#Seafood - Marine Minister Michael Creed has announced the award of a further €1,324,040 in grants to 19 seafood enterprises in nine different counties under the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) Operational Programme for the seafood sector.
The grant awards will support total investment of €3.5 million in 2017. The grants are co-funded by the Exchequer and EU and subject to terms and conditions.
Minister Creed said: “In March, I announced EMFF grant awards of €1.8 million to seafood enterprises. I am delighted to now announce a further €1.3 million in EMFF grant awards to 19 seafood enterprises.
“It is especially welcome to see that aquaculture enterprises are dominating this round of grant awards. Grants of almost €1 million are being offered to 10 aquaculture enterprises. Nine of these will further develop our oyster production, while the other concerns mussels.
Taken together with the earlier awards in March, this means grant offers of nearly €2 million have already been made this year to 18 aquaculture enterprises and are supporting €5 million in aquaculture capital investments.
The minister added that the EMFF Sustainable Aquaculture Scheme “remains opens for applications and I am optimistic that we will see yet more aquaculture projects coming forward as the year progresses.
“The Sustainable Aquaculture Scheme supports capital investments in licensed aquaculture sites to grow our production and mitigate environmental impact. Our National Strategic Plan for Sustainable Aquaculture Development is aiming to sustainably grow our production by 45,000 tonnes and these 2017 projects are welcome contributions towards that target.”
Grant approvals - Sustainable Aquaculture Scheme
Beneficiary |
County |
Total Investment |
Grant Approved |
Sofi Shellfish Ltd |
Mayo |
€68,815 |
€27,526* |
Caragh Clams Ltd |
Kerry |
€27,354 |
€10,941 |
Donegal Oysters Ltd |
Donegal |
€610,880 |
€244,352 |
Donegal Ocean Deep Oysters Ltd |
Donegal |
€809,553 |
€323,821 |
Iasc Sliogagh Dún Garbhain Teoranta |
Waterford |
€342,176 |
€186,870 |
Racoo Shellfish |
Donegal |
€119,700 |
€47,880 |
Coney Island Shellfish Ltd |
Sligo |
€93,300 |
€37,320 |
Turkhead Enterprises Ltd |
Cork |
€51,317 |
€20,527 |
Eoin Carter |
Sligo |
€84,052 |
€42,026 |
Ostre’an Teoranta |
Donegal |
€62,837 |
€25,135* |
TOTAL |
|
€2,269,984 |
€966,398 |
* Subject to confirmation of SME status
Grant approvals - Seafood Processing Capital Investment Scheme
Beneficiary |
County |
Total Investment |
Grant Approved |
Good Fish Processing Ltd |
Cork |
€505,000 |
€113,250 |
Keohane Seafoods Ltd |
Cork |
€211,948 |
€57,819 |
Carr & Sons Seafood Ltd |
Mayo |
€235,076 |
€64,446* |
TOTAL |
|
€952,024 |
€235,515 |
* Subject to confirmation of SME status
Grant approvals - Seafood Scaling & New Market Development Scheme
Beneficiary |
County |
Total Investment |
Grant Approved |
Jade Ireland Seafood Ltd |
Dublin, Donegal, Cork |
€120,000 |
€60,000 |
TOTAL |
|
€120,000 |
€60,000 |
Grant approvals - Seafood Innovation & Business Planning Scheme
Beneficiary |
County |
Total Investment |
Grant Approved |
Ocean Run Ltd |
Cork |
€6,650 |
€3,325 |
Biomarine Ingredients Ireland Ltd |
Donegal |
€40,000 |
€20,000 |
Shellfish De La Mer Ltd |
Cork |
€39,604 |
€19,802 |
Rene Cusack Ltd |
Limerick |
€10,000 |
€5,000 |
Goatsbridge Fish Processors Ltd |
Kilkenny |
€28,000 |
€14,000 |
TOTAL |
|
€124,254 |
€62,127 |