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Fisheries and Oceans Canada · Contribution program

Aboriginal Aquatic Resource and Oceans Management Program

Support Indigenous groups as they develop, grow and maintain aquatic resource and oceans management departments that can provide fisheries, habitat, science, and oceans related services along a watershed.

Total value
$100M
Agreements
139
May 2017 to May 2020
Median agreement
$502K
Typical range
$175K–$783K
the middle half of agreements

Federal grants and contributions, agreements starting Jan 2006 to Oct 2026, each counted once at its latest amended value. Source: Treasury Board proactive disclosure, published October 11, 2026.

See every record for this program on the government’s search. How to apply: look up the program on Fisheries and Oceans Canada’s website.

Who got it

Organizations with the most funding under this program.

RecipientAgreementsTotal
First Nations Fisheries Society4$16.4M
Scw'exmx Tribal Council (Formerly Nicola Tribal Association - Frafs)4$12M
Shuswap Nation Tribal Council on behalf of Secwepemc Fisheries Commission4$7.5M
Upper Fraser Fisheries Conservation Alliance5$6.7M
Okanagan Nation Alliance3$4.4M
Skeena Fisheries Commission4$3.9M
Confederacy of Mainland Mi'kmaq3$3M
Island Marine Aquatic Working Group3$3M
Unama'ki Institute of Natural Resources3$2.6M
North Shore Micmac District Council Inc.5$2.6M
Maliseet Nation Conservation Council5$2.3M
Assembly of First Nations2$2.3M
Atlantic Policy Congress of First Nations Chiefs Secretariat Inc.4$2.1M
National Indigenous Fisheries Institute3$1.8M
Mi'kmaq Alsumk Mowimsikik Koqoey Association3$1.8M
Agence Mamu Innu Kaikusseht6$1.8M
Mi'kmaq Confederacy of PEI3$1.8M
The Maritimes Aboriginal Peoples Council/Maars Secretariat3$1.6M
North Coast-Skeena First Nations Stewardship Society3$1.5M
Dehcho First Nations3$1.4M
Nicola Tribal Association - FRAFS1$1.3M
Lower Fraser Fisheries Alliance Society2$1.2M
Association de Gestion Halieutique Autochtone Mi'kmaq et Malécite (Aghamm)2$1.2M
Secretariat of the Haida Nation3$1.2M
First Nations Fisheries Council (on behalf of Pacific Salmon Commission)2$1.1M
Akaitcho Territory Government3$1.1M
A-Tlegay Fisheries Society2$990K
Central Coast Indigenous Resource Alliance Society (Ccira)2$908K
Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council1$884K
Gespe'gewaq Mi'gmaq Resource Council1$695K
Association de gestion halieutique autochtone Mi’kmaq et Malécite (AGHAMM)1$695K
Metlakatla Stewardship Society2$687K
Q'Ul-Lhanumutsun Aquatic Resources Society2$647K
Gespe'gew'ag Mi'gmag Resource Council1$515K
Aboriginal Aquaculture Association3$488K
Kativik Regional Governmemt1$480K
Kativik Regional Government1$480K
Maritime Aboriginal Peoples Council/Maars Secretariat1$469K
Tsawwassen First Nation2$437K
Gespe'gew'ag Mi'gmaq Resource Council1$420K
Northwest Territory Métis Nation2$418K
Tsleil Waututh First Nation2$415K
Lax Kw'alaams Fishing Enterprises Ltd2$402K
NunatuKavut Community Council Inc.2$341K
Nlaka'pamux Nation Tribal Council2$315K
Kitselas First Nation2$261K
Sto:Lo Nation2$191K
Waubetek Business Development Corporation1$169K
Gitxaala Nation1$160K
Kitsumkalum First Nation1$157K

By year

Agreements by the year they started.

YearAgreementsTotal
201716$35M
201811$18M
201975$31.9M
202037$15M

By province

Province or territoryAgreementsTotal
British Columbia66$67.4M
Nova Scotia17$11.6M
Quebec15$6.4M
New Brunswick15$5.2M
Northwest Territories9$2.9M
Ontario6$2.5M
Newfoundland and Labrador6$2.2M
Prince Edward Island3$1.8M
Nunavut1$50K
Yukon1$18K

By type of recipient

As the department classified the recipient.

Recipient typeAgreementsTotal
Indigenous recipients139$100M

Latest agreements

StartRecipientValue
May 2020North Coast-Skeena First Nations Stewardship Society$549,210
Apr 2020Wolastoqey Nation in New Brunswick$31,863
Apr 2020Waubetek Business Development Corporation$168,520
Apr 2020Unama'ki Institute of Natural Resources$992,454
Apr 2020Tsleil Waututh First Nation$214,115
Apr 2020Tsawwassen First Nation$238,176
Apr 2020Sto:Lo Nation$83,017
Apr 2020Skeena Fisheries Commission$55,000
Apr 2020Passamaquoddy Recognition Group Inc$73,653
Apr 2020NunatuKavut Community Council Inc.$288,000
Apr 2020Northwest Territory Métis Nation$193,929
Apr 2020North Shore Micmac District Council Inc.$77,156
Apr 2020North Shore Micmac District Council Inc.$829,788
Apr 2020National Indigenous Fisheries Institute$678,965
Apr 2020Mi'kmaq Confederacy of PEI$435,312
Apr 2020Mi'kmaq Alsumk Mowimsikik Koqoey Association$778,883
Apr 2020Metlakatla Stewardship Society$410,490
Apr 2020The Maritimes Aboriginal Peoples Council/Maars Secretariat$628,300
Apr 2020Maliseet Nation Conservation Council$99,844
Apr 2020Maliseet Nation Conservation Council$651,275
Apr 2020Lax Kw'alaams Fishing Enterprises Ltd$200,780
Apr 2020Kitsumkalum First Nation$157,222
Apr 2020Kitselas First Nation$130,279
Apr 2020Kativik Regional Government$480,000
Apr 2020Institut de développement durable des Premières Nations du Québec et du Labrador$120,000