Investment

Invest in Canada’s Fish and Seafood Industry Stretched out, Canada's coastline would circle the equator more than six times and represents 25 per cent of all the coastline in the world. With more than 755,000 square kilometres of fresh water, Canada has 16 per cent of the world's area of fresh water and four of the 14 largest lakes in the world. Canada has one of the world's most valuable commercial fishing industries, worth more than $5 billion a year and providing more than 120,000 jobs. *PDF

Provincial Investment Contacts for Canadian Seafood

British Columbia

Lorraine Saunders
Seafood Sector Coordinator
Seafood Development Branch
BC Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries
Victoria, British Columbia
lorraine.saunders@gems5.gov.bc.ca

Janet Foster
Investment & Research Facilitation Officer
Trade & Intergovernmental Relations Branch
BC Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries
Victoria, British Columbia
janet.foster@gems6.gov.bc.ca

New Brunswick

Kimberly Watson
Project Executive, Investment Division
Business New Brunswick
Fredericton, New Brunswick
kim.watson@gnb.ca

Newfoundland and Labrador

Mike Handrigan
Director of Processing and Marketing
Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture
St. John’s, Newfoundland
mhandrigan@gov.nl.ca

Brian Meaney
Assistant Deputy Minister – Aquaculture
Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture
St. John’s, Newfoundland
bmeaney@gov.nl.ca

Nova Scotia

Kimberly Forsyth
Senior Research, Planning & Development Officer
Department of Agriculture and Fisheries
Halifax, Nova Scotia
forsytka@gov.ns.ca

Quebec

Abdoul Aziz Niang
Director, Analysis and Policy
Ministère de l'Agriculture, des Pêcheries et de l'Alimentation
Quebec, Quebec
aziz.niang@agr.gouv.qc.ca

Saskatchewan

Aaron Saufert
Marketing Specialist
Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Revitalization
Regina, Saskatchewan
asaufert@agr.gov.sk.ca