Learn about fish trade: How seafood gets from the ocean to the plate

Curious about where your seafood comes from? This guide explains the fish trade in simple terms, with book and media recommendations to help you learn more.
Fishmongers • HFX • NS
Fishmongers • HFX • NS

Curious about where your seafood comes from? This guide explains the fish trade in simple terms, with book and media recommendations to help you learn more.

See how fish moves from ocean to plate in Canada. Learn about bleeding, icing, filleting, vacuum packs, IQF, and a monitored cold chain for safe, traceable seafood.

You’ve likely seen the term “ocean to plate” on seafood menus or websites — but what does it really mean, especially here in Atlantic Canada? This article demystifies the journey of seafood, highlights traceability and sustainability, and shows how you can trust locally-sourced Atlantic Canadian fish and seafood.

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Most guides treat these as the wild one, the farmed one and the Canadian one. They are three different instruments doing three different jobs, and one of them is not a certification at all.

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From the cod collapse to aquaculture innovation, sustainable seafood in Atlantic Canada is key to our future. Learn what it means, why it matters, and how to choose wisely.