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

Learn about fish trade

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.

  • Michel Richer
  • August 12, 2025
  • Sustainability and sourcing

How fish is processed: From ocean to plate in sustainable Canadian seafood

how fish is processed

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.

  • Michel Richer
  • May 6, 2025
  • Sustainability and sourcing

What “ocean to plate” really means in Atlantic Canada

Haddock Fish and Chips

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.

  • Michel Richer
  • April 29, 2025
  • Sustainability and sourcing

Aquaculture Canada: Opportunities, challenges & the future of sustainable seafood

aquaculture canada sustainable blue salmon

Discover how aquaculture Canada is shaping the future of sustainable seafood. Learn what aquaculture is, its growing role in Atlantic Canada, and how innovative operations like Sustainable Blue are leading change through responsible, land-based farming.

  • Michel Richer
  • April 22, 2025
  • Sustainability and sourcing

Why Atlantic Canada’s ocean ecosystem is unique (and what it means for Atlantic Canada seafood)

atlantic canada seafood

The cold, clear waters off Canada’s East Coast shape seafood that is firm, flavourful and sustainably sourced. Learn how the ocean environment in Atlantic Canada makes its seafood exceptional and how Afishionado works to protect it.

  • Michel Richer
  • April 8, 2025
  • Sustainability and sourcing

Wild vs farmed salmon: Seafood labelling in Canada

wild vs farmed salmon

Wild vs farmed salmon is not a simple ‘good vs bad’ choice. Each has advantages and trade-offs.

  • Michel Richer
  • February 11, 2025
  • Sustainability and sourcing

MSC, ASC & Ocean Wise: A Canadian guide to seafood labels

Fishing boat in Atlantic Canada

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.

  • Michel Richer
  • January 28, 2025
  • Sustainability and sourcing

Seafood traceability in Canada: From catch to plate

traceable seafood canada

You deserve seafood you can trust. Here is how seafood traceability in Canada works, why it matters for your health and oceans, and what to look for on labels.

  • Michel Richer
  • January 14, 2025
  • Sustainability and sourcing

What is sustainable seafood and why it matters for Atlantic Canada

What is sustainable seafood and why it matters

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.

  • Michel Richer
  • January 7, 2025
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