The Blue Fish Radio show features subjects and people of special interest to the future of fish and fishing. Notable past interviewees include the NOAA Director of Sustainable Fisheries, Ontario’s Environment Commissioner, the CEOs of Trout Unlimited and the Pacific Salmon Foundation, the World Wildlife Foundation’s VP of ocean policy, and numerous leading researchers and local experts in the field of fish biology, aquatic habitat and sustainable fishing.

Episodes of Blue Fish Radio is streamed on the internet 6-times each week over WRVO Outdoor Radio; broadcast 5-times each week by AMI Audio over cable TV and SiriusXM Canada; featured on Outdoor Canada Magazine’s website and social media channels every second week, and linked to by hundreds of conservation and fishing related sites.

Over 100,000 listeners enjoy the show weekly, in addition to audiences reached through links to episodes established on numerous 3rd-party websites and FaceBook pages. Tweeted episode announcements reach on average 60,000 Twitter followers.

Blue Fish Radio interviews are recorded live and later edited to ensure the best possible portrayal of our guests and their message. Downloads or player links of episodes can be obtained for inclusion on your own website or social media. The over 80 Blue Fish Radio episodes can be found on iTunes or downloaded as MP3 files directly from Spreaker.com.

You can learn more about the host, Lawrence Gunther, at www.lawrencegunther.com. Lawrence also serves as President of Blue Fish Canada, a charity dedicated to the future of fish and fishing.

Drugs and Our Fish

Lake of the Woods

One Mans Fishing Log

Canada’s new Trout Unlimited CEO

Training Fish To Walk

Closed Containment Salmon Farming

A First Nations community on Canada’s Vancouver Island is attempting to successfully commercialize something few have dared — to grow Atlantic Salmon using closed containment technology that keeps the salmon isolated from the natural environment.

Aquahacking the Ottawa River

Meredith Brown of the Ottawa River Keepers speaks about an exciting new technology initiative intended to merge technical innovation with aquatic stewardship, and Lawrence makes an exciting commitment to Meredith for late spring 2015.

Electro-Fishing and American Eels

Learn first hand how electro-fishing works, and hear what research is underway to save American Eels migrating along the St. Lawrence River.

Oil Pipes and the Skeena River

If oil pipelines are built to move oil from Alberta to the west coast of Canada, what would it mean for the Skeena River watershed?

Southern Carp Come North

100 years after Common Carp were introduced to North America, their distant cousins the Bighead and Silver Carp species are poised to invade the Great Lakes, but is it as bad as all that?

The Role of Marine Reserves

Dr. Clarke speaks about the positive impact marine reserves are having around the world on fish populations and wonders why Canada hasn’t adopted a similar model.

Lake Sturgeon in Detroit River

Richard Wyma speaks about the partnership work being undertaken to create spawning habitat for Lake Sturgeon in the Detroit Habitat following the collapse of the sturgeon population to less than 1% of their former numbers.

Mercury in Walleye on the St Lawrence

Fish biologist from the St. Lawrence River Institute on Environmental Science does research on Mercury in walleye on the St. Lawrence.

Environment Commissioner of Ontario

The Environment Commissioner of Ontario speaks about greenhouse gasses and what Ontario needs to do to protect the environment.

Joc River Embayment Project

Listen to a lead biologist from the Rideau Valley Conservation Association and the President of Musky Canada Inc. describe what it takes to turn a stretch of an urban river into prime fish habitat.