More than 400 Canadian restaurants, grocery stores, and seafood suppliers will be serving up delicious offerings in the Ocean Wise Seafood Festival through the month of February.
All month long, partners will serve up their best dishes and products in support of ocean conservation. Every festival item purchased will help in the fight against overfishing, says Vancouver-headquartered global conservation organization Ocean Wise.
The Ocean Wise Seafood Festival runs across Canada from February 1 to 28 with dishes and products available across the country.
“We are thrilled to see the Ocean Wise Seafood Festival coming into its own as a Canada-wide celebration of sustainable seafood,” says Claire Dawson, Senior Manager of the Fisheries initiative at Ocean Wise. ”This event brings together conservationists, consumers and the industry alike to prepare and savour creative dishes featuring sustainability superstars like clams, mussels, kelp and many more! At a time when we all need something to celebrate, why not support your local sustainable seafood businesses by trying as many as you can through the month of February?”
Ocean Wise notes that overfishing is one of the greatest threats to our ocean with grave impacts on the food system and the livelihoods of millions of people worldwide. By simply changing the seafood that people eat, the problem of verfishing can be addressed and the oceans protected.
Since 2005, the Ocean Wise symbol next to a seafood item at a restaurant or grocery store has helped Canadians easily choose ocean-friendly seafood.
Every dollar raised during the Ocean Wise Seafood Festival helps the Ocean Wise seafood program to provide easy-to-follow guidance for sustainable oceans.
Participating restaurants and retailers in the 2022 festival include:
- 1931 Gallery Bistro – Vancouver Art Gallery (Vancouver, BC)
- 360 Restaurant – CN Tower (Toronto, ON)
- Afishionado (Halifax, NS)
- Cantina Norte (North Vancouver, BC)
- De la Mer Fish Market (Toronto, ON)
- Equa Ocean Farms (Vancouver, BC)
- Frandon Seafoods (Montreal, QC)
- Fukasaku (Prince Rupert, BC)
- Hello Nori (Vancouver, BC)
- Holt at Holt Renfrew Ogilvy (Montreal, QC)
- Holts Café Vancouver (Vancouver, BC)
- Holts Café Yorkdale (Toronto, ON)
- Holts Café, 50 Bloor Street West (Toronto, ON) Intercity Packers (Vancouver Based)
- Le Soleil du Sud (Montreal, QC)
- Mamas Fish Chips (Vancouver, BC)
- Marina Restaurant (Victoria, BC)
- Minami (Vancouver, BC)
- Naramata Inn (Naramata, BC)
- Organic Ocean (National)
- Sailors Seafoods (Vancouver, BC)
- ShuckShuck (Vancouver, BC)
- Sobeys and Safeway Grocers (National)
- Stamps Lane Restaurant (Toronto, ON)
- The Healthy Butcher – Fresh City Farms (Toronto, ON)
- The Sweet Potato (Toronto, ON)
- The Union Club of British Columbia (Victoria, BC) Toronto Zoo (Toronto, ON)
All participating businesses and full event details are available at seafood.ocean.org/festival2022.
Ocean Wise adds that it is grateful to supporting partners including Sobeys and Safeway, Centennial Food Service, Ocean Jewel, Ontarieau, Walter Craft Caesar, Lighthouse Brewing Co, Beere Brewing Co, GoodLot Farm, Farmstead Brewing, and Steamworks Brewery.
