KING AQUACULTURE INC.: federal grants and contributions

Updated 12 October 2026 · Richibouctou-Village|Richibouctou-Village, NB · grants and contributions register · Beauséjour

KING AQUACULTURE INC.: federal grants and contributions: 20 agreements; $5.0M value; 3 departments; 9 programs.

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20agreements
$5.0Mvalue
3departments
9programs

Largest agreements

227742$2.0Mvalue2025start2026end

Purchase of materials to expand oyster operations

AFF-NB-2389 - King Aquaculture Inc.$783Kvalue2023start2026end

Canada's Fisheries Fund will transform and drive innovation in the fish and seafood sector in Canada with a focus on developing the sector to better meet growing market demands for sustainably sourced, high-quality fish and seafood products.

225959$500Kvalue2024start2026end

Purchase of materials to build innovative variable buoyancy oyster farming system

204533$319Kvalue2014start2015end

Expand oyster aquaculture operation

215583$250Kvalue2020start2020end

Undertake expansion to house inventory surplus due to COVID-19

212469$250Kvalue2019start2019end

Oyster Aquaculture Expansion

207429$211Kvalue2016start2017end

Expand oyster aquaculture operations

Agreement$107Kvalue2009start–end
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Contribution Program to support Canada's fish and seafood sector$69.9Kvalue2019start–end

Canada's Fisheries Fund will transform and drive innovation in the fish and seafood sector in Canada with a focus on developing the sector to better meet growing market demands for sustainably sourced, high-quality fish and seafood products.

Scale up and validation of new oyster growing system$69.3Kvalue2025start2026end

The project involves the experimental validation of a newly developed variable buoyancy oyster farming system designed by King Aquaculture Inc. Originally tested in larger formats, the system has been optimized into a smaller, more manageable version. The goal is to enhance the productivity and sustainability of oyster aquaculture by comparing the performance of this new system with traditional floating cage systems. In 2024, the project focused on testing this smaller version of the variable buoyancy system at an experimental farm set up on a 5-hectare lease (MS-1236) in Bedec, NB. Key activ

AFF-NB-1727$68.9Kvalue2021start2021end

Prevention, early detection and surveillance, response, management, and reporting of Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS) are activities that may be supported by providing assistance to Indigenous groups, academia, non-governmental organizations and other Canadian organizations.

196701$58.0Kvalue2010start2010end

Oyster aquaculture project

215657$50.0Kvalue2020start2021end

Engage expertise to complete a Growth Builder Program

Experimental Design: Development of a New Oyster Farming System$49.9Kvalue2022start2023end

A detailed research study will be done on the performance of the oysters in the new system with the collaboration of the firm's team. The experimental design and analysis are detailed.

Validation of Performance of a New Oyster Farming System$49.8Kvalue2024start2025end

The project involves the experimental validation of a newly developed variable buoyancy oyster farming system designed by King Aquaculture Inc. The system, initially tested in larger formats, has been optimized into a smaller, more manageable size. The goal is to increase the productivity and sustainability of oyster aquaculture by comparing the performance of this new system against traditional floating cage systems.

Development of a new oyster farming system (Phase 2)$49.6Kvalue2023start2024end

A detailed research study will be performed by the firm on the performance of oysters produced with a new system developed in-house. A detailed experimental design and analysis will be completed.

Agreement$46.1Kvalue2018start–end

Contribution Program to support Atlantic Canada's fish and seafood sector

210795$39.2Kvalue2018start2018end

Oyster Aquaculture Expansion

Agreement$31.9Kvalue2009start–end
201570$0value2013start2013end

Oyster aquaculture expansion

Departments

Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency10agreements$3.7Mvalue4programs
  • REGI - Business Scale-Up and Productivity (BSP)
  • REGI - Business Scale-up and Productivity
  • Business Development Program
  • REGI - Productivity and Business Skills

All grants from Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency

Fisheries and Oceans Canada4agreements$968Kvalue3programs
  • Atlantic Fisheries Fund (AFF)
  • Contribution Program to support Canada's fish and seafood sector
  • Contributions to Support the Aquatic Invasive Species Program

All grants from Fisheries and Oceans Canada

National Research Council Canada6agreements$357Kvalue2programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program

All grants from National Research Council Canada

Years

20252agreements$2.1Mvalue2programs
  • REGI - Business Scale-Up and Productivity (BSP)
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program
20242agreements$550Kvalue2programs
  • REGI - Business Scale-up and Productivity
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
20232agreements$832Kvalue2programs
  • Atlantic Fisheries Fund (AFF)
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
20221agreements$49.9Kvalue1programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
20211agreements$68.9Kvalue1programs
  • Contributions to Support the Aquatic Invasive Species Program
20202agreements$300Kvalue2programs
  • REGI - Business Scale-up and Productivity
  • REGI - Productivity and Business Skills
20192agreements$320Kvalue2programs
  • REGI - Business Scale-up and Productivity
  • Contribution Program to support Canada's fish and seafood sector
20182agreements$85.3Kvalue1programs
  • Business Development Program
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20161agreements$211Kvalue1programs
  • Business Development Program
20141agreements$319Kvalue1programs
  • Business Development Program
20131agreements$0value1programs
  • Business Development Program
20101agreements$58.0Kvalue1programs
  • Business Development Program
20092agreements$138Kvalue0programs

    Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada. Source: Government of Canada proactive disclosure of grants and contributions (open.canada.ca, dataset 432527ab-7aac-45b5-81d6-7597107a7013), 1,327,352 rows as published, collapsed to one agreement per agreement number (per reference number where none is given) at its latest amendment, which carries the full agreement value. Years are the agreement start year. Agreements with individuals are counted but not named.