The Fisheries Broadcast from CBC Radio Nfld. and Labrador
Summary: CBC Radio's "The Broadcast," as it is affectionately known, since going on the air in 1951, has been dedicated to covering stories about the fishing industry, reflecting the people and the communities that depend on the sea for their livelihood.
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And, making biomedical products and biodiesel out of fish waste. This is the broadcast for Wednesday, August 29th
Carey Bonnel on how consumers and industry are driving change in the fisheries.
Provincial Liberal fisheries critic Jim Bennett rethinks fish farming. What is a good day for drying saltfish?
Cod fishermen and DFO. Tom Best on COD, draggers and John Crosbie.
A plant owner on the Northern Peninsula continues his struggle to try to get a whelk and sea cucumber processing licence; And, Tom Best, the head of the Petty Harbour Fishermen's Cooperative talks about doing business with the processors he use to fight a
The Department of Fisheries and Oceans is looking for fishermen to participate in an extra round of the turbot fishery in NAFO division 3L; the restaurant association and the FFAW are working on a way to tell you where exactly the seafood on your plate wa
Jack Troake of Twillingate muses on a few things, including cod. And, the shrimp plant in Port au Choix is facing some water supply challenges.
Bill Broderick talks about round three of the Lobster Enterprise Retirement Program. And, Jamie Baker, managing editor of the Navigator magazine, weighs in a what more codfish in our waters could mean for the crab and shrimp fisheries.
More reaction to Dr George Rose's interview on the state of cod. And, Portuguese sailors pay tribute to their countrymen who've died at sea off Newfoundland.
Cod, Cod, and more cod. We'll have reaction to yesterday's interview with fisheries researcher Dr George Rose. And we'll hear how the recreational and commercial cod fisheries went on parts of the NE coast of the island.
Dr. George Rose, the director of fisheries research at Memorial, says offshore cod are making a comeback. And, the Mayor of Fortune managed to get all the fish plant players into the same room for a meeting on the plant's future.
Sick salmon in Butter Cove turned into a boon for Burgeo; the FFAW wants OCI to pony up to look after laid off workers in Marystown; and, Captain Bob Bartlett's former schooner is in disrepair, south of the border.
The Witless Bay Puffin Patrol has been having a busy time of it, we'll find out why. And, author Simon Winchester was at this year's Winterset in Summer Writers' Festival on the Eastport Peninsula discussing his 21st book, Atlantic: Biography of an Ocean.
A mother of three young children talks about life in the community after the loss of the fish plant.
A resident of Trepassey has some advice for communities that lose their fish plants.
