The Fisheries Broadcast from CBC Radio Nfld. and Labrador

Former Fisheries Minister Trevor Taylor has some words of advice for fisheries critic Jim Bennettt... stick to the facts. You're doing a disservice to the aquaculture industry when you throw around words like 'Frankenfish". Speaking of aquaculture... th

A Vancouver-based journalist says the lobby against salmon farming uses too much junk science and too many questionable studies... and therefore puts forward a skewed view of what aquaculture is all about.

The aquaculture industry is under attack today after farmed salmon were discovered in the Garnish River. The opposition even raises the spectre of Frankenfish. John asks the aquaculture about the significance of this incident, and why the industry always

It's what people who worry about aquaculture fear most... escapes from salmon farms. Now officials from DFO have confirmed that escaped farmed salmon have turned up along side wild salmon in the Garnish River on the Burin Peninsula.

A harvester worries about this year's cod fishery with a price that's looking like it will be below last year's - and a conversation with Danny Dumeresque about getting away from some aspects of the fishery and maybe getting closer to some aspects of poli

Where have all the workers gone... Plants in Port Union and Plate Cove have closed... why is it necessary to bring in workers from New Brunswick to work in a fishplant on Random Island? And the lobster season is in turmoil in the Martitimes. Does it affe

We look at the relationship between cod and crab and whether they can co-exist. Also: the challenge of finding fish plant workers in this province; and a new wharf in Musgrave Harbour causes mor eproblems than it solves.

A St. Anthony sealers search for his lost boat, stuck in ice near the Grey islands....we'll update the Coast Guard's attempt to clean up a leaky wreck near Fogo Island, and a new fishing technology that can save you money.

Search and Rescue surfaces again in the legislature today, the N.D.P. fisheries critic on issues in Southern Labrador, and the pros and cons of catch-and-release.

One of the most sensitive, controversial and critical parts of the fishery... coming to the help of people in trouble. John speaks with Peter MacKay about changes to Ottawa's Search and Rescue effort.

An embarrassment of riches - too much crab, too quickly. We'll hear from a frustrated fisherman waiting for his turn. The plant in Fortune - is OCI living up to its promises four months after the deal was announced? AND a big shake-up in the fisheries

The community of Black Tickle in Labrador has just chosen a new person to head the Local Service District. And at this crucial time in the town's history, she's a force to be reckoned with. You'll hear from Livanda Keefe and her concerns about what she s

Been a lot of talk AGAIN recently about outside buyers. I'll ask an advocate for the issue about the recent debate, but first Cooke Aquaculture nailed in New Brunswick for using an illegal pesticide, even after the government told them not to.

An experienced fish plant operator explains the glut of cod on the world market, why the bottom has dropped out of our salt-fish markets and why it makes it so tough for us. And a veteran voice on the seal hunt on where we go from here.

There's been a lot of talk AGAIN recently about outside buyers. John asks an advocate for the issue about the recent debate - and Cooke Aquaculture nailed in New Brunswick for using an illegal pesticide, even after the government told them not to.