SEP EPRO (Salmon Enhancement Program)

Client Profile

The Salmon Enhancement Program (SEP), part of Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), manages hatchery operations and enhancement initiatives supporting sustainable salmon populations across Canada.

Working with your team has been a rewarding experience, and I truly appreciate your hard work, problem-solving, and professionalism throughout this journey.

Fisheries and Oceans Canada

The Challenge

Modernize and Transform: Redevelop ENPRO to replace a mission-critical legacy system while aligning with DFO’s Application Rationalization Initiative (ARI). Ensure tight integration with EPAD to enable a unified operational and reporting environment.

High-Complexity Scientific Data Environment: The platform needed to manage and reconcile multiple interdependent data domains, including biological lifecycle and fish health tracking, environmental, habitat, and spawning data, genetic, tagging, and stock grouping data, inventory lifecycle (lots, growth, feed scheduling, release planning), and field survey data (e.g., escapement tracking). This required consistent data models, full traceability, and support for complex transformations across operational workflows.

Remote Operations Constraints: Hatchery operations required reliable system usage in low or intermittent connectivity environments and local usability with controlled synchronization to centralized systems.

Legacy Data Migration: Migrate over 20 years of historical hatchery data into a modern architecture without data loss, corruption, or operational disruption.

Solution Highlights

Incremental modernization aligned with ARI, avoiding disruptive “big bang” replacement
Unified data architecture integrating ENPRO and EPAD
Cloud-first platform with centralized governance and distributed access
Hybrid processing model (synchronous + asynchronous)
Resilient data synchronization model designed for remote operations

Core Architectural Innovation

A distributed, synchronization-aware operational platform was implemented to support reliable hatchery operations in disconnected or low-connectivity environments, centralized data consistency and governance, and seamless integration between operational (ENPRO) and analytical (EPAD) systems. This approach enabled continuous field operations while modernizing critical infrastructure without service disruption.

Highlights of the Solution Are

Complete architectural redesign and redevelopment of ENPRO
Integrated operational and analytical data ecosystem with EPAD
Cloud-native infrastructure supporting scale, security, and resilience
Messaging-based integration for reliable, decoupled system communication
Containerized deployment ensuring consistency across environments

Advanced Domain Capabilities

Growth modeling and feed scheduling algorithms
Inventory lifecycle management (lot creation, splitting, adjustment) with full auditability
End-to-end traceability across biological and operational processes
Sophisticated reporting and analytics across hatchery operations and planning

Technologies Used

C# / .NET Services
MS SQL Server (RDBMS)
Sencha ExtJS 7.x
Azure DevOps, Azure Pipelines, GitHub
Visual Studio 2022
Docker

Cloud & Infrastructure

Microsoft Azure
Azure Active Directory
Azure Storage / Blob Storage
Azure Service Bus
Secure VPN connectivity

In Legacy

Oracle 18c
MS Access

Ready to Modernize?

Modern IT systems aren’t just about compliance — they’re about enabling agility, scalability, and cost efficiency. They’re also about making the right judgment calls: preserving and evolving what makes your business unique, while integrating or
standardizing what is simply a table-stake capability.

Every year, code maintenance costs average 25% of the original build. The opportunity cost of not modernizing is even higher. The real challenge is making architectural decisions that avoid over-engineering or platform lock-in — and ensure systems remain sustainable.