The Broadcast

John Green on the historical migration and connections between Ireland and Tilting + Conservative MP Clifford Small questions DFO about the health of Atlantic mackerel stocks.

FFAW president Dwan Street says there could be changes this year to how snow crab is priced + Listener Steve Pinksen is glad that hunting double crested cormorants is now legal.

From 1981, join Land & Sea host Herb Davis aboard The Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker Grenfell, as it comes to the rescue of a sinking longliner that was damaged by sea ice.

As Ottawa rolls out a whale-safe fishing gear strategy, the US considers rolling back measures to protect whales from vessel strikes says conservation biologist Sean Brilliant + DFO regional resource manager Barry Peters chats about the new 'Personal Use Seal Fishery - Educational Observer Pilot' for people 12 and over who want to learn about seal harvesting.

Stock assessment biologist Ron Lewis says the warming ocean is one reason why capelin are increasing in numbers + Bruce Rodrigues, an ecosystem management ecologist with NL's Wildlife division, says the province will closely monitor the double crested cormorant hunt.

Conway Caines says it's not fair that harvesters in Zone 4R cannot access cod off southern Labrador + Seabird biologist Ian Jones says new hunting rules for double crested cormorants could inadvertently lead to the wrong birds being killed.

A local actor is portraying Lady Sara Kirke as the the Colony of Avalon celebrates her legacy + We'll hear more from a 1975 Land & Sea episode about "The Fisherman's Broadcast."

As we celebrate 75 years on the radio, we'll hear from former hosts who understood the importance of the fishery and what the show means to listeners, with music from Jim Payne and Fergus O'Byrne.

As we celebrate 75 years on the radio, we'll hear from former hosts who understood the importance of the fishery and what the show means to listeners, with music from Jim Payne and Fergus O'Byrne.

CBC reporter Terry Roberts explains how a little known UN convention on taxing offshore oil on the high seas will affect the Bay du Nord project + "Just leave us alone": St. Brendan's mayor Bill Broderick says DFO deemed a wharf unsafe and restricted access, but Broderick insists the wharf is needed and will be used.

The Broadcast takes in a live news conference announcing details of the Bay du Nord offshore oil project in the Flemish Cap Basin, which will include a floating dry dock facility in Bull Arm.

Fisheries and Aquaculture Minister Loyola O'Driscoll on department priorities + Liberal MP Tom Osbourne on why he voted against a bill to extend the recreational food fishery.

Liberal MPs from this province explain why they voted down a Conservative bill to extend the recreational food fishery + Robert Butler is keeping nautical history alive by decking out his shed with the names of boats and ships that have made Baine Harbour home.

Herb Davis became host of The Broadcast in the mid-1970s but immediately had to fight to keep the show alive + Musician Sandy Morris arranged the current Broadcast theme in 1999.

FFAW President Dwan Street says there are deficiencies with the latest snow crab assessment and changes must be made + Federal Fisheries Minister Joanne Thompson responds + Organizers of a new Mission to Seafarers' talk about what the organization does and how it will operate in NL.

Julia Pantin, lead stock assessor for snow crab, says the stock is healthy in some zones but is declining in others + Qalipu Chief Jenny Brake says she talked to the FFAW about a misleading and racist comment that was posted on social media by the vice president of the union's inshore council.

They say it's embarrassing: Carl Slaney and Shauna Brennan are concerned about an eroding dump site that is taking attention away from the Fortune Head Ecological Reserve.

We'll hear about the crab fishery and visit a new salt fish operation in this Land & Sea episode from 1987 called "Labrador Diary" hosted by Dave Quinton.

David Warner, a creative sustainability coordinator in the Orkney Islands, says retro rubbish from Canada and beyond has turned up on a beach on Sanday Island + Filmmaker Christoph Potting is hoping to find someone in NL to be featured in a documentary about the power of ocean tides.

FFAW president Dwan Street is praising the PC party's handling of the fishery in their first 108 days in office + St. Mary's Mayor Steve Ryan on plans to process crab in other towns, and on the status of the old fish sauce plant.

The Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture is taking over the role of reviewing applications for fish processing licences and disbanding the role of an arms-length board + Barry Kendall is upset that the FFAW cut benefits his disabled father had been receiving since he was injured in a horrific car accident in the early 1980's

There was no episode of The Broadcast today due to the live broadcast of the Canada vs Switzerland women's ice hockey semi-final at the Winter Olympics.

FFAW president Dwan Street says members are preparing to protest if the province doesn't commit to changing the price setting process + Clayton Burry, chair of The Ocean Ranger Legacy Foundation, says by next year the public will be able to see artifacts from the sunken rig on display in NL

Tor Larsen of Norway's Fishermen's Association says fish is a resource that belongs to Norwegians so there are fewer fisheries regulations + Senator Fabian Manning explains a new report on using marine carbon capture technologies to reduce carbon.

Fermeuse mayor Jerome Kenny says there's a lot of misunderstanding around a proposed mega project to liquify natural gas in Fermeuse harbour, but Kenny says the project is contingent on many things and there's been no proposal presented to the town.