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Bonavista PC candidate Craig Pardy, NDP leader Jim Dinn and Cartwright-L'Anse au Clair Liberal candidate Lisa Dempster answer questions about fisheries and aquaculture issues. 

Hal Whitehead, a Dalhousie biology professor, says with the right infrastructure Burgeo might be a good sanctuary for belugas + Melissa Matlow of World Animal Protection Canada is interested in talking to the town of Burgeo about its Marineland beluga proposal + We take a look at ... Show More

Burgeo mayor Trevor Green says his town has a proposal to help 30 beluga whales currently living at the now defunct Marineland park + There's more than 100 ghost ship sightings on a map created by Folklore PhD student Karin Murray-Bergquist. 

A tense conflict between Indigenous fishermen and commercial lobstermen flared up in Nova Scotia in the fall of 2020. Today, how it all got started and how the Canadian government added fuel to the fire. | Subscribe to our weekly newsletter here. Learn more about sponsor message ... Show More

The high price of baby eels has triggered an upsurge in illegal fishing and criminal activity in Canada. Earlier this year, the country announced a ban on baby-eel fishing in an attempt to contain the violence and to protect dwindling fish stocks. We speak to WSJ’s Paul Vieira an ... Show More

A fishery dispute was resolved this week within 24 hours, but with more endangered whales showing up in the Gulf of St. Lawrence we'll look at the way forward. We hear from the MP for Acadie-Bathurst, Serge Cormer, and a representative for Oceana Canada. 

Eva Wiener describes her voyage across the Atlantic and how she feels about Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's upcoming apology for Canada having turned her ship back. Also, CBC Ottawa Senior Reporter Catherine Cullen describes the politics of the apology. 

Every year, Alaska’s big salmon runs feature smaller salmon. Climate change and competition with hatchery-raised salmon may be to blame. Julia Rosen reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 

Three U.S. states have reached a landmark deal to draw less water from the Colorado River, which is at risk of drying up due to drought and chronic overuse. We hear how that deal will affect agriculture and some of the food that reaches Canadian plates. 

The last several decades have taken a toll on the oceans: Some fish populations are collapsing, plastic is an increasing problem and climate change is leading to coral bleaching — as well as a host of other problems. But marine biologist and World Economic Forum programme lead Al ... Show More

Gillnet fishing in the Great Barrier Reef will begin phasing out this year, drawing concern over the future of the industry from seafood businesses. 

Politicians, staffers and intelligence officials have been testifying in Ottawa over the last several weeks in a public inquiry into foreign interference in Canadian elections in 2019 and 2021. While many details remain classified, it appears from the testimony that China, India ... Show More