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  "retrieved": "2026-10-16T15:55:29Z",
  "source": "Assay Systems register, https://assay-systems.com/register/",
  "access_notice": "On 15 November 2026, automated access to assay-systems.com closes. After that date, access is available only under a paid annual subscription contract. Contact: contact@assay-systems.com",
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    "id": "ASY-CA-0BKG4W21NS",
    "type": "grant",
    "country": "ca",
    "name": "Acadian Sturgeon and Caviar Inc.: federal grants and contributions",
    "url": "https://assay-systems.com/register/ca/grants/r/acadian-sturgeon-and-caviar-inc/",
    "summary": "13 federal grant and contribution agreements worth $1.4M with Acadian Sturgeon and Caviar Inc., 2008–2025.",
    "figures": [
      {
        "label": "agreements",
        "value": 13,
        "unit": "count"
      },
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        "label": "value",
        "value": 1400000,
        "unit": "money",
        "currency": "CAD",
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        "display": "$1.4M"
      },
      {
        "label": "departments",
        "value": 4,
        "unit": "count"
      },
      {
        "label": "programs",
        "value": 6,
        "unit": "count"
      }
    ],
    "text": [
      "Expand and scale-up a high-end culinary tourism product offering",
      "Undertake marketing activities in support of export market development",
      "Purchase of equipment",
      "Hire a technical manager",
      "Hiring Project Management expertise to oversee a large expansion project",
      "Increase quality & production capacity of sturgeon hatchery",
      "Acadian Sturgeon and Caviar has developed since 2005 husbandry technologies for the two local species of sturgeon - shortnose and Atlantic. As the business grows, the Firm is looking to improve productivity of it's aquaculture technology. The Youth Intern will participate in the selection of the broodstock, sampling, selective breeding, growing the progeny and measuring growth performance per families, tagging etc.",
      "Through the application of national and local priorities, the CSJ program seeks to provide youth who face barriers to employment with access to work opportunities. Funded employers must demonstrate that they are providing quality work experiences for youth that provide opportunities to develop and improve their skills. The CSJ program is delivered by the Department of ESD."
    ],
    "records": [
      {
        "name": "grants and contributions register",
        "url": "https://assay-systems.com/register/ca/grants/"
      },
      {
        "name": "Saint John–Rothesay",
        "url": "https://assay-systems.com/register/ca/grants/riding/13009-saint-john-rothesay/"
      },
      {
        "name": "Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency",
        "url": "https://assay-systems.com/register/ca/grants/department/atlantic-canada-opportunities-agency/"
      },
      {
        "name": "Fisheries and Oceans Canada",
        "url": "https://assay-systems.com/register/ca/grants/department/fisheries-and-oceans-canada/"
      },
      {
        "name": "National Research Council Canada",
        "url": "https://assay-systems.com/register/ca/grants/department/national-research-council-canada/"
      },
      {
        "name": "Employment and Social Development Canada",
        "url": "https://assay-systems.com/register/ca/grants/department/employment-and-social-development-canada/"
      }
    ],
    "assay_record": "ASY-CA-0BKG4W21NS",
    "cite_as": "Assay Systems, \"Acadian Sturgeon and Caviar Inc.: federal grants and contributions\", https://assay-systems.com/register/ca/grants/r/acadian-sturgeon-and-caviar-inc/"
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}