Fisheries and Seafood Scheme

  • FaSS reopens – three days after closure was announced

    FaSS reopens – three days after closure was announced

    6th June 2024

    Three days after the Fisheries and Seafood Scheme (FaSS) closed to new applications, and just two days after the UK general election was called – only the most cynical FN reader could see this as anything other than a complete…

  • Fast-track FaSS grants for some pollack fishermen

    Fast-track FaSS grants for some pollack fishermen

    7th March 2024

    Applications for support from under-10m rod and line pollack fishermen in England to the Fisheries and Seafood Scheme (FaSS) will be fast-tracked. Announcing the reopening of the £6m scheme, fisheries minister Mark Spencer said applications from all fishermen are encouraged,…

  • Fisheries and Seafood Scheme fully allocated for 2023

    Fisheries and Seafood Scheme fully allocated for 2023

    7th September 2023

    Grants under the Fisheries and Seafood Scheme (FaSS) have now exceeded the budget for 2023, and the scheme has closed to new applications. The scheme, administered by the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) on behalf of Defra, aims to support the…

  • FaSS: new panel dates announced

    FaSS: new panel dates announced

    31st May 2022

    The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) has confirmed the first panel dates for the relaunched Fisheries and Seafood Scheme (FaSS), and is now inviting applications from the industry. The grant scheme, administered by the MMO on behalf of Defra, was relaunched…

  • Fisheries and Seafood Scheme relaunched

    Fisheries and Seafood Scheme relaunched

    28th April 2022

    The Fisheries and Seafood Scheme (FaSS) has been relaunched ‘to help support the long-term sustainability, resilience and prosperity of the seafood sector across England’. The scheme first opened last year, and at least £6m in funding has now been secured…

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