Best The Lighthouse Keepers Company Podcasts (2024)

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Line one Oceana Canada pushing DFO to mandate ropeless fishing gear by 2025 + A young performer whose music is all about fishing and NL tradition + Indigenous salmon fishing in Lake Melville 19:30

1h ago19:30

19:30

Line two Another entangled right whale, Oceana Canada says ropeless fishing gear is needed in certain zones + 15-year-old Alex Taylor is in studio to talk music and play a tune about salmon + We hear from fishers netting salmon in Lake Melville

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MP Clifford Small on joint management of the fishery + A roadside salt water aquarium in Port au Choix + A tale from lighthouse keeper Barry Porter 19:47

24h ago19:47

19:47

MP Clifford Small says the Conservatives will consider joint management of the fishery + Fisherman, snorkeler, DJ and roadside aquarium operator, Brendon Gould + Retired lighthouse keeper Barry Porter takes part in airlifting a colleague to safety.

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Discovering ice beneath the Beaufort Sea + Autonomous surface vessel at The Launch in Holyrood 18:57

1d ago18:57

18:57

Scientist Virginia Brake on discovering ice beneath the Beaufort Sea + The head of the School of Ocean Technology on research happening at The Launch in Holyrood.

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An outsider comes in, Jason Sullivan is elected as a vice president of the FFAW + A chat with the author of, "World War Two Shipwrecks of Newfoundland: In Pictures" 19:26

3d ago19:26

19:26

Fish harvester Jason Sullivan on his plans to transform the FFAW + Diver Chris Power talks about his book, "World War Two Shipwrecks of Newfoundland: In Pictures"

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President-elect of the FFAW, Dwan Street + Renting and rowing shalloways in Port de Grave 21:37

1d ago21:37

21:37

Dwan Street on her priorities as the incoming president of the FFAW + A visit to Ship Cove Pond where you can visit Vern Petten and Captain a Shalloway.

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Gerry Byrne speaks to his role as the new minister of Fisheries, Forestry and Agriculture + The life of a lighthouse keeper 21:35

6d ago21:35

21:35

The new provincial fisheries minister talks fish, processing and priorities + Former lighthouse keeper Barry Porter on his career.

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A look at alternatives to otter trawl fishing + A reading from "No Holds Barred" + A Swedish scientist says there's a growing call to lift the EU ban on seal products 22:21

1d ago22:21

22:21

Barry Darby on alternative ways to fish cod and other species + A call to the Fishline quoting from the late John Crosbie's book, "No Holds Barred: My Life in Politics" + A Swedish marine biologist thinks a seal hunt is necessary to save fish stocks.

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Crew of the Elite Navigator with their harrowing tale + A look at the use of personal locator beacons at sea 22:21

24h ago22:21

22:21

Escape from a burning boat, the crew of the Elite Navigator on their survival at sea + The NL Fish Harvesters Safety Association on safety at sea and personal locator beacons.

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Still waiting, family and friends of the Elite Navigator wait for news + Newfoundland is one of a company's exotic locations for photo tours 17:56

3d ago17:56

17:56

An intense search is underway for seven crew aboard the Elite Navigator + Akari Photo Tours brings people to exotic destinations like Mongolia, Paris and Newfoundland.

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Fish harvester Terry Ryan on fishing off of Labrador + Exploring beneath the Labrador Sea + A new children's book called "Songs in the Sea" 25:08

1d ago25:08

25:08

Fisherman Terry Ryan sounds off on who should have access to fish off of Labrador + Kate Ortenzi dove deep to study the plants and animals at the bottom of the sea in Nunatsiavut + Pheilm Martin with his children's book "Songs in the Sea."

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FFAW cod giveaway to protest reopening of cod fishery + Labrador fish harvester on trawling and the importance of an increased cod quota 20:56

1d ago20:56

20:56

Enthusiastic crowd line up for free cod from fishermen protesting reopened commercial Northern cod fishery + Fisherman Chad Strugnell on how they'll fish for an increased cod quota and why it is deserved.

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Back to the future, an inshore fisheries advocate is not impressed with plans for Northern cod + Dwindling fisheries on the west coast make for unwanted idle times 18:24

1d ago18:24

18:24

Inshore fisheries advocate Ryan Cleary on the lifting of the cod moratorium and how it'll be fished + Fish harvester Ernest Decker on the short season that was off Rocky Harbour.

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A crab fisherman wants to end or reduce bottom trawling + Why fisheries scientists and fish harvesters view cod stocks in dramatically different ways 22:18

1d ago22:18

22:18

A crab fisherman in New-Wes-Valley is worried about damage being done to his crab grounds by boats trawling for shrimp + In the United States, scientists see Gulf of Maine cod stocks at dangerously-low levels, while harvesters see a dramatic recovery.

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Japanese diplomat in NL to explore opportunities in seafood + Farmed seaweed harvest in St. Mary's Bay is plentiful + Ocean Wise setting up undersea dome experience 21:50

4d ago21:50

21:50

Deputy head of mission for Japan's embassy in Ottawa, Tokuro Furuya, is here to learn about potential business opportunities from capelin to hydrogen + Michael Teasdale of HoldFastNL says first seaweed harvest a success + Amanda MacCarthy of Ocean Wise says their immersive undersea experience has been travelling across Newfoundland.…

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Update on FFAW's Save our Cod campaign + Meet the crew of the ship 'State of Maine' + From Barbados to NL with love + How to make a lobster roll 21:45

20d ago21:45

21:45

An update on the FFAW's petition on northern cod + 'State of Maine' docks in St. John's, we'll meet some of the crew + PhD student Meaghan Collins on the history of sailors' valentines.

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Whale watchers tread too close to dangerous waters in St. Vincent's + NL-made mini boat makes landfall again 19:30

7d ago19:30

19:30

St. Vincent's mayor Verna Hayward is worried that whale watchers are ignoring signs about the water hazards in the town + Cassie Stymiest of Educational Passages says after 69 days on the Atlantic, the Raven KASTER miniboat has made landfall in Southern Europe.

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David Vardy calls Ottawa's decision to end cod moratorium as "naive and out of touch" + Meet a Texan who comes to NL to fish salmon and cod 23:34

7d ago23:34

23:34

Former deputy fisheries minister for NL David Vardy calling on Ottawa to reverse decision on northern cod + Texan Scott Rudolph has been coming to NL for the fishing.

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'Seal for all Seasons' program in Port au Choix + Scientist says climate change needs more consideration in fisheries management 23:22

24d ago23:22

23:22

Parks Canada's Eileen Rumbolt tells us about the 'Seal for all Seasons' program at the national historic site in Port au Choix + Marine scientist Daniel Boyce is studying impacts of climate change on fisheries.

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The Broadcast in Port au Choix: Unveiling the new cod statue + Local folk artist inspired by cod and the ocean 24:07

12d ago24:07

24:07

We chat with Kim Ploughman, Susan White, Bev Plowman and others as the granite cod is revealed and the first cod festival kicks off + Port au Choix folk artist Ben Ploughman tells us about his 30 years of work, and his upcoming exhibit at Rocky Harbour's Storytelling Festival in October.

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The Broadcast in Port au Choix: Why this town is such a busy fishing port + Retired fisherman has seen lots of changes in the industry + Understanding the early human settlement of this area 24:15

28d ago24:15

24:15

Harbour authority Kieran O'Keefe on why the town's main port is so busy + Martin Atkins has seen a lot of changes in the fishery over the years + Angela Decker and Eileen Rumbolt of Parks Canada's National Historic site in Port au Choix tell us about the remarkable early history of the area.

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The Broadcast in Port au Choix: Learning about the town's French history + Lobster fishing out of Gargamelle Cove 22:53

14d ago22:53

22:53

Harvester Larry Plowman takes us lobster fishing and chats about the fishing industry in the Gulf + Lizeta Gould tells us about the history of Port au Choix and its French connections.

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Labrador fish harvester seeing good signs of northern cod + City councillor has some promising news about the future of Quidi Vidi slipway + The history of Middle Cove's transatlantic cable 21:59

18d ago21:59

21:59

Chad Strugnell of St. Lewis says Northern cod quota should be increased + Ward 2 councillor Ophelia Ravencroft says Quidi Vidi slipway needs to be removed, and replacing it is important for the community + Heather Tuff, coordinator of Logy Bay-Middle Cove-Outer Cove Museum, talks about the laying of a communications cable at Middle Cove in 1953.…

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Ocean Choice International gearing up for commercial cod fishery + Groundfish Council explain offshore producers' historical share of northern cod + Fisheries scientist says ending cod moratorium goes ... 24:29

1M ago24:29

24:29

OCI's Blaine Sullivan says cod moratorium ending is reason to celebrate + Atlantic Groundfish Council defends offshore industry's ties to northern cod + Fisheries scientist George Rose says northern cod stock not robust enough to sustain more fishing.

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The end of the northern cod moratorium was announced by Fisheries and Oceans Canada and the reaction is mixed 22:44

28d ago22:44

22:44

Alberto Wareham of Icewater Seafoods reacts to cod announcement + Harvester Terry Ryan frustrated by DFO's new northern cod management approach + The FFAW's Jason Spingle says the union is concerned that some of this cod quota going to Canada's offshore fleet.

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A seafarers' wellness centre in the works for NL + Patience and hope: Town of Heart's Content set on getting UNESCO designation 22:28

1M ago22:28

22:28

Capt. Chris Hearn and Morgane Sheppard of the Port Welfare Committee are working on reestablishing seafarer wellness centres in the province + Heart's Content town councillors Clarence Brown and Tolson Rendell just returned from Valentia, Ireland.

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Man behind petition disappointed by recreational fishery rules + Quidi Vidi residents concerned that city will remove their slipway, and not replace it + Is there an old transatlantic cable on Middle Cove ... 21:25

22d ago21:25

21:25

Graham Wood says recreational ground fishery rules are too restrictive + Jennifer Whiteway worried about future of Quidi Vidi's slipway and access to fishing + Jason Sparrow is curious about an old telecommunications cable that is sometimes exposed on Middle Cove Beach.

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American photographer beyond impressed by whale show at St. Vincent's beach + Memorial to victims of 'Villa de Pitanxo' tragedy 25:08

25d ago25:08

25:08

Brent Schnuup is helping to document humpbacks off St. Vincent's + Spanish dignitaries, families of the victims, and Spanish media attend memorial event in St. John's for victims of the 'Villa de Pitanxo' sinking.

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There may not be a capelin fishery this year, if the price doesn't improve + Ottawa now delaying plans to ban open net pen salmon farms from BC coast 20:45

26d ago20:45

20:45

The FFAW held a news conference to make a case for a higher capelin price + Salmon farms on BC's coast have more time to transition out of the ocean, we'll hear voices from a news conference explaining the change.

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Catch rates up and prices down for lobster across Atlantic Canada + Surgeon Cove Head Light Station gets heritage designation 21:07

28d ago21:07

21:07

Jeff Irvine of the Lobster Council of Canada says lobster fishery this year a little unusual + Andrea O'Brien of Heritage NL on the history of the Surgeon Cove Head Light Station on Exploits Island.

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Cleaning up the seafloor in Brigus harbour with Shawn Bath and crew + A listener weighs-in on upcoming FFAW executive election 19:38

29d ago19:38

19:38

Clean Harbours Initiative group struggles with funding and blowback but keeps on cleaning + A caller tells us who they're supporting in upcoming FFAW election.

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Is rainwater affecting the quality of lobsters stored in Carbonear harbour? + University students studying Cape St. Mary's gannets say population showing signs of recovery from avian flu outbreak in 2022 ... 19:12

30d ago19:12

19:12

Harvesters in Carbonear told that heavy rain in harbour affected salinity of water and the lobsters stored there + Rebecca Wiseman, Noah Careen and Sydney Collins are studying Cape St. Mary's gannets through the Montevecchi Lab at Memorial University.

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They wreak havoc on fish, but should there be a cull on double-crested cormorants? + Canada's laws on ocean noise are a mish-mash, says environmental lawyer 20:26

1M ago20:26

20:26

Ontario is doing it, but biologist Bill Montevecchi says a cull on cormorants may not be wise + Environmental lawyer Mike Kofahl says Canada needs to strengthen laws governing ocean noise to better protect marine life.

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Looking at protecting coastal and ocean areas off the Avalon Peninsula + The leader of the expedition to find Ernest Shackleton's last ship 22:12

1M ago22:12

22:12

Coastal and marine areas along the Avalon Peninsula are being considered as a marine National Wildlife Area + John Geiger, the man who led the search for Shackleton's last ship, the Quest.

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The successful hunt for the last ship used by explorer Ernest Shackleton + A check in on the lobster fishery on the Burin Peninsula 22:03

1M ago22:03

22:03

Explorer Ernest Shackleton's ship Quest is located off southern Labrador + New Age Seafood's owner Tonia Grandy on the ongoing lobster season.

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Meet the candidates vying for the job of president of the FFAW-Unifor 25:08

1M ago25:08

25:08

Dave Callahan, Abe Solberg and Dwan Street with their views on the union and why they want to be president of the FFAW-Unifor.

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Lessons learned from the demise of the great auk + 'Captain Morgan is Finally Home' is the new album from The Singing Fisherman, Wayne Morgan 18:12

2M ago18:12

18:12

Iceland's Gisli Palsson is the author of "The Search for the Great Auk and the Discovery of Extinction" + Wayne Morgan on releasing his tenth album, "Captain Morgan is Finally Home."

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Lobster glut? How is the season going in NL? + Using drones and AI to monitor marine animals 20:00

2M ago20:00

20:00

Catches are good but how about sales? We'll check in with the FFAW on the lobster fishery + Edgewise Environmental is using drones and artificial intelligence to locate and protect marine animals.

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NL carbon capture and storage plans update + Challenges in fishing redfish and glow in the dark crab pots 21:18

2M ago21:18

21:18

Minister Andrew Parsons gives an update on the province's carbon storage and capture plans + Glow in the dark crab pots and research on how to best fish redfish.

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How realistic is the idea that NL's offshore will become a carbon storage hub? + The effect of grey seals on Gulf cod stocks 23:34

2M ago23:34

23:34

Steve Emberly of OilCo and Fred Schneider of Beicip-Franlab on what's happening with NL's plans for carbon storage in our offshore + DFO stock assessment scientist Daniel Ricard says in terms of Atlantic cod, the situation is dire.

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Fisherman says redfish fishery not living up to federal promise + LaScie harvester tired of waiting around for DFO to announce fishery openings 22:11

2M ago22:11

22:11

Rendell Genge is worried that fishing for redfish will not make economic sense for Gulf shrimp harvesters + Shrimp harvester Terry Ryan is not happy to be waiting around for fishery openings.

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A battle brewing with France? Atlantic Halibut Council concerned that France taking large chunk of halibut quota + FFAW says harvesters can't afford to lose any of their halibut quota and government should ... 20:22

2M ago20:22

20:22

Bruce Chapman of the Atlantic Halibut Council says France taking more than a fair share of halibut quota + FFAW's Jason Spingle says the union is worried that harvesters could lose some of their halibut quota

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Smolt wheel on the Terra Nova River + Welcome to Ocean Week 18:43

2M ago18:43

18:43

Counting and tagging salmon smolt with the help of a smolt wheel on the Terra Nova River + A look at what's ahead with Ocean Week Canada.

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Will more snow crab for St. Mary's translate into more work? + Checking out hardware at the Canadian Hydrographic Conference 22:30

2M ago22:30

22:30

The mayor of St. Mary's on the ups and downs of this year's crab season + M2Ocean with a display of devices that map ocean, lake and river bottoms.

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Graduates from the Marine Institute's Naval Architecture and Marine Mechanical Design programs + Rising Tide Theatre's long connection to the ocean 21:32

2M ago21:32

21:32

Marine Institute students show off their final projects of various vessels + A look at Rising Tide Theatre's continuing connection to the ocean and fishery in Trinity.

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Rough Water Traps is now a seafood buyer + An Inuit elder on the history of the northern shrimp fishery and the recent controversy 24:48

2M ago24:48

24:48

Matthew O'Leary of Rough Water Traps says they're looking to buy crab and other species + Alex Saunders is a longtime fisherman in Nunatsiavut and has concerns about the northern shrimp quota allocation.

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Some hopeful news about Northern cod, as new research shows they've returned to historical migration patterns 20:53

2M ago20:53

20:53

Fisheries scientist George Rose co-authored study called "Northern cod re-establish historical migration patterns linked to capelin: insights from pop-up satellite archival tags."

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The province announces a new fisheries loan program + FFAW president Greg Pretty says he's not seeking re-election + Senator Brian Francis on why seals are so important to Indigenous people 17:39

2M ago17:39

17:39

Fisheries minister Elvis Loveless announces a loan program for fish harvesters + Greg Pretty says he won't be running for union president in upcoming FFAW election + PEI senator Brian Francis talks about new report to promote the seal hunt.

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Sealing the Future: New senate report aims to promote seal hunt and seal products + How warming ocean affects Atlantic herring 23:32

2M ago23:32

23:32

Senator Fabian Manning, chair of Senate Committee on Fisheries and Oceans, says new report is a call to action to increase seal harvest and promote seal products globally + DFO scientist Hugues Benoit on how the warming ocean is affecting Atlantic herring.

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An explanation as to why a factory freezer trawler will be fishing much of Nunatsiavut's shrimp quota + A shellfish harvester on how the crab and lobster season is going 22:18

2M ago22:18

22:18

One ship will fish nearly half of Nunatsiavut's communal shrimp quota, a deputy minister explains why + Fishing for crab and lobster in the Bay St. George area, we'll hear from Chalsie Kook-Marche about the season.

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Atlantic Canada Fish Farmers Association not happy with DFO report on wild salmon decline + Tall ship excursions around NL 21:15

2M ago21:15

21:15

Susan Farquharson of Atlantic Canada's Fish Farmers Association disagrees with DFO report on main cause of wild salmon decline in the Conne River + Chris Chafe says Tall Ship Expeditions Canada is headed to NL.

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