We have a third company that has shown quite a bit of interest, a Norwegian-based company that both the province and the Government of Canada have been talking with around the possibility that we'll see significant investment. This is obviously a work in progress but I think it underlines the strength of the aquaculture sector.
Tourism is certainly a sector that is growing for Newfoundland and Labrador, as I mentioned. Mr. Caron mentioned that he was in Newfoundland and Labrador recently. What Newfoundland has to offer, I think, is the experiential cultural coastal vista offering that appeals to a kind of savvy tourism clientele. That's an important sector for us now and one, as I mentioned, that we've already seen quite a bit of growth in over the last five to six years. I think that sector offers significant promise.
I talked a bit about the ocean technology sector in my opening remarks. Ocean technology offers significant promise, not only in terms of supporting oil and gas development as we move further offshore into deeper water and into fields that are located very much further offshore, but also in some of the challenges that they present. Many of the skills and many of the technologies that are developed to service operating in a harsh marine environment are equally applicable to undertaking and exploring economic development opportunities in the north, such as operating in ice, instrumentation, marine sensing, oceanographic monitoring. All of those things are areas that are actively being worked on by many of our ocean tech companies. As I say, I think they have equal application to assisting Canadian companies as we explore opportunities to further develop the north.