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Ocean Choice first fishing company in North America to receive Green Marine certification
As a business entirely dependent on a healthy ocean, sustainability is at the heart of everything we do. Without a healthy ocean, there wouldn’t be a future for our business and our 1,500 employees. Ocean Choice received its official Green Marine certificate at the 17th annual GreenTech conference that was held in Halifax, Nova Scotia on June 5, 2024. Making...
Demonstrating continuous commitment to sustainable harvesting
Harvested on Newfoundland’s historic Grand Banks, the Yellowtail flounder fishery continues to meet the robust requirements of the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC), a global nonprofit that works to end overfishing around the world. Yellowtail flounder finds a home in select European and North American markets where customers are increasingly conscious of the origins of the food on their plates. “Customers...
Taking the lead when it comes to safety
The safety of our people working in our plants, on our vessels and in our offices is of the utmost importance. It is what matters most. Ensuring every single employee gets home safely at the end of each day is what drives us to always do better. For the last two years, Ocean Choice has been working diligently to implement...
Meet Joycelyn Moulton: Driving quality and spreading joy in everything that she does
Joycelyn joined Ocean Choice’s Quality Assurance team as a Quality Assurance Coordinator in November of 2022. Since this time, Joycelyn has demonstrated an unwavering passion for everything quality related. Having graduated from Memorial University of Newfoundland with a Bachelor of Science with a Major in Biochemistry and a Bachelor of Arts Degree, Joycelyn’s love for learning did not end there....
Investing in our future leaders
In 2019, the Fisheries Council of Canada in partnership with the National Fisheries Institute in the United States, kicked off Future Leaders Canada, a professional development program tailored for the seafood sector. Future Leaders is a year-long program designed to enhance the knowledge and leadership skills of rising seafood industry leaders through a unique hands-on program focused on production, sales,...
Meet Azedine Fhima: Bringing Newfoundland and Labrador’s Seafood to the World
Joining Ocean Choice’s international sales team in 2010, Azedine hit the ground running and has never looked back. Azedine has come a long way since being hired to help build Ocean Choice’s frozen-at-sea, shell-on shrimp market in Eastern Europe. Today, in his role as International Sales Manager in Europe, he is now responsible for also selling to countries in southern...
Investing in our people to foster continued growth and development
When we learned that Food Processing Skills Canada (FPSC) was offering a Skills Training Across Canada Program, we jumped at the opportunity! It is not every day that seafood-specific training programs are available for our employees, so we felt the need to offer the opportunity to a diverse group of our people from across our operations. “It is important that...
Celebrating the arts and music in Bonavista
When in Bonavista, it is hard to miss the iconic Garrick Theatre. Constructed in 1945 – one year after the Bonavista Cold Storage Company built its new fish plant, that today is still utilized by Ocean Choice and its employees – The Garrick Theatre is the oldest surviving theatre in the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador. Today, The Garrick is owned...
Inspiring in the next generation of biologists, engineers, innovators and curious dreamers
The Petty Harbour Mini Aquarium is not your average mini aquarium. While it has your typical touch tanks and other exhibits it offers so much more to the 18,000 visitors who pass through their doors each year and to the youth employed at the aquarium. Located in the picturesque coastal fishing community of Petty Harbour, the Mini Aquarium is a...
World Oceans Day
Our Oceans. Our Future. Every year, on June 8, we celebrate World Oceans Day. It’s a day to recognize everything our oceans provides. But it’s also a call to action, demanding that we protect and preserve our world’s marine environments. The North Atlantic has gifted us with some of the best fish in the entire world. For more than 20 years,...