Category: Sustainable Seafood

Imagine a farm where farmers drive boats instead of tractors, create habitat rather than destroy it, and the farm itself actively cleans waterways and combats global warming. Imagine farm animals that don’t need to be fed, yet provide affordable, high-quality protein. This is restorative aquaculture. Restorative aquaculture is the cultivation of low trophic level, filter-feeding … Continued

February has come and gone and what a month it has been! The Ocean Wise Chowder Chowdown, held in Vancouver and Toronto, was another huge hit with top Ocean Wise Seafood program partner chefs presenting a wide variety of chowders that impressed judges and guests alike. Read more about the winners of this years Chowder … Continued

What struck me most about my conversation with the Chef of Le Tournebroche, Stéphane Roth, was his resilience, his passion and his remarkable authenticity. Established 8 years ago, Le Tournebroche has undergone impressive evolutions in order to overcome the challenge of always working with local and sustainably sourced ingredients. As a partner of the Ocean … Continued

The Ocean Wise Seafood program is ringing with excitement to welcomeCowbell Brewing to our growing family of partners! Sustainability and social ethics enrich every aspect of Cowbell’s destination brewery, from their impressive beer-making system to the local and sustainable sourcing of their menu items to the infrastructure of the Cowbell Farm.   Cowbell Brewing is … Continued

Supply and demand are the basis of our market driven economy. As consumers, we dictate our preferences through our purchasing habits, which signals companies to produce more of the products we like or attach value to. Our demand for products shapes their availability on the market. When we have more control over input availability, this … Continued

February is #OceanWiseMonth! Here are 10 things YOU can do to support the sustainable seafood movement this February:   1.Attend the Ocean Wise Chowder Chowdown in Vancouver (February 20) or Toronto (February 26). Watch top chefs compete to make the best sustainable seafood chowder, taste and vote for your favourites, and sip on local craft beer, wine and spirits. Get your tickets here before they sell out!  2.Follow @OceanWiseLife on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Share our posts and spread the word about sustainable seafood. Use tag @OceanWiseLife and #OceanWiseMonth for a chance … Continued

Le pays fascinant du Pérou est reconnu pour les trésors de l’empire inca, notamment une des sept merveilles modernes du monde, le Machu Picchu. Pachamama est la déesse de la mythologie des Incas dans la langue native « quechua et Aymara». Pachamama, qui se traduit par Terre (Pacha) Mère (mama), inspirait l’harmonie entre la culture des anciens … Continued

Sun, sea, superfoods – that is Hula Poke’s mantra. The first Hula Poke opened in Vancouver in November 2017, and was quick to expand to their current 13 locations across Greater Vancouver, Calgary, and Edmonton. In the last few years, poke (pronounced poh-KAY) has exploded in popularity across North America. Poke is a traditional Hawaiian … Continued

Many Ocean Wise Seafood partners have sustainable activities on the go aside from responsible sourcing of seafood items. Ricky’s Family-style Restaurants, who have been an Ocean Wise partner since 2014, are one such example of a chain of restaurants making deeper commitments to sustainability. “At Ricky’s, our sustainability vision is ingrained throughout our systems and … Continued