About | Restaurants and Partners | Join Our Program | News | Media Information | Calendar | Awards | Contact Us | Ocean Wise Home
Media Articles
Download Adobe Reader 8.1.1 30 January 2010 Coleen's Dish "Ocean Wise Turns 5" 'I was recently reminded of why I love this city's attitude about dining. You can eat amazing food and not destroy the planet all at the same time...' 29 January 2010 TinyBites "Ocean Wise Turns 5!" 'Upon reaching their 5th anniversary they pulled out all the stops and threw a party that included many members of the media and several Ocean Wise restaurants...' 28 January 2010 Vancouver Foodster "Ocean Wise Myster Tour" 'A unique event to celebrate 5 years of the Ocean Wise program...' 27 January 2010 Island Chef "Chatting with Rob Clark" 'Robert believes that chefs have a special ability to create change. He says "The people who feed the people are the most powerful so it is easier for us to make a difference"...' 24 January 2010 Taste T.O. "Why we all need to Wise Up" 'The guesswork of choosing a fish that is sustainable has been taken out of the transaction...' 28 December 2009 Vancouver Foodster "Best Foodie Events of 2009" 'Ocean Wise Seafood Chowder ChowDown was the most entertaining event at the coolest venue that brought together some of the cities best chefs and restaurant to support a great organisation...' 4 December 2009 Foodservice and Hospitality Magazine "Supplier of the Year - Sea Change" 'Thanks for a sustainable seafood program that's been rolled out nationwide, Ocean Wise is changing the way Canadians think about eating fish...' 26 November 2009 Vancouver Foodster "Ocean Wise Seafood Chowder ChowDown" 'The 2nd Annual Ocean Wise Seafood Chowder ChowDown was a huge success at a great event hosted by the Vancouver Aquarium on November 25th...' 25 November 2009 Inside Vancouver "Go Fish Win 2009 Ocean Wise Seafood Chowder ChowDown" 'My friends and I just got back from the sold-out 2009 Ocean Wise Seafood Chowder ChowDown at the Vancouver Aquarium. We're absolutely swollen with chowder and beer, and we loved every minute...' 29 September 2009 Central "Future of Fish - Increasing your Ocean I.Q." 'An interview with Mike McDermid, Ocean Wise's Program Manager...' 26 August 2009 Gulf Islands Driftwood "Thrifty's Adopts Ocean Wise Program" 'Sherwood said the company's decision formalizes Thrifty Foods' long-standing emphasis on fresh, locally sourced and sustainable fisheries whenever possible...' 30 July 2009 24 Hours "Exotic Fish Dishes that don't Hurt Stocks" 'The Ocean Wise sustainable seafood program is educating diners and restaurant staff alike, according to a prominent Vancouver seafood chef...' 25 June 2009 National Post "Seafood for Thought - Sealife meets seafood at the Toronto Zoo" 'Like any zoo experience worth its salt, this event mixed fun with learning, as Seafood for Thought also served to bring awareness to the problems of fishing done wrong and one particular organisation - Ocean Wise - which is working to encourage fishing done right...' 27 April 2009 UrbanDiner "Sustainable Sushi" 'When we think of food and sustainability, it's easier to be conscious of what visiby surrounds us on land than beneath the ocean's waves...' 8 April 2009 Taste T.O. "Wise Up - A New Way to Choose Sustainable Fish" 'The fishe we love to eat the most are the ones that are most at risk, and restaurants play an important role in teaching and enouraging customers about choosing sustainable options...' 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.'
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’
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?"
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 3 August 2007 July/August 2007 26 July 2007 8 July 2007 July 2007 28 June 2007 18 June 2007 30 May 2007 25 May 2007 May 2007 April 2007 29 March 2007 February 2007 4 January 2007 2007
2006December 2006 5 November 2006 October 2006 22 September 2006 17 September 2006 September 2006 July 2006 May 2006 April 2006 2 February 2006
200519 October 2005 August 2005 27 April 2005 27 April 2005 1 April 2005 April 2005 28 February 2005 2 February 2005
View the latest Ocean Wise press releases. |
