Advancing Key Sectors

Accelerating the Sectors That Power Our Blue Economy

Scotia Blue Technology was founded with a clear mission: to advance the sectors most critical to Atlantic Canada’s sustainable economic future. Through this initiative, we direct our advisory, partnership, and funding expertise toward strategic industries that offer high-impact potential — not only for profit, but for environmental resilience, job creation, and global competitiveness.

We don’t just support innovation in theory. We embed ourselves within key verticals — aquaculture, marine monitoring, clean energy, and Indigenous enterprise — to help projects move forward faster, smarter, and with lasting benefit.


Our Focus Areas

We prioritize sectors that are:

Technically viable
Policy-aligned
Eligible for public support
Ready for deployment
Locally relevant, globally scalable

⚙️ Sustainable Aquaculture

We support land- and sea-based fish farming solutions that enhance productivity, animal health, and environmental stewardship. From closed containment systems to smart feeding and biosecurity tools, we help scale what works.

🌊 Ocean Monitoring & Data Systems

We advance tools that improve how we monitor, understand, and protect our marine environments. This includes remote sensors, eDNA sampling, automated data processing, and vessel-based systems.

🌿 Clean Marine & Energy Tech

We accelerate adoption of green technologies that reduce emissions, lower costs, or power operations more sustainably — including tidal microgeneration, solar retrofits, or hybrid-electric platforms for coastal communities.

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Indigenous-Led Economic Development

We elevate Indigenous enterprise by helping align projects with technology, funding, and co-ownership structures that respect sovereignty and build long-term value for communities.


What This Initiative Looks Like

  • Sector Intelligence & Opportunity Reports
    We publish and share strategic insights to help governments, startups, and investors understand where momentum is building — and where support is needed most.
  • Priority Project Pipeline Development
    We work with partners to identify and assemble promising project opportunities — whether that means aggregating multiple operators into a shared pilot, or aligning with a specific community’s economic goals.
  • Policy & Regulatory Alignment
    We help ensure projects in target sectors meet emerging standards and access the right incentives or fast-track channels (e.g. clean tech tax credits, Indigenous procurement opportunities).
  • Funding Leveraging
    We coordinate sector-specific funding pathways — from ACOA to DFO to NRC IRAP — to support innovation deployment, infrastructure upgrades, or cluster development.
  • Showcasing & Advocacy
    We promote the capabilities of Atlantic Canada’s key sectors to national and international audiences — helping attract investment, talent, and technology partnerships.

Why It Matters

Nova Scotia and its neighbouring provinces are uniquely positioned to lead in ocean sustainability, marine innovation, and Indigenous-led enterprise. But potential isn’t enough — we need acceleration.

Scotia Blue Technology is here to help unlock that potential — one strategic sector at a time.

If you’re building something meaningful in one of these focus areas — or looking to enter one — we’re here to support you every step of the way.

Let’s start a conversation.