Financial support paid to the Scottish fish farming industry: FOI release
- Published
- 11 March 2019
- Directorate
- Marine Directorate
- FOI reference
- FOI/19/00442
- Date received
- 9 February 2019
- Date responded
- 7 March 2019
Information request and response under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.
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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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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