VERICATCH

What VERICATCH does

Vericatch (legal entity Vericatch Solutions Inc., formerly IQMI) is a Vancouver-based, privately-held Canadian software company that builds electronic catch reporting and seafood traceability solutions for commercial fisheries. Its core product, ELOGS, is a mobile-first electronic logbook app certified by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) for lobster, crab, salmon, and scallop fisheries, enabling Canadian harvesters to record catch data offline at sea and submit it digitally to regulators. The company's technology stack includes offline-first data collection with cloud-based sync, autofill capabilities to reduce repetitive entry, and instant dockside PDF generation. Two additional products round out the portfolio: FisheriesApp, a configurable electronic catch reporting system deployed worldwide, and KnowYour.Fish, a seafood traceability platform for supply chain visibility.

Vericatch operates a SaaS subscription model with three annual tiers — Basic ($65/year), Pro ($85/year), and Premium ($105/year), following a February 2026 restructuring that lowered upper tiers and raised the entry tier. Its go-to-market combines product-led growth (self-serve signup via vericatch.com and app stores, free trial) with an event-driven motion consisting of in-person training sessions across Canadian fishing regions (PEI, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, Quebec, New Brunswick) and multilingual webinars in English and French. The company primarily serves individual commercial fishers (SMEs), seafood businesses, and DFO-adjacent fishery management stakeholders, with secondary deployment to international fishery pilot projects in emerging markets. Vericatch holds itself out as Canada's only independent ELOG provider and reports no data breach in over 15 years of operation.

Name

VERICATCH

Legal name

Vericatch Solutions Inc.

Website

https://vericatch.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Fisheries Management Software

NAICS

Other Marine Fishing (114119), Fishing (1141), Finfish Fishing (114111)

SIC

Fishing, Hunting And Trapping (900)

akta.pro primary industry

Fishing Electronics & Marine Tech Retail (Fishfinders, GPS, Sonar) (CRAMALAH)

Keywords

• Fisheries management software
• Electronic catch reporting
• Seafood traceability
• Regulatory compliance software
• Electronic logbooks

Headquarters

HQ city

Vancouver

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. ELOG Subscriptions: SaaS subscription model with three tiers (Basic, Pro, Premium) providing access to electronic logbook functionality, data visualization, and support. Revenue generated through annual subscriptions with tiered pricing based on feature access.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Vericatch develops and sells mobile-first fisheries management software that enables commercial fishermen to digitally record, track, and submit catch data to regulators, and seafood businesses to build traceable supply chains. Its core offerings are ELOGS (DFO-certified electronic logbooks for Canadian fisheries), FisheriesApp (a configurable electronic catch reporting system used worldwide), and KnowYour.Fish (a seafood traceability platform from boat to plate). The company sells these products primarily via SaaS subscriptions with tiered pricing.

Product overview

VERICATCH offers a suite of fisheries management and seafood traceability software products. The core portfolio includes ELOGS (Electronic Logbooks) - DFO-qualified electronic catch reporting applications for Canadian fishermen; FisheriesApp - a flexible electronic catch reporting system used worldwide; and KnowYour.Fish - a seafood traceability solution for supply chain transparency. The products work together to enable fishermen to digitally record catch data, submit regulatory reports, track quotas and seasonal performance, and maintain traceable supply chains. VERICATCH positions itself as Canada's only independent ELOG provider with almost two decades of experience working with fishermen.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• FisheriesApp: The most flexible electronic catch reporting system on the market, used worldwide for commercial fishing operations.
• KnowYour.Fish
• ELOGS

Products and services

• ELOGS (Electronic Logbooks) DFO-qualified electronic logbook application enabling Canadian commercial fishermen to digitally record, autofill, and submit catch data offline, with instant dockside PDF generation for compliance reporting.
• FisheriesApp Configurable electronic catch reporting system used worldwide for commercial fishing operations, designed to meet multiple regulatory requirements across different fisheries and regions.
• KnowYour.Fish Seafood traceability platform that enables seafood businesses of all sizes to build and maintain traceable supply chains from boat to plate, supporting GDST requirements.

Quantifiable outcome

• Strong offline performance and fast syncing when connectivity returns
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature8 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDFO certifies Vericatch's ELOG products as compliant for use in Canadian commercial fisheries. Vericatch works closely with DFO to ensure products meet both regulatory requirements and fishermen's needs. This certification is essential for market access and regulatory endorsement.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• MaritimeMetrics: Atlantic-Canadian electronic catch-reporting and ELOG provider that competes with Vericatch for DFO-certified ELOG business across lobster, crab, and groundfish fisheries. Directly comparable product/certified status and primary-market overlap.
• Trace Register: Seafood supply-chain traceability SaaS that enables processors and retailers to track catch through the chain, overlapping with Vericatch's KnowYour.Fish product on the buyer-side traceability workflow.

Others

• Global Fishing Watch: Free global platform using AIS satellite data to monitor fishing activity for researchers, governments, and NGOs. Complementary to Vericatch's regulatory catch-reporting ELOGs because GFW focuses on vessel-level visibility rather than per-trip catch data, but both serve the fisheries-management domain.
• Sustainable Fisheries Partnership: Global non-profit coalition improving fishery sustainability across supply chains. Operates as ecosystem partner/advisory rather than software competitor, but pursues overlapping traceability and data-collection outcomes that indirectly drive demand for Vericatch's ELOG and KnowYour.Fish products.
• FishWise: Sustainable seafood advisory that works with retailers and suppliers on traceability and responsible sourcing, overlapping with the KnowYour.Fish traceability mission. Operates as a services/consulting partner rather than a direct software competitor.

Emerging players

• OceanMind: Non-profit that uses satellite vessel data and electronic reporting to support sustainable fisheries enforcement and compliance work globally. Overlaps with Vericatch on electronic catch-reporting infrastructure for fisheries management, with a more enforcement/government-facing posture versus Vericatch's harvester-facing model.

Broad incumbents

• Maritech: Established seafood-industry software vendor offering ERP and processing solutions to seafood processors, distributors, and retailers. Operates at a broader software portfolio level than Vericatch and overlaps in supply-chain/traceability modules.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/vericatch
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@vericatch7894
• Facebookfacebook.com/vericatch
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/vericatch
• Instagraminstagram.com/vericatch

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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