Atlantic Fisheries Fund
Oceans, Fisheries and Aquaculture
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Description
The renewed Atlantic Fisheries Fund (AFF) is a contribution program funded jointly by the federal and provincial governments. It will invest over $300 million over 5 years to support Canada’s fish and seafood sector.
The fund aims to help Canada’s seafood sector transition to meet growing market demands for products that are:
- – high quality
- – value added
- – sustainably sourced
The AFF focused investments are focused on the following four pillars:
- 1. Market Development and Diversification: this will encourage market development and diversification to help make Canada’s Fish and Seafood sector more resilient to global trade disruptions
- 2. Innovation: this will encourage the development of new products and technologies in the harvesting, aquaculture and processing sectors
- 3. Infrastructure: this will encourage the use of new technologies or processes to improve sustainability
- 4. Science partnerships: this will form industry-based collaborations with academia and other research institutions to improve our knowledge and understanding
See here for more information.