“Sustainable seafood options do exist. And it’s up to all of us to ensure our fisheries are managed in a sustainable fashion so we can maintain the bounty of British Columbia’s seafood industry.”

David Suzuki

In keeping with their mandate “to protect the diversity of nature and our quality of life”, the David Suzuki Foundation has paired up with Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society, the Living Oceans Society, the Sierra Club of Canada (B.C. Chapter) to create a new national sustainable seafood awareness program to make safe seafood choices at home much easier.

Their program titled SeaChoice aims to “empower seafood consumers and business stakeholders and users to make choices that best support sustainable fisheries.”  All information about sustainable Canadian Fisheries is available on their website but for iphone users they have gone one step further and created an sustainable seafood application!

A new collaboration with Overwaitea Food Group and SeaChoice is a monumental step toward achieving sustainable standards with grocery retail stores.  Overwaitea Food Group “operates 117 stores across 80 communities in Western Canada, is one of North America’s first grocery retailers to commit to a sustainable seafood policy.” With any luck the remaining grocery retailers will soon follow in their footsteps.

For more information about SeaChoice visit their website www.seachoice.org and download your copy of Canada’s Seafood Guide, a wallet sized guide to help you make easy sustainable decisions for your family!