FOI/19/00442 · FOI · released
Financial support paid to the Scottish fish farming industry: FOI release
Information requested
Pursuant to FOISA and or the EISRs, please provide details of financial support by way of (i) grants and (ii) loans, paid to the Scottish fish farming industry by Scottish Government or its agencies for each of the last ten years, broken down by operator.
Response
I enclose a copy of most of the information you requested, see note regarding HIE. The answer to your question is below.
Support to the fish farming industry from Scottish Government
PAYMENTS TO SARF FROM THE SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT Date Description £k 26/01/2009 Sponsorship 2008/2009 50 13/03/2009 Contribution for 2009 - 2010 200 19/03/2009 Contribution for 2009 - 2010 120 31/03/2010 Grant payment 200 31/03/2010 Activities requested by Env Minister 180 30/03/2011 Grant payment 200 21/03/2012 Grant payment 180 21/03/2013 Grant payment 500 17/09/2013 Grant payment 150 29/05/2014 Grant payment 120 14/07/2015 Grant payment 25 19/08/2016 Grant payment 25 07/06/2017 Grant payment 25 17/08/2018 Grant payment 25 Total 2000
EMFF & EFF
The European Fisheries Fund 2007-2013 European Maritime & Fisheries Fund 2014-2020 grant awards are published on the Scottish Government website at https://www2.gov.scot/Topics/marine/grants-subsidies/awards. Under section 25(1) of FOISA, we do not have to give you information which is already reasonably accessible to you.
The awards to the Scottish Aquaculture & Innovation Centre are made up of a number of projects involving several aquaculture companies, I have broken this down below to show finfish companies involved.
Application SCO1180 awarded October 2016 Company Project Award (£) Scottish Seafarms Ltd Thermolicer 450,000.00 Marine Harvest (Scotland) Ltd (Now Mowi) Hydrolicer workboat 141,690.00 Marine Harvest (Scotland) Ltd (Now Mowi) Hydrocline skirt 127,000.00 Loch Duart Ltd Farm-based freshwater treatment solutions 136,199.00 Otterferry Seafish Ltd Cleanerfish 452,154.50 Scottish Sea Farms Ltd Modular sea lice control technologies 175,000.00 SAIC Project Management 6,182.00
The original award was £1.7m but this has reduced due to projects dropping out.
Application SCO1661 awarded February 2018 Company Project Award (£) Marine Harvest (Scotland) Ltd (Now Mowi) Thermolicer 2.0 725,192.00 Marine Harvest (Scotland) Ltd (Now Mowi) Environets 182,540.00 Cooke Aquaculture Scotland Reverseflow hydrolicer 371,752.00 Cooke Aquaculture Scotland High energy site 452,738.50 Loch Duart Ltd Desalination system 195,000.00 SAIC Knowledge exchange officer 45,000.00
The original award was £2.2m but this has reduced due to projects dropping out.
Support to the fish farming industry from Scottish Environment Protection Agency
None
Support to the fish farming industry from Scottish Natural Heritage
None
Support to the fish farming industry from Scottish Enterprise
SIB Investments
SIB’s investments into Loch Duart Limited have been used to support the company’s Scottish based operations and their international growth plans. Funds have also been used to support the company’s sustainable farming practices.
2015 Loch Duart Limited SEI - SVFIII FUND 125,000.00 2016 Loch Duart Limited SEI - SVFIII FUND 600,000.00 2016 Loch Duart Limited SEI - SVFIII FUND 150,000.00 2012 Loch Duart LImited SCF-HIE 200,000.00
Grants Awarded to Salmon Farming Companies
Year Company Name Project Description Grant Awarded 2013 Scottish Sea Farms Ltd Organisational Development Review 5,760.00 2013 Scottish Sea Farms Ltd Business Efficiency Support 3,645.00 2015 Scottish Sea Farms Ltd Website Development Project 3,300.00 2015 Scottish Sea Farms Ltd International Brand Building 10,500.00 2016 Scottish Sea Farms Ltd Innovation Support R&D Assistance 7,350.00 2016 Scottish Sea Farms Ltd Freshwater Development R&D Feasibility 76,887.50 2018 Scottish Sea Farms Ltd Expert Support – Business Improvement 2,640.00 2018 Scottish Sea Farms Ltd R&D Grant – Bulk Bin Process Improvement *53,058.00 2018 Scottish Sea Farms Ltd Large R&D Grant 1,284,745.00 2011 Scottish Salmon Company International Market Development ** 300.00 2011 Scottish Salmon Company International Market Development 450.00 2012 Scottish Salmon Company International Market Development 600.00 2014 Scottish Salmon Company International Market Development 881.76 2015 Scottish Salmon Company International Market Development 4,455.00 2016 Scottish Salmon Company International Market Development 8,624.32 2016 Scottish Salmon Company International Market Development 1,500.00 2017 Scottish Salmon Company International Market Development 750.00 2012 Greig Seafood Hjatland/Shetland Products International Market Development 600.00 2011 Loch Duart ltd International Market Development 796.23 2013 Loch Duart Ltd International Market Development 1,500.00 2013 Loch Duart Limited International Market Development 600.00 2014 Loch Duart Limited International Market Development 600.00 2016 Loch Duart Limited International Market Development 2,810.00
*Original award was £74,225 but the level of support was subsequently reduced in 2018.
In some cases, the initial grant awarded to a company does not always reflect the final amount of money paid, e.g. the amount initially offered is not always required.
** International Market Development consists of assistance to companies (travel, accommodation etc) to attend international trade events, trade missions etc. where they have the opportunity to meet with potential buyers, retailers and business contacts. The amounts listed in the table are those which were awarded/paid.
Highlands & Islands Enterprise
It is my understanding the same FOI/EISR request has been made to Highlands & Islands Enterprise (HIE), I have not included any information regarding HIE as they will respond separately to that request.
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Contact Please quote the FOI reference Central Enquiry Unit Email: ceu@gov.scot Phone: 0300 244 4000 The Scottish Government St Andrews House Regent Road Edinburgh EH1 3DG
Detected exemption language
Under section 25(1) of FOISA, we do not have to give you information which is already reasonably accessible to you.
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