December 4, 2006

AQUARIUM’S OCEAN WISE PROGRAM ANNOUNCES 19 NEW PARTICIPANTS

Vancouver, BC: The Vancouver Aquarium today welcomed chefs from the 19 new restaurants that have joined the Ocean Wise program since November 2005. Ocean Wise is a Vancouver Aquarium conservation program that helps restaurants and their patrons make environmentally friendly seafood choices.

The Ocean Wise program works with its restaurant and market partners to ensure that they have up-to-date information about sustainable seafood, which is caught in a way that creates minimal environmental impact and ensures the future health of the ocean. The Vancouver Aquarium’s Ocean Wise team consults with each restaurant individually to select sustainable menu items, which are highlighted with the Ocean Wise logo so they can be easily identified.

The following restaurants have joined Ocean Wise this year:

A Kettle of Fish                                  The Ocean Club

Bin 941                                              O’Doul’s Restaurant & Bar

Bin 942                                              Provence Mediterranean Grill

Boathouse Restaurant                       Restaurant 62

Cru Restaurant                                  Rocky Mountain Flatbread Co.

Diamond Alumni Club (SFU)                Sip Resto-Lounge

FigMint Restaurant & Lounge             Tomato Fresh Food Café

Globe @ YVR                                       Trafalgars Bistro

Go Fish                                              Whineo’s Wine Bar & Tapas

Herons Restaurant

Ocean Wise began in January 2005 and now has 46 participants, including 62 restaurants locations, four market locations and one culinary school. 

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For further information, please contact:

Brenda Jones

Manager, Public Relations

publicrelations@vanaqua.org