How to Find Restaurants Serving Sustainable Fish

With so many fish species at risk, from cod to tuna to sturgeon, what's a responsible yet seafood-loving diner to do?

The Vancouver Aquarium's national Ocean Wise program, launched in 2005, identifies chefs and restaurants who are committed to helping prevent species loss through overfishing, "bycatch" (which means removing animals from the ocean that were not intended to be part of the catch, such as sea turtles, dolphins, seabirds and sponges), and habitat degradation. In order to become a member, restaurants must have the seafood on their menu assessed, and must immediately drop one non-sustainable item, and commit to dropping further items at a suggested rate of one every six months.

You can identify an Ocean Wise partner by the logo that appears on menus, or by searching their national database.

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