Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) and its Special Operating Agency, the Canadian Coast Guard, deliver programs and services that support sustainable use and development of Canada’s waterways and aquatic resources.

The Norwegian Marine Technology Research Institute – is a limited company in the SINTEF Group that performs research, development and research-based advisory services in the maritime sector for companies in the field of marine technology.

The Newfoundland Aquaculture Industry Association represents the interests of aquaculturists in Newfoundland and Labrador. It is a member based non-profit organization with a mandate to facilitate and promote commercial development of aquaculture.

The NOAA Aquaculture Program fosters sustainable aquaculture that will create employment and business opportunities in coastal communities; provide safe, sustainable seafood; and complement NOAA’s comprehensive strategy for maintaining healthy and productive marine populations, species, and ecosystems.

The mission of the Ocean Technology Foundation is to foster excellence in ocean exploration, marine research and education... promote commercial development... with an emphasis on underwater activities.

SeaWeb is the only international, nonprofit organization exclusively dedicated to strategically communicating about ocean issues. We transform knowledge into action by shining a spotlight on workable, science-based solutions to the most serious threats facing the ocean, such as climate change, pollution and depletion of marine life. We work collaboratively with targeted sectors to encourage market solutions, policies and behaviors that result in a healthy, thriving ocean.

A recent session of the FAO Committee on Fisheries (COFI) stressed the increasingly important and complementary role of aquaculture and inland capture fisheries in fish production for human nutrition and poverty alleviation in many rural areas.

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