Straight talk from the wharf.
Conversations with the people who fish Atlantic Canada's inshore waters. Lobster, crab, gear, prices, regulations and the next generation, told by the captains and crews who live it.
46°14′N · 63°08′W · recorded on PEI
- Lobster
- Snow crab
- Gear & boats
- Prices at the wharf
- Policy & quotas
- The next generation
The best knowledge in the fishery lives with the people who fish.
What's the Catch sits down with captains, deckhands, buyers, mechanics, scientists and harbour authorities from PEI to the Gaspé to Newfoundland's Northern Peninsula, and asks them what's really going on out there.
Some episodes are recorded in wheelhouses. Some at kitchen tables. A few on the wharf at 5 a.m. with the engine still warm. We talk about the season, the price, the weather, the rules, the gear that works and the gear that doesn't, and what it takes to keep a family fishing operation going.
The show is produced by FishTrak, the team behind the Catch Plotter. We build tools for inshore fishers and spend a lot of our time on wharves listening. This podcast is where that listening goes public. It isn't a sales pitch. When the talk turns to our gear, we'll say so up front.
Every harbour has a story. We're here to record it.
- Format
- Video & audio
- Waters
- Atlantic Canada & Quebec
- Produced by
- FishTrak
Full episodes live on YouTube.
Subscribe on the channel to catch new conversations as they drop, plus short clips from the wharf between episodes.
Notes from the wheelhouse.
Show notes, guest stories and longer reads that don't fit in an episode. The first posts are in the works.
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Planned
Why we started a fishing podcast
What we kept hearing on the wharves, and why it deserved a bigger audience.
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Planned
Walking the docks before setting day
Sixteen harbours, one week, and what fishers told us before LFA 25 opened.
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Planned
Reading your own season like a logbook
Simple ways to look back at where the catch came from, and plan the next one.
The show, by the numbers.
A simple dashboard is coming: episode guide, guests by harbour, and season-by-season numbers from the show. Sign-in for guests and partners will live here too.