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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. This year’s event on the Hill builds...
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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. The idea behind the annual day is...
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Canada’s largest seafood retailer to carry ASC-certified Atlantic salmon
Close on the heels of last week’s successful National Sustainable Seafood Day event in Ottawa and only a few days before the world-renowned Seafood Expo North America (formerly Boston Seafood Show)...
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Whale sounds on Parliament Hill: decision makers tuning into conservation
A recent image of coughing pedestrians in Beijing made me think of how scientists try to relate the sound habitat for whales with smog. Distracting, annoying, difficult, sometimes physically harmful,...
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Become an Afishionado: Sustainable Seafood Choices
Written by Andrea Moore via Fix.com Fish is in high demand as a superfood rich in omega-3 fatty acids, but the oceans may not be able to keep up the supply because of unsustainable fishing practices....
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Bringing the business of bycatch to light
Next to illegal wildlife trade (poaching), bycatch – the incidental capture of non-target species like whales, sharks and turtles during the fishing process – is the human activity that impacts the...
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Last hope for rare porpoise may lie in Newfoundland
The key to saving the world’s most endangered marine mammal may lie in Newfoundland. WWF-Canada recently welcomed a delegation of fish harvesters, scientists, fishing gear experts and WWF-Mexico...
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