Financial support paid to salmon farming industry: FOI release

Information requested

i) details of financial support (including grants and loans) paid to the Scottish fish farming industry by the Scottish Government, or its agencies, since 2012, broken down by operator.

ii) details of financial support/incentives paid to the Scottish Government, or its agencies, by the Scottish fish farming industry since 2012, broken down by operator.

Response

Concerning the first sentence of your request (i), firstly only where your request relates to the Scottish Government, all of the information you have asked for is already available in the format you requested, from:

a) A previous release of information, covering your requested period from 2012-March 2019. Please see ‘Financial support paid to the Scottish fish farming industry: FOI release’, published 11 March 2019, Financial support paid to the Scottish fish farming industry: FOI release - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

b) A previous release of information, covering your requested period over 2018 and 2019. Please see ‘Financial Support paid to Scottish fish farming industry: EIR release’, published 29 January 2020, Financial Support paid to Scottish fish farming industry: EIR release - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

c) A previous release of information, covering your requested period from 2019-20 October 2020. Please see ‘Scottish fishing farm industry financial support: EIR release’, published 12 March 2021, Scottish fishing farm industry financial support: EIR release - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

d) A previous release of information, covering your requested period from 4 March 2017-3 March 2022. Please see ‘Antibiotics and pesticides used in live stock farming and tax related to salmon farming: EIR release’, published 13 July 2022, Antibiotics and pesticides used in live stock farming and tax related to salmon farming: EIR release - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

e) The webpage Grants awarded - Marine and fisheries grants - gov.scot (www.gov.scot), which covers the remainder of your requested period from 3 March 2022-1 March 2023.

Under section 25(1) of FOISA, we do not have to give you information which is already reasonably accessible to you. If, however, you do not have internet access to obtain this information from the website(s) listed, then please contact me again and I will send you a paper copy.

Concerning the first sentence of your request (i), secondly only where your request relates to Scottish Government agencies, some of the information you have asked for is already available in the format you requested from a previous release of information, covering your requested period from 2012-March 2019. Please see ‘Financial support paid to the Scottish fish farming industry: FOI release’, published 11 March 2019, Financial support paid to the Scottish fish farming industry: FOI release - gov.scot (www.gov.scot). While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance the Scottish Government does not have the information you have requested. However, you may wish to contact the
following organisations who may be able to help you:

• The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA), via: Access to Information | Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA)
• NatureScot, via: Freedom of Information requests | NatureScot
• Highlands & Islands Enterprise (HIE), via: Freedom of Information | Highlands and Islands Enterprise | HIE
• Scottish Enterprise (SE), via: Submit a Freedom of Information enquiry - Scottish Enterprise (scottish-enterprise.com).

The reasons why we don’t have the information are explained in the Annex to this letter.

Concerning the second sentence of your request (ii), while our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance the Scottish Government does not have the information you have requested. However, you may wish to contact the following organisations who may be able to help you:

• SEPA
• NatureScot
• HIE
• SE.

The reasons why we don’t have the information are explained in the Annex to this letter.

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FOI 202300345664 - Information released - Annex A

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