Minister Creed Announces €4.3 Million EMFF Grants to Seafood Processing and Aquaculture Sectors
Minister for Agriculture Food and the Marine, Michael Creed T.D. today announced the award of €4.3 million in grants to 51 seafood enterprises under 5 Schemes launched earlier this year under the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) Operational Programme for the seafood sector. The grants are co-funded by the Exchequer and EMFF and subject to terms and conditions.
Minister Creed said, “The EMFF Seafood Development Operational Programme was only adopted in December 2015 and I am delighted that it has so quickly seen these significant investments in our seafood sector provided with the financial supports that will ensure that these critical investments can be implemented. Collectively, these investments will deliver jobs to coastal communities, develop new value added seafood products, develop new markets and further sales for our seafood products, and develop knowledge and new processes in aquaculture production, disease management and animal husbandry. These investments will assist seafood enterprises to contribute to the ambitious growth targets we have set for our processing and aquaculture sectors. I expect to announce further grant offers under these Schemes in the coming months”.
The grant offers are made under 5 EMFF Schemes. For the processing sector, €3.4 million was awarded to 27 enterprises under the Seafood Capital Investment Scheme towards total investment of €19.4 million. These investments are projected to create 316 jobs by 2019 and additional sales of €77 million by 2019. In addition, €157,000 was awarded to 4 enterprises under the Seafood Scaling and New Market Development Scheme towards total investment of €335,000 and €164,000 was awarded to 8 enterprises under the Seafood Innovation and Business Planning Scheme towards total investment of €328,000.
For the aquaculture sector, €199,000 was awarded to 4 enterprises under the Knowledge gateway Scheme towards total investment of €305,000, while €382,000 was awarded to 8 enterprises under the Sustainable Aquaculture Scheme towards total investment of in excess of €1 million.
Further details of the Schemes concerned are available at http://www.bim.ie/schemes.
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Seafood Processing Capital Investment Scheme
|
Beneficiary |
County |
Total Investment € |
Grant Approved € |
|
Shellfish De La Mer |
Cork |
€311,781 |
€77,945 |
|
CSI Seafood t/a Carr Shellfish |
Cork |
€80,000 |
€12,000 |
|
Castletownbere Fishermens Co-op |
Cork |
€921,166 |
€230,291 |
|
Keohane Seafood Ltd |
Cork |
€1,587,636 |
€300,000 |
|
Ballycotton Seafoods Ltd |
Cork |
€266,157 |
€66,539 |
|
Good Fish Processing (Carrigaline) Ltd. |
Cork |
€750,000 |
€187,500 |
|
Burren Smokehouse Ltd. |
Clare |
€142,675 |
€35,668 |
|
Rockabill Seafood Ltd |
Dublin |
€1,023,955 |
€255,988 |
|
H.J. Nolan Seafoods Dublin |
Dublin |
€461,630 |
€115,407 |
|
Dunns Seafare Ltd |
Dublin |
€667,330 |
€166,832 |
|
Kish Fish Ltd |
Dublin |
€124,400 |
€18,660 |
|
Errigal Bay |
Donegal |
1,933,284 |
€200,000 |
|
Atlanfish Ltd |
Donegal |
€105,000 |
€26,250 |
|
Island Seafoods Ltd |
Donegal |
€674,250 |
€101,137 |
|
Irish Fish Canners |
Donegal |
€62,400 |
€15,600 |
|
Fruits of the North Atlantic(Ireland) Ltd |
Donegal |
€145,600 |
€36,400 |
|
Dundalk Bay Seafoods Ltd |
Louth |
€49,500 |
€12,375 |
|
Seafood Processors Ltd t/a Morgans |
Louth |
€312,444 |
€78,111 |
|
Norfish Ltd |
Donegal |
€1,299,875 |
€194,981 |
|
Bio Atlantis Ltd |
Kerry |
€987,951 |
€246,987 |
|
Oilean Mara Teoranta T/A Irish Seaspray |
Galway |
€707,796 |
€176,949 |
|
Breizon Teo |
Galway |
€121,800 |
€18,270 |
|
Carr & Sons Seafood |
Mayo |
€598,767 |
€149,691 |
|
Connemara Seafoods Frozen Ltd |
Mayo |
€185,290 |
€46,322 |
|
Bio-Marine Ingredients Ireland Ltd |
Monaghan |
€3,857,000 |
€300,000 |
|
O Flaherty Brothers Ltd. T/A Saltees Fish |
Wexford |
€40,351 |
€6,052 |
|
Sofrimar Ltd |
Wexford |
1,674,334 |
€300,000 |
|
Goatsbridge Fish Processors |
Kilkenny |
€258,051 |
€64,512 |
|
Marine Health Foods Ltd |
Wicklow |
€95,500 |
€23,875 |
|
Total |
|
19,445,923 |
3,464,349 |
Seafood Scaling & New Market Development Scheme
|
Beneficiary |
County |
Total Investment € |
Grant Approved € |
|
Approved |
|
|
|
|
Connemara Seafoods Frozen Ltd., Irish Seaspray, Iasc Mara Teo. |
Mayo |
85,750 |
42,875 |
|
Breizon Teo., Mullaghmore Seafarm Ltd., West Coast Crab Sales Ltd. |
Galway |
49,000 |
24,500 |
|
Jade Ireland Seafood Ltd. (Sofrimar, Carr Shellfish Ireland, McBride Fishing Co. Ltd., Shellfish Ireland) |
Wexford |
120,550 |
50,000 |
|
Kish Fish Company Ltd., Thomas Mulloy Ltd. |
Dublin |
80,000 |
40,000 |
|
Total |
|
335,300 |
157,375 |
Seafood Innovation & Business Planning Scheme
|
Beneficiary |
County |
Total Investment € |
Grant Approved € |
|
Approved |
|
|
|
|
Castletownbere Fishermens Co-op Ltd |
Cork |
40,000 |
20,000 |
|
Keohane Seafoods Ltd |
Cork |
40,000 |
20,000 |
|
Shellfish Del La Mer Ltd |
Cork |
30,400 |
15,200 |
|
Kish Fish Company Ltd |
Dublin |
37,600 |
18,800 |
|
Connemara Seafood Frozen Ltd |
Galway |
36,696 |
18,348 |
|
Sofrimar Ltd |
Wexford |
40,000 |
20,000 |
|
Bio-Marine Ingredients Ireland - Collective (Island Seafoods) |
Monaghan |
80,000 |
40,000 |
|
Good Fish Processing Carrigaline Ltd |
Cork |
23,350 |
11,675 |
|
Total |
|
328,046 |
164,023 |
Knowledge Gateway Scheme
|
Beneficiary |
County |
Total Investment € |
Grant approved € |
|
Saltspray Mussel Tech.Ltd. |
Cork |
22,868 |
11,434 |
|
Irish Mussel Seed Company Ltd |
Wicklow |
20,057 |
10,028 |
|
Clew Bay Oyster Co-op Soc.Ltd. |
Mayo |
173,250 |
129,937 |
|
Bord Na Mona |
Offaly |
57,763 |
28,881 |
|
TOTAL |
|
305,138 |
180,281 |
Sustainable Aquaculture Scheme
|
Beneficiary |
County |
Total Investment € |
Grant approved € |
|
Caragh Clams Limited |
Kerry |
35,690 |
14,276 |
|
Lydon, Mr.Michael |
Mayo |
31,685 |
12,674 |
|
Iasc Sliogagh Dun Garbhain TA Dungarvan Shellfish Ltd |
Waterford |
253,231 |
101,292 |
|
Comhlucht Iascaireacht Fanad Teo. |
Donegal |
312,496 |
93,749 |
|
Sofi Shellfish Limited |
Mayo |
138,955 |
55,582 |
|
Diver, Mr. Derek |
Donegal |
226,510 |
90,604 |
|
Connemara Seafoods Limited. |
Mayo |
3,500 |
1,400 |
|
Sliogéisc Inisheane Teoranta |
Donegal |
32,843 |
13,137 |
|
TOTAL |
|
1,034,912 |
382,715 |
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Date Released: 27 May 2016
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