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2009   

17 February 2009

24 Hours "Restaurants wise up"

           'Plans to save our ocean's fish continue on one dinner plate at a time...'

16 February 2009

Metro "Aquarium Seafood Sustainability Program Ready to go National"

            'The Vancouver Aquarium is so committed to serving sustainable seafood, even its fish eat the highest quality sashimi-grade spot prawns money can buy.'

2008                     

4 November 2008

Metro "Chowder Competition Heats Up"

            'The fishy smells at the Vancouver Aquarium yesterday were unusually delicious.'

28 August 2008

Bowen Island Undercurrent "Eating Ethically Involves Self-education, Imagination"

            'On Bowen the Ruddy Potato is making efforts to adopt sound seafood buying practices. Buyer Tim Frazer says that the store now features 70 per cent seafood approved by Ocean Wise, a Vancouver Aquarium conservation program that aims to help consumers make environmentally sound seafood choices.'

24 May 2008

Vancouver Sun "Sea Change - Wise Choices, Healthy Oceans "

             `The tastiest seafood is increasingly local and sustainable.'

March 2008

Shared Vision "Fishing In Troubled Waters"

             `A founding member of Vancouver Aquarium's Ocean Wise program, Blue Water's seafood is sustainably harvested, and, wherever possible, wild - which requires some research. "Whenever a new product becomes available, we check with the Aquarium to see what they think of it." ’

2 March 2008

Kelowna Capital News "Ocean Wise "

             `Another Kelowna business has joined the Vancouver Aquarium's Ocean Wise program, which was created to help restaurants, seafood sellers and their customers make environmentally-friendly seafood choices'

21 February 2008

Green Living Online "Get Ocean Wise with your fish"

             `Scientists have been warning us for years that fish stocks are depleted and shortages are ahead if something doesn't change. Vancouver's Ocean Wise program is helping locals choose sustainable options ’

9 January 2008

Metro "Ocean Wise Promotes Eating Smart"

             ` A seafood buffet might seem like an odd thing for the Vancouver Aquarium to offer its guests at the anniversary celebration of one of its programs’

9 January 2008

Five Star Alliance "Spotlight on: Eco-Friendly Kitchens at Fairmont Hotels and Resorts"

              `In British Columbia, the Fairmont Vancouver Airport and The Fairmont Empress were the first hotels to join the Ocean Wise program run by the Vancouver Aquarium which promotes the use of sustainable seafood’

2007   

6 December 2007

Vancouver Sun "Vancouver Restaurateur Greens up his Business"

              `His C Restaurant was a founding partner in the Ocean Wise program that promotes the protection of ocean species and habitats’

16 November 2007

Fairmont Hotels and Resorts "How Green is Thy Kitchen?"

   `Fairmont experts find creative solutions for sustainable operations’

2 October 2007                                                                                                                                            

Parksville Qualicum News “Getting Wise about their Ocean Menu”                                                             

              ‘Almost everywhere you look these days, the news is the same. Fish stocks are crashing, another species is at risk’

Fall 2007

Air New Zealand In-flight Magazine “Northern Exposure”

              ‘Even the aquarium is part of Vancouver’s culinary rebirth: they pioneered the Ocean Wise conservation program’

September/October 2007

EAT Magazine “Aquarium’s Ocean Wise Program Announces 10 New Participants”

              ‘The Vancouver Aquarium has announced 10 new participants on Vancouver Island to its Ocean Wise program’

5 September 2007

Canadian Tourism Commission “Serving up Sustainable Seafood at Delta Hotels”

              ‘In an area well known for its bountiful and fresh seafood, Delta's hotels in British Columbia are pleased to announce   their recent partnership with Ocean Wise’

29 August 2007

The National Post “Remember the Cute Sea Creatures while You Eat the Ugly Ones”

              ‘Ocean Wise restaurants offer sustainable seafood’

August 2007

Gremolata 141 “Chef Michael Weaver is Ocean Wise”

              'Unwise' products still make it to the table, but that's all on the road to change, thanks to a new program called Ocean Wise, developed by the Vancouver Aquarium’

10 August 2007
Victoria News “Eateries Earn Environmental Seal of Approval”
              ‘Seven Victoria restaurants have joined a new environmentally-charged program’

3 August 2007
Peninsula News Review “Red Fish Blue Fish Shop Presents Green Seafood”
              ‘While playful in name, the fish-and-chips shop is serious when it comes to using local, sustainable seafood’

July/August 2007
EAT Magazine “Seafood Tonight?”
              ‘Ocean Wise comes to the Island’

26 July 2007
Georgia Straight “Guide Helps You Stop Biting Into At-risk Fish”
              ‘The Vancouver Aquarium conservation program has persuaded dozens of BC restaurants to identify “ocean- friendly” dishes that use sustainable seafood’

8 July 2007
Urban Diner “Sustainable Whaa?”
              `Where can I go for sustainable sushi?” One of the top questions for Ocean Wise involves the quest for an ocean-friendly salmon roll’

July 2007
Vancouver Magazine “C Restaurant”
              ‘Sensational seafood, sustainably sourced’

28 June 2007
Kelowna Daily Courier “Be Ocean Wise about Meal Choices”
               ‘Vancouver Aquarium program encourages restaurants to serve fish that is harvested responsibly’

18 June 2007
CBC News “Endangered Fish Stocks Spur Canadian Chefs to Change Menus”
               ‘The depletion of fish stocks around the world has top chefs arming themselves with the tools needed to make informed decisions to assure a future with abundant ocean wildlife’

30 May 2007
Globe and Mail “Do You Know Where Your Fish is From?”
               ‘Take a close look at your next menu – chefs are increasingly taking an interest in replacing iffy species with sustainable alternatives’

25 May 2007
Times Colonist “Ocean Wise Program Puts Emphasis on Sustainable Seafood Fisheries”
               ‘An initiative by the Vancouver Aquarium to promote sustainable fisheries to the masses through the restaurant industry was launched in Victoria yesterday, with six Vancouver Island restaurants the first to take the bait’

May 2007
SPIN News Magazine “Delicacies from the Deep”
              ‘Ocean Wise an initiative that began in 2005, encouraging restaurants to use sustainable seafood, and has recently been adopted by Ian Riddick, executive chef at Mantles Restaurant in the Delta Sun Peaks Resort’

April 2007
Vancouver Magazine “Sea Smarts”
              ‘Ocean Wise program helps Vancouver diners make smart, sustainable choices’

29 March 2007
Globe and Mail “Food: Roast Sablefish”
               ‘It’s no surprising that the best seafood restaurant in Canada is in Vancouver. It is surprising that it took a gruff Easterner from the Gaspe to pull it off’

February 2007
Vancouver Sun “Menus Made to Appeal to Aging Baby Boomers”
               ‘The Vancouver Aquarium’s Ocean Wise program – which promotes sustainable seafood harvesting – discourages restaurants from offering threatened species like Chilean sea bass, orange roughy, shark and blue fin tuna’

4 January 2007
North Shore Outlook “Ocean Wise”
                ‘ British Columbia is known for its fresh, high quality seafood’

2007
Canadian Living Magazine “Yum! Seafood For a Sustainable Planet with David Suzuki”
                 ‘Advice and resources for making environmentally friendly seafood choices’

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2006

December 2006
24 Hours “A Wise Approach to Ocean Resources”
                ‘It was a seafood smorgasbord at the Vancouver Aquarium yesterday, as the newest members of Ocean Wise flaunted both culinary talent and a commitment to sustainability’

5 November 2006
World Changing Canada “ Too Many Not Enough Fish in the Sea”
                ‘If you’re a lover of seafood and scuba diving like I am, the recent report on the projected impact of overfishing on worldwide fish populations probably has you shaking in your fins too’

October 2006
Capers Community Markets “Sable Fish Presented by Chef Christian Veldon”
                 ‘This podcast was recorded live at Capers Living Naturally Fair in Vancouver in October’

22 September 2006
Vancouver Courier “COPE calls for Sustainable Seafood”
                 `If COPE parks commissioner Spencer Herbert has his way, the fish and chips you buy at the beach next summer will be served with a side of environmental responsibility’

17 September 2006
Capers Community Markets “Capers Donates $40,000 to the Vancouver Aquarium’s Ocean Wise Program”
                 ‘Capers Community Markets, Canada’s leading natural and organic food markets, has donated $40,000 to Ocean Wise, the Vancouver Aquarium’s sustainable seafood program’

September 2006
Food Service and Hospitality Magazine “Sea Change”
                 ‘Are we loving our favourite fish to death’

July 2006
SeaFood Business “Sustainability Programs are Gaining Ground”
                 ‘Seafood buyers find that resource preservation and profitability go hand in hand’

May 2006
Continental Airlines Magazine “Fisherman’s Friend”
                `Partnering with Vancouver Aquarium’s Ocean Wise initiative and 30 other local restaurants, we are slowly Changing the way the industry works’

April 2006
Yaletown Magazine “Toast to the Coast”
                ‘A wine celebration fundraiser’

2 February 2006
Capers Community Markets “Capers becomes First Retailer to Join Ocean Wise Sustainable Seafood Program”
                ‘The Vancouver Aquarium is pleased to announce that Capers Community Markets, Canada’s leading natural and organic food markets, will be the first retailer to participate in “Ocean Wise”

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2005

19 October 2005
24 Hours “The Seafood You Won’t See”
                ‘Give a man a fish and feed him for a day, but you better make sure it’s not Chilean sea bass’

August 2005
Vancouver Magazine “Chefs Lead the way to Sustainable Fish”
                ‘Few many fish in the sea. Sustainable dining goes into the mainstream’

27 April 2005
Vancouver Sun “Restaurants serve Up the Right Recipe for Seafood Conservation”
                ‘Sixteen BC restaurants have joined a program to help conserve oceans and seafood under various threats’

27 April 2005
North Shore News “Ocean Wise arrives at the Salmon House”
               ‘Choosing sustainable seafood while dining out in the Lower Mainland just got easier’

1 April 2005
Pacific/Prairie Restaurant “C’s Ballet Service and Sustainable Seafood”
              ‘In addition to C, the Vancouver Aquarium’s own in-house catering department and café will be an Ocean Wise partner’

April 2005
Shared Vision “What’s the Catch?”
              ‘Another net gain for sustainability is coming from the Vancouver Aquarium Marine Science Centre’

28 February 2005
CBC News “Program Promotes Sustainable Seafood”
              ‘A new program at the Vancouver Aquarium is helping BC restaurant make ethical and environmentally decisions about what to serve their customers’

2 February 2005
North Shore News “Wising Up on Seafood Conservation”
             ‘Sustainability could drive menu choices’

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