Atlantic Fisheries Fund Atlantic Fisheries Fund The program

Atlantic Fisheries Fund

Atlantic Fisheries Fund The program will help Atlantic Canada's seafood sector meet growing market demands for products that are: • high quality • value added • sustainably sourced Contributions of more than $400 million will be invested over 7 years to help the sector transition to the future. 2

Who can Apply? • Commercial Enterprises – Harvesters – Processors – Aquaculturists • Non-Commercial Organizations – Indigenous Organizations or Groups (other than Commercial) – Industry Associations – Research and Academic Institutions 3

Eligible Projects • Innovation: – Research & Development of new products, processes, technologies and equipment – Pilot & test new innovations – Introduce innovations to market – Initiatives to create partnerships or networks that support innovation activities in the sector – Results: Productivity, Increased Value Added, Sustainability, Marketability – Led by industry with technical or academic partners 4

Eligible Projects • Infrastructure: – Adopt new technologies, processes or equipment to improve effectiveness and sustainability – Associated training – Results: Productivity, Increased Value Added, Sustainability, Marketability – Direct investment in private companies 5

Eligible Projects • Science Partnerships: – Science research on impacts of ecosystem shifts – Creation of partnerships or networks that help scientific activities in the sector – Science work on sustainable harvesting, processing and aquaculture technologies – Results: Informed Decisions on Industry Future, Technology Transfer and Research Commercialization – Work by academics and institutions with 6

Program Assistance • Commercial Enterprises: – Contribution Less Than $100, 000 – Non. Repayable – Contribution Over $100, 000: • Conditionally Repayable Where Risk Justifies – Repayment tied to commercial/technical success (royalty based) • Fixed Repayment Schedule – lower risk/off the shelf new technology and equipment 7 acquisition

Program Assistance • Commercial Enterprises: • % Contribution available from all Government sources • Less than 19 employees – up to 80% • 20 -99 employees – up to 75% • 100 or more employees – up to 50% 8

Program Assistance • Non-Commercial Organizations: – Non-repayable Contributions up to 80% (all Government sources) – % Contribution Based on Need: • Priorities for Fisheries, Seafood and Aquaculture Sectors • Level of Risk Involved • Availability of Other Funding 9

Contact US • AFF Secretariat: • Website: atlanticfisheriesfund. ca – E-mail: Regional. AFF-FPARegional@dfompo. gc. ca – Toll Free: 1 -844 -795 -9718 • Nova Scotia Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture 10

Fisheries and Aquaculture Clean Technology Adoption Program (FACTAP) • FACTAP is a national contributions program investing up to $20 M over four years (2017 -2021) which aims to: • Encourage fisheries and aquaculture industries to use clean technologies and measures, without incurring large financial risks. • Reduce the potential environment impacts of their activities. 11

Fisheries and Aquaculture Clean Technology Adoption Program (FACTAP • Funding will assist the adoption of marketready clean technologies, processes, and/or sustainable practices in the day-today operations of aquaculture facilities and wild capture harvesting. • Adoption can include modification to use in a Canadian context 12

Fisheries and Aquaculture Clean Technology Adoption Program (FACTAP • Applicants can receive funding from both AFF and FACTAP provided they are for different components. • To align with provincial priorities, 10% of funding must come from the province (inkind or financial). • Additional information can be found on the DFO website or by emailing: • DFO. ATL. FACTAP 13 PATTPA. ATL. MPO@dfo-mpo. gc. ca