Ocean Wise is a Vancouver Aquarium conservation program created to educate and empower consumers about the issues surrounding sustainable seafood. Ocean Wise works directly with restaurants and markets, ensuring that they have the most current scientific information regarding seafood and helping them make ocean-friendly buying decisions. The options are highlighted on their menus and display cases with the Ocean Wise symbol, making it easier for consumers to make environmentally friendly seafood choices. The Ocean Wise logo next to a menu item is a guarantee that the item is a good choice for keeping ocean life healthy and abundant for generations to come.

Program history

• The Vancouver Aquarium and Ocean Wise founding restaurant partner, C Restaurant launched the program in January 2005
• The Ocean Wise program released its first Dining Guide, listing 16 restaurants, on April 22nd 2005, Earth Day
• Ocean Wise, made possible by the David & Lucille Packard Foundation, is one of many conservation programs created by the Vancouver Aquarium to protect the environment

Apple Tasting Menu
The Gulf Islands especially Saltspring and Mayne have a rich history of apple culture. The first recorded orchards on Saltspring date back to the 1860’s. Not only do Salt Spring residents now cultivate more than three hundred varieties of organic & wild orchard apples, many of these are found no where else in Canada.

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Kushi Oyster
Gala Apple Pomme Presse, Crème Fraîche & Grenadine Apple Caviar

Cider, Kings & Spies, Sea Cider, Vancouver Island, BC, Canada
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Poached Qualicum Bay Scallops
Savory Bramley Pot De Crème, Apple Linguine

Starling Lane Ortega, Vancouver Island, BC, 2006
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Basil Scented Fraser Valley Squab Breast
Salt Roasted Northern Spies, Double Smoked Bacon Gastric

Mount Boucherie, Pinot Noir, Okanagan, B.C. Canada. 2005
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Crabapple Iced Tea
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Loin of Fallow Venison “En Pouchet”
Canelli Bean Gnocchi, Raw Calville Blanc d’Hiver Chutney

NK’MIP, QWAM QWMT Merlot, Okanagan, BC, Canada, 2006
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