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We'll head to Cape Race for a reading of the book, 'Race to the Cape' 09.07.2026 21:33
Author Theresa O'Leary reads from her book "Race to the Cape" in Cape Race + Kevin Hennessey sings Terry Boyle's shanty based on the story detailed in the book + Gertie Molloy, chair of Mistaken Point Cape Race Heritage Inc.
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 08.07.2026 23:27
Antoine Normandin, research director with the Royal Canadian Geographical Society, reacts to seeing the wreck Quest + Research scientist Tyler Eddy looks at the changes in fishing communities following the collapse of cod stocks + Rigolet's Winston Blake gives a workshop on how to make fishing nets.
The Transportation Safety Board's report on commercial fishing + The F.U. Trading Company premises is taking visitors 07.07.2026 18:25
Chair of the Transportation Safety Board, Yoan Marier, outlines safety issues in the fisheries + Coordinator Colleen Higgins gives a tour at the F.U. Trading Company premises in Seldom, Fogo Island.
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 06.07.2026 25:08
The Nunatsiavut Government takes issue with NunatuKavut Community Council's fish harvesting plan + People in the Cape Freels area are keeping an eye on a pair of endangered piping plovers + Students from Memorial University / Marine Institute celebrate a big win at the 2026 Marine Advanced Technology Education Remotely Operated Vehicle Competition.
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 03.07.2026 22:17
DFO's Julie Diamond says NunatuKavut's current fishery is illegal + Harvey Vardy with the Canadian Coast Guard on its response to a fishing boat in distress + CBC's Peter Cowan on the Royal Canadian Geographical Society's mission to map in 3-D two famous shipwrecks.
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 02.07.2026 22:45
President Todd Russell of the NunatuKavut Community Council on their new fisheries management plan, a plan DFO says is not authourized + Avid fisherman Peter Emberely on the deal struck to have the slipway in St. John's harbour open to recreational boaters.
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 30.06.2026 22:37
DFO fisheries officer Albert Grandy on food fishery rules + Master's student Anna Luna Rossi researched the St. Pierre and Miquelon fishery over a 72-year-period concentrating on the amount of fish that was discarded.
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 29.06.2026 22:49
Verna Hayward, mayor of St. Vincent's-St. Stephen's-Peters River, talks about what the town is doing for tourists who come to see whales from shore + We hear more from Xabier Agote who's leading the construction of the replica 16th century Basque whaling galleon, San Juan.
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' 26.06.2026 21:59
Kai Boggild of Natural Resources Canada and Dave Sinnott of DFO are heading to the Arctic aboard CCGS Louis S. St-Laurent + Xabier Agote is fulfilling his dream of recreating the original 16th century whaling ship, the San Juan.
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 25.06.2026 22:42
Meet some of the crew and scientists aboard Canada's largest icebreaker, soon heading to the North Pole + Sean O'Reilly, president of PIPSC, says job cuts at DFO in NL are very concerning.
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 24.06.2026 22:00
Varrick Grimes gives us an update on the seaweed enterprise Kalup + Danika Hoffe is one of two students graduating from A.R. Scammel Academy + We revisit Trap Berth Day in Joe Batt's Arm.
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 23.06.2026 23:17
FFAW president Dwan Street on the fishing industry "new entrants initiative" + Conservationist Shane Mahoney says people in NL should pay attention to the European Commission's "fitness check" of its seal products ban.
A new area to fish Northern shrimp off Newfoundland + A quiet but fulfilling life on Change Islands 22.06.2026 21:31
DFO's Todd Williams explains who gets what with the reopening of a Northern shrimp fishing zone + Mayor Paula Flood of Change Islands on why she moved there and some of the challenges the area faces.
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 19.06.2026 24:07
The Whale Release and Strandings group tells us about a crab boat getting caught up with gear a whale was towing just outside the Narrows + President Dwan Street says the FFAW has been strongly advocating to have west coast harvesters regain access to Northern cod + President Todd Russel with the NunatuKavut Community Council says Labrador's share of Northern cod should increase based on adjacency...
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 18.06.2026 22:31
Former fisheries minister Gerry Byrne has taken up the fight, advocating for west coast fish harvesters and their fight for access to Northern cod + Kendrick Diamond on his life and aspirations following graduation from a small school on Change Islands.
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 17.06.2026 22:09
Glen Winslow, president of Fort Amherst Harbour Authority, says due to safety concerns with increased fishing there will be no slipway access for food fishers this summer + Nunatsiavut Natural Resources Minister Tom Evans says DFO should be giving Labrador Inuit a greater share of Northern cod.
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 16.06.2026 22:28
Labrador MP Philip Earle is disappointed with how his own party is dividing the Total Allowable Catch for Northern cod + Assistant archaeology professor Catherine Losier is cluing up a season of field work on Turpin's Island in Little St. Lawrence.
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 15.06.2026 21:24
Oceana marine scientist Jack Daly says the quota increase for Northern cod is too much, too soon + Marilyn Kinden of Kinden's Treats from the Sea in Lewisporte says there's a waitlist to buy cooked lobster bodies + Gordon MacArthur, master of the training vessel 'State of Maine,' says the ship is also equipped for disaster relief.
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 12.06.2026 22:27
Federal Fisheries Minister Joanne Thompson announces significant increase in Northern cod Total Allowable Catch + FFAW president Dwan Street reacts to news that the offshore fishery is getting a higher share of Northern cod + Dwight Russell, president of the Labrador Fishermen's Union Shrimp Co, is disappointed the company is not getting the share of cod they were lobbying for
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 11.06.2026 22:48
Wayne Ledwell says the humpback that washed ashore in Spaniard's Bay likely got tangled in crab fishing gear + Bruce Leamon, a former co-chair with COSEWIC, says fish farming and fishing has lead to significant salmon decline on the south coast (west of the Burin Peninsula)
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 10.06.2026 25:09
Despite lobbying and letter writing, Carl Slaney says nobody is taking responsibility to clean up dump site near Fortune Head Ecological Reserve + From shipwrecks to early crab processing, Marlayne Hardy says a new self-guided audio tour will help preserve Hant's Harbour's history.
A consultant makes the case for Labrador inshore harvesters to get more access to Northern cod + A tour guide in Seldom explains the 'Fogo Process' 09.06.2026 21:23
Former DFO manager Wayne King says Labrador fishermen deserve more access to their adjacent cod resource + Colleen Higgins shows us more of the Marine Interpretation Centre on Fogo Island.
Ocean Week cleanup on Change Islands + A weekend demonstration in Corner Brook called 'March for Our Wild Salmon' 08.06.2026 21:58
Firefighters, townspeople and students scour the beaches, trails and roadside on Change Islands with an Ocean Week cleanup + A demonstration in Corner Brook opposing the expansion of Atlantic salmon farming.
The Broadcast on Fogo Island: What the increase in lobster means for fishermen here + The mayor of Fogo Island says population growth is a priority + Tour the former Fishermen's Union Trading Co. building 05.06.2026 25:09
Seldom fisherman Sheldon Dawe on what the increase in lobster means for this area + Town of Fogo Island mayor Andrew Shea on some of the challenges facing the island + Colleen Higgins shows us part of the former Fishermen's Union Trading Co premises.
The Broadcast on Fogo Island: Take a drive around the island to hear what really keeps this place going + A look back at a tumultuous time in the history of the fisheries Co-op + What does prosperity mean for the founder of Shorefast? 05.06.2026 20:18
Meet Edward Heath who drives a tour bus on Fogo Island + We'll look back to May of 2000 which was a tumultuous time for the Fogo Island Co-op + What Shorefast founder Zita Cobb has to say about prosperity.
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