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Celebrate Canada’s oceans at your local fish counter
Last week, WWF and a broad coalition of NGO’s and industry hosted an event on Parliament Hill calling on Canada to mark March 18 as National Sustainable Seafood Day to celebrate the incredible diversity of life in our waters, the contribution they make to our economy, and to better understand what’s being done – and what needs to be done – to ensure people and this hugely important part of our planet continue to thrive.

Hooking Canada on sustainable seafood, one day at a time
We helped bring the ocean to Parliament Hill on Tuesday as a member of a group that’s calling on Canada to designate March 18 as National Sustainable Seafood Day.

A New Year’s Resolution You CAN Keep!
The Aquaculture Stewardship Council’s certification of the first salmon farm means that it will now be even easier to choose seafood that’s both environmentally sustainable and socially responsible.

Fish Friday: Consider (the future of) the Oyster
So where do we go from here? We, as humans are great at eating everything we come across. We are at the top of the food chain, and without checking ourselves, we will consume everything – the collapse of the Northern Atlantic cod fishery is a lamentable example. Gone but not forgotten are the days when the fishermen of the North Atlantic thought that cod was an "endless fishery". Not any longer.

Fish Friday: Patrick McMurray, The Oyster, and his World
Chef Patrick McMurray and his Toronto restaurant Starfish are big on sustainability.