ThisFish Inc.: federal grants and contributions

Updated 12 October 2026 · Vancouver|Vancouver, BC · grants and contributions register · Vancouver Centre

ThisFish Inc.: federal grants and contributions: 15 agreements; $1.2M value; 3 departments; 7 programs.

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15agreements
$1.2Mvalue
3departments
7programs

Largest agreements

PC0011239$665Kvalue2026start2029end

Increasing sales by scaling AI visual inspection for seafood globally

Yield prediction, salinity prediction, and seafood cold chain optimization for the Japanese market$200Kvalue2023start2025end

Software development project to optimize sea food processing capabilities specifically for the Japanese market. New capabilities include a yield prediction and salinity classification model using machine-learning algorithms and a wireless cold chain temperature sensor that operates on a Long-Range, Wide-Area Network.

ICAP – Development of a co-innovation with Cargill of a shrimp farm production management software solution for Ecuador and Vietnam.$50.0Kvalue2019start2020end

International Co-innovation Action Program – This project will allow ThisFish to partner with a software company building farm management software for the shrimp industry to provide a complete farm-to-factory data sharing and traceability solution for the shrimp industry in Ecuador and Vietnam.

Japan ATR Business Development Innovation Program - ThisFish Inc.$48.2Kvalue2022start2022end

Development of market strategy and business partnership with Japanese Corporation for entry into the Japanese market through NRC-KGAP+ innovation program.

Blockchain and Seafood Traceability$47.0Kvalue2018start2019end

Software development to enable software asset management and seafood production reporting and traceability using distributed ledger and blockchain technologies.

ThisFish Inc.-2022-2023-991781$44.0Kvalue2022start2023end

The purpose of this CanExport SMEs agreement is to support small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) for activities related to export market development that are part of an export business case for a specific target market, particularly where activities are targeting departmental priority markets and sectors.

ThisFish Inc.-2025-2026-1039933$40.0Kvalue2026start2027end

The purpose of this CanExport SMEs agreement is to support small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) for activities related to export market development that are part of an export business case for a specific target market, particularly where activities are targeting departmental priority markets and sectors.

Southeast Asia Go-To-Market Strategy$29.9Kvalue2019start2020end

This project will help ThisFish Inc. to launch a go-to-market strategy in Southeast Asia, including conducting market research, establishing channel partnerships with local companies and identifying early-adopter customers.

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Southeast Asia Go-To-Market Strategy$28.0Kvalue2019start2019end

Think Tank to partake in an intensive business mission to Japan, organized by the Asia Pacific Foundation, in order to advance Canada's export volume of and job creation in health information communication technology (ICT).

ThisFish Inc.-2024-2025-1019140$23.0Kvalue2024start2025end

The purpose of this CanExport SMEs agreement is to support small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) for activities related to export market development that are part of an export business case for a specific target market, particularly where activities are targeting departmental priority markets and sectors.

Innovation Assistance Program$20.3Kvalue2020start2020end

The funding provided from the IAP program is to assist innovative, early-stage small- and medium-sized enterprises that are unable to access existing COVID-19 business support.

ThisFish Inc.-2021-2022-974769$19.5Kvalue2021start2022end

The purpose of this CanExport SMEs agreement is to support small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) for activities related to export market development that are part of an export business case for a specific target market, particularly where activities are targeting departmental priority markets and sectors.

Agreement$13.8Kvalue2018start–end

Subsidy payments to industry for research and deve

Green Youth - sustainable seafood software development$10.0Kvalue2018start2018end

Hiring of a youth to assist the firm with the software development for production reporting and traceability using distributed ledger and blockchain technologies.

CIIP PDA – ThisFish Inc. – 2024-25$3.6Kvalue2024start2025end

The purpose of the Canadian International Innovation Program (CIIP) grant agreement is to support Canadian SMEs identify international partners in CIIP target countries for industrial research and development collaboration that has good potential for commercialization.

Departments

Pacific Economic Development Canada1agreements$665Kvalue1programs
  • Regional Economic Growth through Innovation

All grants from Pacific Economic Development Canada

National Research Council Canada12agreements$560Kvalue6programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
  • CanExport
  • CanExport SMEs
  • CanExport SME
  • Innovation Assistance Program
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Green Youth Employment Program

All grants from National Research Council Canada

Global Affairs Canada2agreements$17.3Kvalue0programs

Years

20262agreements$705Kvalue2programs
  • Regional Economic Growth through Innovation
  • CanExport
20242agreements$26.6Kvalue1programs
  • CanExport SME
20231agreements$200Kvalue1programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
20222agreements$92.2Kvalue2programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
  • CanExport SMEs
20211agreements$19.5Kvalue1programs
  • CanExport SMEs
20201agreements$20.3Kvalue1programs
  • Innovation Assistance Program
20193agreements$108Kvalue2programs
  • CanExport
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
20183agreements$70.8Kvalue2programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Green Youth Employment Program

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.