The Broadcast

In terms of considering a lobster food fishery, "It didn't feel like the democratic process was followed," says lobbyist Kyle Mulcahey + Lin Paddock, minister of jobs, growth and rural development, speaks at the first New Harvesters summit + DFO's Lynn Lush says there are some valuable and reasonable options on the table on how to make money from green crab.

Former whaler Pietro de Bastiani returns to Dildo to talk about whaling aboard the West Whale 8.

We hear what it's like to fish from two young men at the inaugural New Harvesters Summit held by the FFAW + Jamie Baker, executive director of the Professional Fish Harvesters Certification Board on pathways to professionalization + FFAW President, Dwan Street.

Julie Huntington of Whale Release and Strandings says a fin whale is stuck in shallow water in the Bay of Islands + Hunting enthusiast Lance Bennett of St. Paul's has started to trap green green + Alexis Cole of Nature NL says they're looking for volunteers in some areas to help monitor coastal bird activity.

Fisheries union president Dwan Street says despite a promise from France's president, St. Pierre harvesters will not be fishing snow crab on the Grand Banks + Voices from The Broadcast's coverage of the "Turbot War" of 1995 + Some commercial harvesters weigh in on the push for a lobster food fishery.

CBC reporter John Harris speaks with Eric Cormier of ASPM Ocean + Robbie Green, chair of 3L Supplementary Crab Fleet, says giving France access to snow crab outside 200-mile limit is very worrisome + Former politician Gerry Byrne says the EU should take action and not allow France to fish on the extension of Canada's continental shelf.

We know more about who would benefit if France gets access to snow crab outside 200-mile limit + Kyle Mulcahey is lobbying for a recreational lobster fishery + Former Daley Seafoods employee Barry Hall dealing with news that plant won't reopen in St. Mary's + Gloria O'Neill chats about her 200-year-old wine bottle found off Rushoon.

NL Conservative MPs are wondering why French fishermen are gaining access to snow crab outside 200-mile limit + People in St. Mary's are devastated by news that the town's crab plant will not be rebuilt there + Southern Harbour mayor Joe Brewer says investment from Daley Seafoods is good for the area.

Conservative MP Clifford Small expressing concern over St. Pierre getting exploratory licence for snow crab outside 200-mile limit + Coast Guard Auxiliary president Jim Chidley on the rewards of being a search and rescue volunteer + We have a few things in common including seals, Finland's ambassador to Canada, Hanna-Leena Korteniemi, is in NL this week.

Ocean-based careers on offer? Meet some prospective employees and employers at a Memorial University career fair + European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Prime Minister Mark Carney launch the OceanEye International Alliance.

Memorial University Physical Oceanography Professor Emeritus Brad de Young is worried that Canada is cutting back on ocean monitoring at a time when the country should be doing more + It sunk loaded with molasses in 1892, has the barque "Parejero" been discovered off St. John's? 

Activist Charlie Angus says despite what it said on his Facebook post, he wasn't cod fishing on Sept 17 + Eileen O'Carroll - a teacher in Scotland; student Calum MacNeil; Cassie Stymiest of Educational Passages and St. Joseph's Elementary principal Jennifer Hatcher talk about the journey of the mini-boat "Pie on the Tide."

DFO says it's looking into whether or not activist Charlie Angus committed fisheries violations + Meet the man behind some major aquaculture investment, Wayne Murphy of Hatch Blue + DFO's Damian Lidgard on what can be learned by attaching cameras to grey seals + Mara Duvernois of Resolve Marine says the removal of the wrecked MSC Baltic III from Cedar Cove is ahead of schedule.

Charlene LeBlanc, Mark Smith and Michael Teasdale talk seaweed at the annual aquaculture conference in St. John's + Luc O'Hara is restoring the schooner Leah Caroline.

Fisherman Shane Hedderson says there are thousands of dead mackerel in Big Brook; he wonders why there is still a moratorium on fishing them commercially + 360 Marine Ltd, Town of Harbour Breton, Specialty Gas Inc and Enterprises Shippigan Ltd are part of this year's aquaculture conference and trade show in St. John's.

Green Bay fisherman Glen Newbury says it was a good summer for crab, capelin and Northern cod + Port au Choix lobster fisherman Larry Plowman talks about why harvesters are no longer using the traditional rounded lobster pots.

The stars of the Netflix series "Below" talk about learning a Newfoundland accent and what they loved about filming in the province + Wooden lobster pots and casting nets are some fishing tools that are becoming endangered, according to Terra Barrett of Heritage NL and Laura Prior, museum curator at The Rooms.

Food, compost or shell derivatives? Lynn Lush from the Aquatic Invasive Species Program says DFO is looking for expressions of interest on ways to make money from green crab + Melissa Tobin speaks with Lee Raebern on his last day managing the Salvage Fisherman's Museum for the season.

Peter Richards was captain of a large Newfoundland oil tanker that was entering U.S. waters during 9/11 and he has a story to tell + musician Rosemary Lawton will soon head to Greenland to perform on a cruise ship.

Leah Lewis-McCrea, a research director with the Centre for Marine Applied Research in Nova Scotia, says it's important for children to learn about fishing and fish farming careers in school + Craig Parsons of the Fish Harvesting Safety Association talks about the future of fishing safety.

Darren Sheppard of the Indian Bay Ecosystem Corp. says they're trying to get a handle on the spread of green crab in Notre Dame Bay and Bonavista Bay + DFO marine mammal scientist Jack Lawson says the North Atlantic right whale seen in Conception Bay is the female calf of a whale named Check Mark.

Heather MacAulay got a good look at a right whale calf in Blackhead Cove + Alex Cole of the Canadian Wildlife Federation says the calf has propeller marks, so it's already been injured by a vessel + Fishermen Dion Rideout of Virgin Arm says it's been a good year so far for squid.

Is it a mother right whale or her calf? Peg Norman says it looks like an endangered right whale has been spotted in Blackhead Cove + As the summer food fishery comes to an end, we speak with Fisheries Officer Albert Grandy.

Mark Santos and Bethany Randell of the Marine Institute explain how 285 'reef balls' are restoring marine habitat in Placentia Bay + Dave Paddon's recitation, "Environmental Nightmare."

Gerald Parrott and MHA Elvis Loveless speak to us from a demonstration in Harbour Breton; they say recreational scallop harvesters should be allowed to use mechanical haulers + Shane Slade and Monica Campbell have connections to Belle Isle and are worried about what's being left to rot there.