Delicious sustainable seafood chowders coming to restaurants across Canada this February as Chowder Chowdown fundraiser transforms into national festival. Proceeds support Ocean Wise sustainable seafood program. New festival alert! For the month of February 2021, Ocean Wise Seafood is launching its first ever National Chowder Chowdown Festival. Between February 1 and 28, Canadians will be … Continued
By: Amy Rowley, Photogrammetry Research Assistant This summer, Ocean Wise’s photogrammetry team were lucky enough to return to Johnstone Strait to continue our fieldwork to monitor the body condition of northern resident killer whales using unmanned aerial vehicles (commonly known as drones). After an uncertain start to the year due to travel restrictions in the … Continued
By Amanda Weltman, Ocean Wise Field Research & Data Assistant Have you ever wondered what it might be like to go to an art gallery… underwater? If so, you’ll be delightfully surprised to learn that this dream has become a reality in Howe Sound/Atl’ka7tsem/Txwnéwu7ts. In fact, if you’ve been diving at Porteau Cove Provincial Marine … Continued
In 2020, oceans and freshwaters across Canada received great news. The federal government announced a ban on six types of single-use plastics, coming into effect in 2021. Part of the data used to inform this decision came from litter data collected by the Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup a conservation partnership of Ocean Wise and WWF-Canada. … Continued
November 6th, 2020 “Dad [Frank] was the son of an Italian immigrant and grew up with 32 first cousins – so, of course, everything he does is in the mindset of family.” – All quotes are from an interview with Franco Cristiano, Marketing and Brand Developer at Marina Del Rey and Kayla Menu-Courey, Ocean Wise Seafood Accounts Coordinator, Quebec Franco’s … Continued
Impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic have been far reaching, touching industries and issues as diverse and complex as tourism, education, and mental health. And now, we know that COVID-19 is also impacting our oceans. Researchers at Ocean Wise have been examining COVID-19’s impact on the ocean through a pair of spotlight reports, the first of … Continued
With trick-or-treating on the backburner this year for some folks, a youth with Ocean Wise’s Ocean Bridge program has created a Halloween campaign to encourage people in her community and across Canada to “Trick or Trash” this coming weekend. Aileen Duncan of Ottawa has created the Trick or Trash initiative as part of her community service … Continued
October 23rd, 2020 This blog is the second instalment of a two-part series exploring waste in fisheries. Click here to read the first instalment. Producing enough food to feed the people of our planet is not a precise science, and the reality is our food production systems and supply chains are not perfect. Virtually every food producing sector globally … Continued
October 21, 2020 Ocean Wise supports Mi’kmaq harvesters in their right to fish and we are deeply saddened to have watched the situation in Nova Scotia escalate over the past weeks to include the damage of gear and private property, spoiling of catch, and racism. Mi’kmaq harvesters have a right to access the marine resources … Continued
COVID and the Terroir Virtual Symposium Whether it be personal or professional, COVID-19 has had a massive impact on all of our lives. As a program whose basis is connection and communication with the hospitality industry, the Ocean Wise Seafood program has had to adapt in many ways to continue to do the work that we do. The same can also be said for many of … Continued
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Ocean Wise is based in the traditional and unceded territory of the Coast Salish Peoples, including the territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. We work across Turtle Island and beyond, supporting Indigenous peoples in their vital work on ocean conservation and biodiversity whenever possible or as we are invited to.