AQIP

What AQIP does

AQIP is a Canadian for-profit food organization headquartered in Paspebiac, Quebec, Canada, focused on the production and export of seafood — specifically crustaceans such as crabs and lobsters. The entity is privately held, with a corporate website at aqip.com/en/, suggesting a bilingual (English/French) commercial orientation consistent with operations in the Gaspésie region. The business is described as a food organisation that promotes seafood production and export, implying activity across the seafood supply chain, including catch sourcing, processing, and international sales of crustacean products.

The company's core activity centers on the production and export of crabs and lobsters, which are the product categories explicitly identified in the available source data. No specific SKUs, product lines, processing technologies, cold-chain capabilities, certifications (e.g., MSC, HACCP), supplier networks, or vessel/facility footprint are disclosed. No underlying technology platform, proprietary systems, or technical architecture is described; the company does not present itself as a technology or SaaS business.

The business model, pricing model, go-to-market mechanics, customer segments, distribution channels, and revenue streams cannot be determined from the available data. No headcount, ownership structure, funding history, financial performance, regulatory filings, or named customers are disclosed. The company's own website returned a loader/verification page during source extraction, and all structured firmographic fields outside of basic identity (name, city, country, company type, vertical, website) returned empty values.

Name

AQIP

Website

https://aqip.com

Company type

Private

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

AQIP is a Canadian for-profit food organization based in Paspebiac, Quebec, focused on the production and export of seafood — notably crabs and lobsters — to international markets.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Seafood Production and Export

NAICS

Seafood Product Preparation and Packaging (31171), Fish and Seafood Merchant Wholesalers (424460)

SIC

Prepared Fresh Or Frozen Fish & Seafoods (2092), Food And Kindred Products (2000)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYAFANALAC

Ready-to-Eat Seafood (Cooked Shrimp, Crab, Lobster, Surimi)

Agriculture & Food Production/Meat, Poultry & Seafood Processing/Value-Added Seafood Products (Fillets, Ready-to-Eat)

SECONDARYAFAIADAI

Live Seafood & Tank-Based Distribution Wholesale

Agriculture & Food Production/Food Distribution & Wholesale/Meat, Poultry & Seafood Wholesale

SECONDARYCRAOABAC

Meat, Poultry & Seafood Distribution

Consumer Products & Retail/Wholesale, Distribution & Category Management/Grocery, Fresh & Specialty Foodservice Distribution

SECONDARYCRADACAK

Refrigerated Meat & Seafood (Processed/Packaged)

Consumer Products & Retail/Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) Manufacturing & Brands/Dairy & Refrigerated Foods

Keywords

• Seafood production
• Seafood export
• Crab export
• Lobster export
• Canadian seafood

Headquarters

HQ city

Paspebiac

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel

Core offering

AQIP is a Canadian food organization that promotes the production and export of seafood products, primarily crabs and lobsters. The company operates from Paspebiac, Quebec, and targets international buyers and distributors in the seafood market.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Crab products Crab seafood products produced by AQIP in Paspebiac, Canada, intended for export to international buyers and seafood distributors.
• Lobster products Lobster seafood products produced by AQIP in Paspebiac, Canada, intended for export to international buyers and seafood distributors.

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Direct peers

• High Liner Foods: Nova Scotia-based North American seafood processor and marketer of frozen prepared seafood products. Comparable as a Canadian-headquartered seafood company selling into retail and foodservice channels, though at significantly larger scale and with broader species exposure than AQIP.
• Clearwater Seafoods: Canada's largest vertically integrated shellfish exporter, harvesting and processing lobster, crab, scallops, and clams primarily from Atlantic Canada. Directly comparable to AQIP given overlapping species focus (crabs, lobsters), Canadian Atlantic geography, and export-led business model.
• Royal Greenland: Greenland-headquartered vertically integrated seafood processor and exporter specializing in cold-water shellfish and groundfish. Comparable to AQIP as a North Atlantic shellfish-focused processor-exporting to Europe and Asia.
• Ocean Choice International: Newfoundland-based seafood processor and exporter with a portfolio spanning shellfish, groundfish, and shrimp. Closely comparable to AQIP as a Canadian Atlantic processor focused on value-added seafood and international markets.

Broad incumbents

• Maruha Nichiro: Japan's largest seafood company, with vertically integrated fishing, aquaculture, processing, and global distribution of crab, lobster, salmon, and tuna. Comparable as a buyer/competitor in AQIP's end markets (Asia) for premium shellfish, though operating globally at massive scale.
• Thai Union Group: One of the world's largest seafood companies (Chicken of the Sea, King Oscar), with global sourcing and a wide frozen/preserved seafood portfolio. Comparable as a global seafood incumbent operating in the same end markets AQIP targets, though at vastly greater scale and species breadth.
• Nippon Suisan Kaisha (Nissui): Major Japanese integrated seafood company with global sourcing and processing operations, including significant Canadian seafood interests (Pacific and Atlantic). Comparable as a participant in the same premium crab/lobster export value chain AQIP would serve.

Emerging players

• Fisheries Products International (FPI): Canadian seafood processor operating out of Newfoundland with a focus on value-added groundfish and shellfish. Comparable to AQIP as a Canadian Atlantic seafood processor; significantly smaller and more focused than the Clearwater/High Liner tier.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/AQIPQC

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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