Aboriginal Aquatic Resource And Oceans Management (AAROM) Program

• The applicant must be an Indigenous organization focused on aquatic resource and oceans management.
• The organization should be engaged in fisheries, habitat, science, or oceans-related services along a watershed, or support participation in advisory and co-management processes related to aquatic resources and oceans management.
• The funding is intended for non-treaty based, aggregate Indigenous organizations developing or maintaining aquatic resource management departments.

Who is eligible?

• Independent Indigenous organizations focused on aquatic resource and oceans management
• Indigenous aggregate organizations developing or operating fisheries, habitat, science, and oceans management departments

Eligible expenses

• Core staffing salaries and operational costs for aquatic resource and oceans management departments.
• Capacity development activities, such as training and professional development for staff.
• Equipment and materials required to support scientific, technical, or advisory functions linked to aquatic resources and oceans management.
• Costs associated with research projects, stock assessments, and studies to gain knowledge for member Indigenous communities.
• Expenses related to the organization and participation in collaborative meetings, including annual National AAROM Meetings.

Eligible geographic areas

• British Columbia
• Atlantic Canada/Quebec
• Northwest Territories
• Yukon

• The AAROM program offers both core and stable funding for non-treaty based science and technical initiatives.
• The program supports capacity development through annual National AAROM Meetings and collaborative opportunities.
• The AAROM Innovation and Collaboration Fund was recently launched to further support ongoing capacity building across the AAROM network.
• AAROM department profiles and network updates are available on the AAROM Hub website, which regularly evolves and expands.