a strike went against the rules, FFAW president Greg Pretty responds to arbitrator's decision on tie-up grievance + Wilfred Bartlett has his say about extending recreational fishery.

18m
Feb 25, 2024
Why Ocean Choice International is getting out of the scallop business + On the 60th anniversary of the school, Bob LeMessurier tells us about his long career at the Marine Institute

OCI president Martin Sullivan on why the company is getting out of the scallop fishery + Bob LeMessurier started work at the Marine Institute in 1965, one year after it opened as the "College of Fisheries, Navigation, Marine Engineering and Electronics."

25m
Feb 22, 2024
A costly and difficult operation, but the Cape Cordell has been refloated + Trying to build better breakwaters in Ferryland + Instead of "recreational," should it be called a "domestic" fishery?

The Coast Guard's Blain Trainor on the challenges to refloat the trawler Cape Cordell + Ferryland mayor Aiden Costello on the challenges of keeping the ocean at bay + Listener Everett Fancy weighs in on the recreational fishery debate.

21m
Feb 21, 2024
New breakwater in Trepassey no match for mother nature + A look back at one of NL's shark fishing charters

Town officials in Trepassey say breakwater is crucial to protect town infrastructure + A look back at a recreational shark fishing charter in Hare Bay.

20m
Feb 20, 2024
Association of Seafood Producers wins grievance against FFAW over 2023 tie-up + Aquaculture Industry responds to sushi restaurant not selling farmed salmon + Redfish protest in Quebec

Jeff Loder of the ASP says FFAW broke the rules by shutting down crab fishery last year + NAIA responds to Newfound Sushi's decision to not sell farmed Atlantic salmon + Jason Spingle of the FFAW speaks at redfish protest in Quebec.

20m
Feb 19, 2024
Corner Brook sushi restaurant no longer serving farmed salmon + Striped bass continue to make their way into NL waters

Newfound Sushi owner Kevin Vincent says until the industry becomes more sustainable, ocean-farmed Atlantic salmon is off the menu + Neville Crabbe of the Atlantic Salmon Federation says they're not invasive, but striped bass continue to make their way into NL waters.

24m
Feb 18, 2024
The Rooms is in talks to bring Ocean Ranger artifacts to NL + How healthy are NL's shark populations? + Recreational fishing debate continues

Provincial archivist Greg Walsh says the Rooms already has a lot of Ocean Ranger artifacts + Marine Biologist Boris Worm on shark populations in NL waters + We continue to get reaction about a petition to increase NL's recreational groundfish fishery dates.

20m
Feb 15, 2024
On the anniversary of the Ocean Ranger tragedy, we're asking where artifacts from the rig belong?

Many artifacts from the Ocean Ranger have been in Ottawa for decades, we'll hear from the collection's curator Sharon Babaian and Noreen O'Neill, whose husband was lost in the tragedy + The Marine Institute's Kris Drodge talks about the deep connection the school has to the Ocean Ranger.

24m
Feb 14, 2024
Trawler Cape Cordell grounded near Fortune in a winter storm + Listeners continue to weigh-in on recreational fishery issue + NL Senator Mohamed Mohamed Ravalia says fishers frustrated by red tape and regulations

The Coast Guard's Mark Gould on why it's so difficult to tow the Cape Cordell to safety + The idea of expanding the recreational fishery has struck a chord with listeners + NL Senator Mohamed Ravalia has questions for the Federal Fisheries minister about fishery rules and regulations.

18m
Feb 13, 2024