Government of Canada and New Brunswick fund 26 fisheries-related projects
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Fisheries and Oceans Canada and the Province of New Brunswick are pleased to announce $4.2 million for 26 projects through the Atlantic Fisheries Fund.
The funding supports automation in the seafood primary processing sector of lobster, snow crab and smoked herring in New Brunswick with the adoption of new technologies and equipment to improve productivity and sustainability.
| Recipient | Location | Project description | Total project cost | AFF funding |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alvin & Rufin Boudreau & Sons Ltd / Alvin & Rufin Boudreau & Sons Ltee | Trois-Ruisseaux | To acquire and install equipment to automate the processing of smoked herring and improve cold storage capacity, to increase productivity and quality. | $133,420 | $98,731 |
| Amco Fisheries Ltd. | Cap-Pelé | To acquire and install equipment to automate the processing of smoked herring and improve cold storage capacity, to increase productivity and quality. | $140,067 | $98,046 |
| Boudreau Farm & Sea Products Ltd/Produits de la Ferme et de la mer Boudreau Ltée | Petit-Cap | To acquire and install equipment to automate the processing of smoke herring and improve cold storage capacity, as well as undertake renovations to the cold storage facility, to increase productivity and quality. | $68,205 | $51,154 |
| Cap Pelé Herring Export | Cap-Pelé | To develop an automated herring feeding and positioning system to fully implement the automated processing line prior to drying the fish. | $124,150 | $99,320 |
| Cape Bald Packers Limited | Cap-Pelé | To acquire and install automated snow crab butchering equipment to enhance productivity. | $200,000 | $99,999 |
| To acquire and install lobster netting stations to improve productivity. | $230,750 | $99,223 | ||
| Captain Dan’s Inc. | Cap-Lumière | To acquire and install lobster netting stations to improve productivity. | $240,250 | $99,704 |
| To acquire, install, and adapt a new automated crab butchering equipment for snow crab processing operations. | $168,750 | $99,900 | ||
| Duguay Fish Packers Ltd. | Cap-Pelé | To acquire and install equipment to automate the processing of smoked herring and improve cold storage capacity, to increase productivity and quality. | $142,140 | $99,498 |
| Edmond Gagnon Ltd. | Grand Barachois | To acquire and install state of the art seafood processing equipment in the new plant to increase productivity and efficiency. | $4,968,678 | $2,000,000 |
| To acquire an automated snow crab butchering machine to improve productivity. | $210,000 | $99,750 | ||
| To acquire automatic snow crab processing equipment to improve the butchering line. | $199,000 | $99,500 | ||
| Elphege & Norbert LeBlanc, Ltd. | Petit-Cap | To acquire and install equipment to improve cold storage capacity, to increase quality. | $54,000 | $39,000 |
| Gaudet & Ouellette Ltd. | Cap-Pelé | To acquire and install equipment to automate the processing of smoked herring and improve cold storage capacity, to increase productivity and quality. | $133,500 | $93,450 |
| Les Pêcheries Petit-Cap Ltee/Petit-Cap Fisheries Ltd | Petit-Cap | To acquire and install equipment to automate the processing of smoked herring, to increase productivity. | $69,116 | $51,837 |
| Leslie Leger et Fils Ltee / Leslie Leger & Sons Ltd. | Cap-Pelé | To acquire and install equipment to automate the processing of smoked herring, to increase productivity. | $138,500 | $99,997 |
| To acquire and install equipment to improve the filleting line efficiency. | $156,008 | $96,720 | ||
| M. LeBlanc Fisheries Ltd. | Petit-Cap | To acquire and install equipment to automate the processing of smoked herring, to increase productivity. | $119,000 | $85,918 |
| M & M Cormier Fisheries Ltd. | Cap-Pelé | To acquire and install equipment to automate the processing of smoked herring, and undertake renovations to the cold storage facility, to increase productivity and quality. | $124,980 | $93,735 |
| Philip Ouellette & Son Ltd. | Petit-Cap | To acquire and install equipment to automate the processing of smoked herring, to increase productivity. | $119,000 | $95,200 |
| Poissonnerie Leger Fisheries Ltee/Ltd | Trois-Ruisseaux | To acquire and install equipment to improve cold storage capacity, and undertake renovations to the cold storage facility, to increase quality. | $84,174 | $61,586 |
| Poissonnerie Thaddée & Alvérie Fisheries Ltd. | Petit-Cap | To acquire and install equipment to automate the processing of smoked herring, and undertake renovations to the cold storage facility, to increase quality. | $144,650 | $99,809 |
| Shediac Lobster Shop Ltd. | Shediac | To acquire and install software and hardware systems to control, monitor and improve logistics from wharf to plant. | $117,467 | $70,100 |
| Suncoast Seafood Inc. | Grande-Digue | To acquire and install automated claw and knuckle scoring equipment for lobster meat extraction to increase productivity. | $165,000 | $99,750 |
| Westmorland Fisheries Ltd. | Cap-Pelé | To acquire and install automated equipment for lobster meat extraction to increase productivity. | $218,750 | $99,531 |
| Cap-Pelé | To acquire and install lobster netting stations to improve productivity. | $132,083 | $95,100 | |
| Total | $8,601,638 | $4,226,558 | ||
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