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Ocean Wise Conservation Association:
Website | Instagram

Ocean Wise Sustainable Seafood Program:
Website | Instagram | Facebook | Twitter

Ocean Wise Plastic Reduction Program :
Website | #BePlasticWise

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Monday – Friday, 9am – 5pm

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The People

Ocean Wise Seafood Program:
Mike McDermid — Director, Fisheries and Seafood, Ocean Wise Conservation Association

Ocean Wise Plastic Reduction Program:
Laura Hardman — Leader, Plastic Free Oceans, Ocean Wise Conservation Association

About Ocean Wise

Ocean Wise is a global conservation organization on a mission to protect and restore the world’s oceans. Focused on education, research and direct-action conservation, Ocean Wise equips and inspires youth, citizens, businesses, and governments to take action through initiatives like Sustainable Seafood, Shoreline Cleanup, Seaforestation, the WhaleReport app, and Plastic Reduction. Learn more at ocean.org. 

As a food professional, you have the unique opportunity to make a difference. Will you join Ocean Wise in protecting and restoring the ocean?

Through two separate programs, Ocean Wise works with restaurants to address some of the greatest threats facing the marine environment: overfishing and plastic pollution.

The Ocean Wise Seafood Program, founded in 2005, was created to make it easy for everyone to choose sustainable seafood. Now, with over 750 partners in more than 3,000 locations across Canada, we can all do our part to protect the long-term health of our oceans, lakes and rivers. Thanks to our national team of scientists as well as a global network of experts, our recommendations are based on the most up-to-date science. Find out how the Ocean Wise Seafood program can help you source and offer more sustainable seafood options on your restaurant menu so that you can be a leader in your industry. Our annual events include the National Seafood Festival.

To learn more, or join, contact [email protected]
Ocean.org/seafood
@oceanwiseseafood /@oceanwiseseafd

The Ocean Wise Plastic Reduction Program, launched in 2021, is a hub for food professionals like you to access tools and get support on your plastic reduction journey. Experts from Ocean Wise will help you understand your plastic use and make a plan to reduce, refuse, replace, re-use, or recycle unnecessary and harmful plastic. With Ocean Wise’s expert support, you can get ahead of Canada’s proposed single-use plastic ban, reduce your waste disposal costs, and enhance your reputation as an industry leader.

To learn more, or join, contact [email protected]
Ocean.org/plastic-reduction

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Ocean Wise is a not-for-profit conservation organization based in Vancouver with staff and projects across Canada including the Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup, Ocean Bridge youth leadership program, The Plastic Lab, the BC Cetacean Sightings Network nd the Whale Report Alert System.

Ocean Wise at a Glance

– More than 750 partners selling Ocean Wise sustainable seafood in Canada and around the world

– 972,000 shoreline cleanup participants since 1994

— 10,000 alerts sent to help ships avoid whale collisions

– 522,000 mobile program participants since 2012