European Fisheries Fund
In Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly over £7m is available through the European Fisheries Fund for investments which help secure a sustainable and profitable fishing industry.
The scheme is open for applications and a facilitation service is provided by:
Steve Bailey
Seafish
07876 035733
01503 240384
s_bailey@seafish.co.uk
Further details are available from the Marine Management Organisation.
April 2010
European Fisheries Fund Panels
The European Fisheries Fund continues to hold successful panels and are always seeking good quality applications. The next panel will be held on 19 May 2010, the deadline for this has passed. The next panel deadline is 11 August 2010 and the panel will sit on 6 October 2010.
We are also pleased to announce our dates for 2011, these are subject to confirmation so please check the website and industry press for updates. They are:
• Deadline 5 January 2011, panel sits 9 March 2011
• Deadline 11 May 2011, panel sits 6 July 2011
• Deadline 21 September 2011, panel sits 16 November 2011
February 2010
New fish market in Newlyn
An investment of £2.3 million for a new fish market in Newlyn, Cornwall, has been agreed, subject to assurances from the new Newlyn Harbour Commissioners who are expected to be appointed before Easter. The new Harbour Commissioners will need to provide assurances that they are content with the project – particularly the match funding required. For further details click here.
December 2009
The Marine and Fisheries Agency has made a positive start to the European Fisheries Fund Grants programme within Cornwall with 43 projects and almost £2.5 million of investment approved to date. Details of grants awarded are available here. The deadline for the next round of grants is 17 December 2009.
June 2009
Investments approved
Further investments have been approved or conditionally approved by the third European Fisheries Fund selection panel that was held on 21 May. They included £100,00 for a collaborative project between fishermen in the South West and Cefas to reduce fish discards through trawl modifications and investments in the processing of trout in Cornwall. For more information please click here.
February 2009
Second Selection Panel approves investments
Fourteen projects were approved or conditionally approved at the second EFF Selection Panel held on 28 January 2009, including the Seafish Tuna Sail Project, based in Cornwall, and investment in Seafood Cornwall - Towards a Sustainable and Profitable Future. For further details click here.
November 2008
Fisheries investments approved
Eight investments in the English fishing industry, with a value of approximately £1 million, were approved by the first European Fisheries Fund Selection Panel in November 2008. The investments cover safety at sea, the development of an adaptive management protocol for shell fisheries, and the collection of scientific data by fishermen using innovative technologies. Details can be found here.
