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In Too Deep: The Downside of Deep-Sea Fisheries

October 6, 2021

What comes to mind when you think of fisheries? Likely not images of the deepest, darkest places along the ocean floor. Yet, many commercial fisheries operate in these locations, catching deep-sea fish thousa...

Genetic Solutions for Seafood Problems

September 24, 2021

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Organic Ocean has partnered up with Emily De Sousa (Seaside with Emily), Sea Choice and Dr. Robert Hanner of the University of Guelph to see if DNA testing could help solve an issue facing our seafood supply: m...

Trophic Levels Part 1: Why they Matter

August 6, 2021

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The concept of a trophic level is intended to simplify and explain the dynamic interactions between organisms throughout a food chain. Understanding these interactions can lead to useful applications for sustai...

The Oyster Opportunity – with The Gino Macchio Foundation

July 12, 2021

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Ocean Wise Seafood has partnered with The Gino Macchio Foundation, a New York-based not-for-profit with a solutions-driven approach to cleaning up the Great South Bay: oysters. Oysters naturally filt...

This Fundraiser is Smokin’ Hot (and Cold)

June 14, 2021

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Toronto smokehouse, The Smoke Bloke, is supporting Ocean Wise’s two-month Waves of Change campaign to help end overfishing by donating 15% of proceeds from all smoked Ocean Wise recommended seafoo...

Kelp the Planet, One Bite at a Time

May 21, 2021

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Cascadia Seaweed is a seaweed farming company based in British Columbia, and a partner of the Ocean Wise Seafood program. This week, May 17th – 23rd, the company is presenting the first annual Seaweed Days Fes...

Grilling for a Sustainable Future with Casus Grill Canada and Ocean Wise Seafood

May 19, 2021

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New Ocean Wise Seafood partner, Casus Grill Canada, is making waves with their biodegradable barbecue by donating 100% of profits from every grill sold in Canada to the Ocean Wise Seafood program. Ocean Wise S...

Why I care about ocean conservation, far from any coast

May 12, 2021

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I’ve only seen the ocean a handful of times. Growing up in a small town in Ontario, I did not visit Canada’s coasts. Most of what I think about when it comes to the ocean has been informed by pictures ...

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