The Blue Fish Radio Show

Scientists have discovered big data on the Fishbrain app and have used it to track the Spread of Invasive Species by anglers. Jessica Weir from the Ball State University and Nate Roman, Partnership Manager with Fishbrain, are Lawrence Gunther’s guests on The Blue Fish Radio Show. Learn how the data from 250,000 anglers and their over 4-million catch logs have been used to reveal invasive species s...

Listen to Blue Fish Radio’s Lawrence Gunther and Canadian Fishing Network’s Scottie Martin discuss the results of the Montreal Biodiversity agreement, and highlights from the December 19 2022 Blue Fish Canada news on The Blue Fish Radio Show:

Lawrence Gunther and Scottie Martin are back to talk about the Blue Fish News for Dec 12 on Canadian Fishing Network Monday night FB Live

Lawrence Gunther and Scottie Martin talk about the Blue Fish News for Nov. 28 2022 on Canadian Fishing Network Monday night FB Live!

The ethic and conservation aspects of returning fishes alive is a quickly growing and evolving topic among recreational anglers around the world. With so many changes on how we handle fishes, we reached out to professional angler, TV host, podcaster and former guide and tournament angler Tom Rowland. Tom fishes all over the world, but his base of operations is southern Florida known for some of th...

Oceana Canada believes that if managed properly, the ocean could sustainably supply the world’s population with sustainably harvested wild fish. Ensuring Canada is doing its part is their mandate and the theme of their recent symposium “ Rebuilding Abundance”. Over 140 experts and stakeholders met to discuss Canada’s potential, opportunities and needed investments. An invitation and professional C...

Dr. Chris Harvey Clark lives on Canada’s east coast where he studies, photographs and films marine life. After hurricane Fiona slammed into Atlantic Canada Blue Fish Radio reached out to Dr. Clark to hear first-hand what this epic storm meant for the fishes and their habitat. With so much destruction occurring on land, we seldom if ever hear what fishes experience, until now. To order Dr. Chris Ha...

Peter Krahn is a retired professional chemical/environmental engineer and the inventor of the River Trap, a mobile floating selective harvesting pacific salmon weir fishing technology. The system is now in its 3rd iteration and being pilot tested by three First Nations communities. It’s not the first time we have had Peter on The Blue Fish Radio Show. This time Peter speaks with host Lawrence Gunt...

Tom Davis, Director with the Public Fishery Alliance, and Chris Bos, Chair of the south Vancouver Island Anglers Coalition, are our guests on this new episode of The Blue Fish Radio Show. With support from B.C. area anglers and guides the two were instrumental in organizing a two-day reality check for a group of MPs keen on learning more about the challenges and frustration impacting BC’s recreati...

Chief Donald Maracle of the Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte speaks with Lawrence Gunther about his community’s historic connection to fish and fishing. Chief Maracle talks about recent past injustices that limited their rights to fish, and what needs to come next. Link below to hear Chief Maracle and Lawrence on The Blue Fish Radio show:

There are people who dedicate their time and personal resources to do amazing things for nature. Philip Ling is one such person. He’s hard at work converting a set of stone buildings from the 1800s located on the shore of the St. Lawrence River into a state-of-the-art research and training facility. More than that, he’s bringing together local and traditional knowledge and the best science has to...

Michele Andrews is a co-founder of this recently-minted conservation NGO. Their programs extend the reach of the Maitland Tower project across Canada through innovative programs and collaborations. This includes a rally call to schools to take action to mitigate climate change. Link below to hear Door #1 executive director Michele Andrews in conversation with Lawrence Gunther on The Blue fish Radi...

John Peach is the executive director of Save the River and the Upper St. Lawrence Riverkeeper. John has been a guest on Blue Fish Radio before, and we wanted to catch up on the many conservation activities his team has underway on the shore of the St. Lawrence River. I was especially interested to learn how Save the River collaborates with the Antique Boat Museum on safeguarding the health of the...

The Antique Boat Museum in Clayton NY is the largest museum of its type in North America. Located on the shore of the St. Lawrence River, it features some of the finest wood pleasure boats created in the past 100 years. The museum’s executive director Rebecca Hopfinger and her chief curator generously provided me with a tour and answers to my many questions. Special thanks to John Peach for arrang...

Mariko Izumi and husband Kevin Estrada join Lawrence Gunther on The Blue Fish Radio Show. The topic is their family’s decision to promote fishing on TV as an essential step to connect youth to nature in their new TV series “Instill the Catch”. Committed conservationists, both Mariko and Kevin are banking that TV viewers will discover that the rewards of getting your kids outdoors far outweigh the...

I speak with Navico’s VP of Sustainability Tara Norton about their sustainability commitments and many partnerships with non-profit organizations on conservation initiatives. I also speak with Ray Valley, founder and program manager of Navico’s BioBase clowd-based research program that enables researchers to quickly acquire detailed map and fisheries data. Navico makes BioBase free to researchers...

David Mills oversees salmon awareness campaigns for Watershed Watch Salmon society. He’s one busy guy as he attempts to attract federal attention to a pressing issue impacting B.C. salmon – the Alaskan interception fishery that would appear to be running amok. Listen in as David Mills speaks with Lawrence Gunther on The Blue fish Radio Show.

Lisa Morse is the Education Programs Manager with the International Game Fish Association, and our guest on the Blue Fish Radio Show. With Lisa’s support, Blue Fish Canada is the IGFA’s first Canadian partner chosen to help deliver the Passport to Fishing program for youth and their families and mentors. Learn all about the IGFA and their exciting youth programs on this episode of The Blue Fish Ra...

Neil Dempster spent the last two years sorting through Fish Consumption Advisories for the Upper St. Lawrence River. His takeaways include important lessons for recreational anglers and indigenous fishers alike. Bottom line, until FCAs are no longer necessary, government has to improve transparency and public awareness, or we may have another tobacco-type health crisis on our hands. Hear what Neil...

Sonia Strobel is the co-founder and CEO of Skipper Otto, a Community Supported Fishery based on Coast Salish territory in Vancouver, BC. Sonia was recently appointed to the Executive of the Local Catch Network, and serves as an Advisor for both the Fisheries for Communities Coalition and Slow Fish Canada. She is president of the Friends of Granville Island Society, a fellow of the Royal Canadian G...

The Great Lakes Water Quality Board (WQB) of the International Joint Commission (IJC) recently released a report: Decommissioning of Nuclear Power Facilities in the Great Lakes Basin. Blue Fish Radio is pleased to have Gayle Wood,, Canadian Co-Chair of the GL Water Quality Board, as our guest on The Blue Fish Radio Show. Gayle provides a first-hand overview of the report's findings and recommendat...

A Win For Upper St. Lawrence River Muskie Blue Fish Canada is pleased to introduce you to four of the advocates behind the push to end the development of Blind Bay on the Upper St. Lawrence River. Each tells their portion of the advocacy that successfully ended plans to commercially develop prime Muskie spawning habitat. Together Host Lawrence Gunther explores with the four guests what needs to co...

Dr. Barrie Gilbert is a world renowned expert on animal behavior and advisor to Nature Canada, the NGO championing a new National Marine Conserved Area for Lake Ontario’s East Basin. On this episode of The Blue Fish Radio Show Barrie explains that the NMCA would bring additional needed scientific research to the area, improve safeguards for fish habitat, and shine a light on the vastly under-utili...

This podcast is a recording of a panel discussion I organized and hosted with the St. Lawrence River Institute for Environmental Science featuring virtual fishing tournament organizers, Fish biology researchers, and the inventor of the My Catch app. The five presentations take the first 30 minutes and is followed by a live Q/A session with the over 280 webinar participants who caught one of the tw...

In the summer of 2021 Blue Fish Canada submitted input on proposed changes to the Lake Nipissing recreational fishing regulations, and in January 2022 the new regs were released. Kim Tremblay is the Lake Nipissing Management Biologist for the Ministry of Northern Development, Mines, Natural Resources and Forestry, and our guest on The Blue Fish Radio Show where we discuss the new fishing regs, and...