Oceana Canada campaigns to stop plastic pollution at the source - by working to pass policies in Canada that reduce the production of unnecessary single-use plastics, eliminate plastics that cannot be ...
Plastic is everywhere. It’s on beaches, in Arctic sea ice, in the deepest depths of the ocean, in the air we breathe and the food we eat. Tens of thousands of marine animals have suffered from ...
It’s easy to say that we’ve learned from the mistakes that led to the collapse of Atlantic groundfish and other species. But have we? To find out, Oceana Canada commissioned renowned fisheries ...
For North Atlantic right whales, every day has become a struggle for survival. There are only around 356 left in the world (and only about 70 females of breeding age). At least 40 North Atlantic right ...
A report released today from Oceana Canada, Mystery Fish: Seafood Fraud in Canada and How to Stop It, addresses the issue of seafood fraud—including the motives behind it and the consequences to our ...
Seafood is one of the most highly traded food commodities in the world. In Canada, a lack of transparency in seafood supply chains is masking hidden costs – to the economy, our fisheries sector, ocean ...
Seafood fraud and mislabelling were found in 14 of the 19 different types of fish targeted Restaurants had the highest rates of seafood fraud and mislabelling, with 68 per cent of sushi vendor samples ...
DNA testing of seafood samples from retailers across Montreal in 2019 revealed that Canada’s second largest city has one of the highest rates of mislabelling found in a Canada-wide investigation: a ...
In Canada, Amazon’s plastic footprint is disproportionately large, generating an estimated 21.3 million kilograms of plastic waste in 2019 – 1.2 times more than in India, and more than Japan, Brazil, ...