Aquaculture · Atlantic Canada

Operational intelligence
built for aquaculture.

Manage sites, environmental conditions, mortality events, compliance records, and farm operations in one connected system.

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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

Aquaculture operations still run on disconnected systems.

Environmental monitoring, mortality records, site maps, permits, inspections, inventory, and reporting are often scattered across spreadsheets, paper logs, PDFs, emails, and disconnected tools — making compliance, decision-making, and day-to-day operations harder than they should be.

Fragmented operations

Critical farm, site, and operational records are spread across multiple systems.

Manual reporting

Permits, movement records, inspections, and annual reports are often rebuilt by hand.

Limited visibility

Environmental monitoring, mortality events, inventory, and infrastructure data rarely exist in one place.

Administrative burden

Farm managers spend valuable time searching for information instead of managing production.

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

VATE connects operational records, environmental monitoring, mapping, compliance, and reporting into one connected system.

Platform

One Platform. Four Connected Systems.

VATE brings operations, compliance, environmental risk, and intelligence together in a single platform built for aquaculture.

Operations

Manage day-to-day farm activities, inventory, infrastructure, and production from one operational workspace.

  • Stock & inventory
  • Harvest planning
  • Infrastructure management
  • Work logs & activities

Compliance

Keep permits, PCPs, movement records, and reporting organized and audit-ready at all times.

  • PCP management
  • Movement records
  • Permits & licences
  • Document management

Environment & Risk

Monitor environmental conditions, mortality events, disease pressure, and production risks across your sites.

  • Environmental monitoring
  • Mortality tracking
  • Risk alerts
  • Trend analysis

VATE Intelligence

Transform operational data into insights, forecasts, reports, and recommendations built from your actual farm records.

  • Ask VATE
  • Operational insights
  • Forecasting
  • Decision support

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.

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...

See how VATE fits your operation.

Tell us about your operation and we'll show you how VATE can help manage sites, monitoring, compliance, reporting, and day-to-day operations.

Centralize permits, records, and operational data
Monitor environmental conditions across all sites
Track mortality events, sampling, and field activities
Stay audit-ready with organized documentation