Aquaculture · Atlantic Canada

Operations and compliance
built for the water.

The operational system for Atlantic Canada aquaculture — configured around your sites, species, workflows, and permits.

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Heron Point Farm
Shellfish · N.S.
Compliance & Documentation
Document registry · 14 records
2 expiring
DocumentCategoryStatusExpires
Aquaculture Lease — Site 4BPermitCurrentMar 2027
CFIA Registration CertificateCFIAExpiring38 days
Preventive Control Plan v2.1PCPCurrent
NS Aquaculture LicenceLicenceExpiring51 days
DFO Movement Permit #2024-118MovementSubmittedAug 2026
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Aquaculture operations still run on spreadsheets, binders, and disconnected systems.

Every farm runs across too many tools. Movement records in a spreadsheet. PCPs in a binder. Water quality on paper. When a CFIA inspector shows up, you spend an hour assembling what should take one click.

Disconnected spreadsheets

Movement logs, mortality records, and sampling data across versions with no audit trail.

Paper binders

PCPs and inspection reports in folders — unsearchable, easy to lose, impossible to share.

Siloed GIS

Lease boundaries in one system, monitoring stations in another — no connection to compliance.

Missed deadlines

Permit expiries buried in email. Annual DFO reports assembled from scratch every year.

"The paperwork burden falls on the same person managing the water, the staff, and the harvest."

14+
Regulatory document types
3
Federal agencies to report to
5+
Tools VATE replaces

One system. Built around your operation.

Start where it matters most to you. VATE connects your farm operations, your sites, and your reporting — so everything talks to everything else.

Operations & Compliance

Your permits, PCPs, movement records, and field logs — in one place, always current, always ready.

  • Permit & licence registry with expiry alerts
  • Form 5758 movement records
  • PCP builder and document vault
  • Field logs, mortality events, sampling records
  • Annual Aquaculture Report automation

Mapping & Monitoring

Your lease boundaries, monitoring stations, and environmental data — on one live map connected directly to your records.

  • GIS site map with lease polygons
  • Environmental monitoring — DO, temp, salinity, pH
  • Station overlays and trend views
  • CFIA harvesting area tracking
  • Real-time site status across all locations

VATE Intelligence

Ask VATE anything about your operation. Get charts, drafted reports, and risk alerts — from your actual farm data.

  • Natural language queries over your live data
  • Inline trend charts — DO, temperature, mortality
  • Draft PCP and annual report sections
  • Permit risk alerts and deadline tracking

No two farms operate the same way.
Your software shouldn't either.

VATE is configured around your sites, species, permits, staff, and workflows — not the other way around. Start with the modules you actually need. We adapt to how you already work.

Shellfish producer

Oysters & mussels

Configured for CFIA food safety zones, DFO lease records, and live transport compliance.

  • Form 5758 movement records
  • CFIA harvesting area tracking
  • PCP & sanitary surveys
  • Harvesting & seeding event logs
  • Water quality by site
Finfish operation

Salmon & trout

Built for complex mortality reporting, DFO annual returns, and environmental monitoring requirements.

  • Daily mortality by pen & cause
  • Sea lice monitoring logs
  • Treatment records & withdrawals
  • DFO Annual Aquaculture Report
  • Net pen inspections
Multi-site operator

Multiple leases

One dashboard across all your sites, with staff assigned by location and consolidated reporting.

  • Cross-site compliance overview
  • Staff & crew assignment by site
  • Aggregate permit expiry tracking
  • Site-specific field log templates
  • GIS map across all leases
Consultant & advisor

Multiple clients

Manage records across several operations from one login, with client-separated data and reporting.

  • Multi-org switching
  • Client-specific permit structures
  • Shared field templates
  • Consolidated annual report drafting
  • Audit-ready record exports

We configure VATE around your operation — not the other way around.

When you join, we don't hand you a login and a help doc. We map your existing workflow and build around it.

1
We map your existing workflow Sites, species, permits, staff structure, and reporting requirements — all captured before we configure anything.
2
We migrate your records Spreadsheets, binders, PDFs, and paper logs — brought in and organized in VATE so nothing gets left behind.
3
Your team keeps working the way they already do Custom forms, field templates, and dashboards configured for how your crew actually operates on the water.
4
Your operation grows into the platform Add modules as you need them. VATE scales with your operation — from one site to fifteen.

Every site. One operational map.

Lease boundaries, monitoring stations, and environmental readings — on one live map that connects directly to your farm records and reporting.

Live data

Updated 2 min ago · 3 sites · 2 stations

VATE Site Map — Heron Point
Leases
Monitoring
CFIA

Operational intelligence, not AI hype.

VATE reads your live data and answers in plain language. Compliance gaps, trend charts, drafted reports — from your actual records.

Reads your live data
Every answer draws from your actual permits, logs, and readings — not generic training data.
Generates charts inline
Ask for a DO trend or 90-day mortality summary — chart renders directly in the conversation.
Drafts compliance documents
PCP narrative, annual report sections, inspection prep — pulled from your operational data.
Ask VATE Intelligence
AP
What compliance issues do we have?
2 items need attention:

CFIA Registration — 38 days
CFIA processing takes 4–6 weeks. Submit this week.

NS Aquaculture Licence — 51 days
File with DNRR by June 15 to avoid a gap.
AP
Show me DO at Site 4B, last 90 days.
Avg 7.6 mg/L — stable, optimal range. One flagged reading Apr 14 (5.2 mg/L) — coincides with the storm event logged that day.
DISSOLVED OXYGEN — SITE 4B · 90 DAYS mg/L 9 8 7 6 5.2 mg/L · Apr 14 Jan Apr Jun avg 7.6 mg/L
Draft the PCP environmental monitoring section...

Why operators trust VATE

Built in Atlantic Canada
Designed with aquaculture operators
DFO-regulated fisheries background
Marine biology & GIS expertise
Built around real compliance workflows

Built for Maritime operators.

Not a generic platform adapted for aquaculture. Built around how farms in Atlantic Canada actually operate.

Primary

Shellfish operators

Oyster, mussel, and clam producers managing DFO leases, CFIA food safety, PCPs, and environmental monitoring across multiple sites.

Supported

Finfish aquaculture

Salmon and trout operations with complex movement records, mortality reporting, and DFO annual reporting requirements.

Also

Consultants & advisors

Marine biologists and aquaculture consultants managing compliance records across multiple client operations.

Talk to the VATE team.

We're onboarding a small group of operators across Atlantic Canada. Tell us about your operation and we'll reach out within 48 hours.

We configure VATE around your existing workflow
We migrate your spreadsheets, binders, and forms
Custom dashboards and field templates for your operation
Early adopter pricing, locked for life

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