FISHERIES AND CLLD SCHEMES

Ian Lawler, BIM

YOUNG FISHERMEN SCHEME

New Fishermen Scheme

• Applicant <40yrs old • 25% of cost of vessel

capped at €75,000 • Vessels 7m to 24 LOA

(excluding vessels in that sector of 12m to 24m length overall (LOA) using active fishing gear (trawlers, seine netters and dredgers).

• 1 Application approved

SUSTAINABLE FISHERIES SCHEME

Sustainable Fisheries Scheme

• Split into 3 integrated parts – Public Interest Projects

(technical or scientific bodies)

– Fleet Improvement Projects (vessel owners)

– Quality and Added value (Groups of fishermen, co-ops, PO’s)

Public Interest Projects • 12 projects with EMFF Funding of €1.4

million • Focusing on:

– Implementation of the landing obligation – Assisting fishermen to operate to

common standards of responsibility and best practice

– Reducing environmental impacts of fishing on the ecosystem

– Stakeholder education and awareness

Types of Project • Testing of selective gears • Reducing interactions of seals with fishing

gears • High survivability experiments • Identifying potential uses for unwanted

catches • Delivery of a national certification

programme • Creation of stakeholder groups • Improving waste management (Fishing for

litter, Net recycling • Reducing parasitic worms in landed fish • Educational Conferences/workshops

Fleet Improvement Projects

• 119 projects approved in 2017 • 64 completed with EMF grant aid of

€800,000 • Provision of selective gears • Equipment to improve:

– hygiene, health and working conditions

– fuel efficiency – fish quality and add value

Types of Project • Selective and low impact fishing

gears • Improvements to common areas,

equipment to reduce manual handling, insulation and ventilation

• Fuel monitoring, gear monitoring and fuel efficient fishing gears

• Temperature monitoring systems, weighing and labelling and fish handling systems

Quality and Added Value Projects • 12 projects with total investment of

€4 million and EMFF grant aid of €2.1 million

• €710,00 paid to date (8 projects) • Two elements:

– Investment in infrastructure to address the challenges of the landing obligation

– Certification and promotion of sustainable fishery products

Types of Project • 4 infrastructure projects

– Co-ops and first-point of sale entities – Facilities and equipment for the

handling and storing unwanted catches – Improving quality and adding value to

fish under the landing obligation • 8 certification projects

– Certification of groups of vessels under national certification programme (RSS) and also for MSC fisheries

Actions for 2018 Continued testing of selective gears

Further high survivability studies for plaice and sole

Continuation of projects which aim to enhance the sustainability credentials of Irish seafood in the marketplace (RSS, Origin Green)

Continued support for industry-led change management projects (FIPs, NFDG, Women in seafood)

Continued support for fleet improvement projects

Introduction of an engine replacement scheme (vessels less than 12m)

Completion of outstanding infrastructure projects (landing obligation)

INSHORE CONSERVATION SCHEME

Inshore Conservation Scheme

National Inshore Fisheries Forum

• Inshore Fisheries Strategy Q1 2018

• V-notching Review

• Velvet Crab MCRS introduced

• Razor Clam MCRS proposal

Inshore Fisheries Forums Initiative

V-notching Support

• 2017 Scheme uptake good • 63 Applications Approved • €383,000 grant aid committed • 56 Claims paid out • €372,000 grant aid paid

Related Projects

Project to examine efficacy of V-notching on west coast with Inis Oirr Co-op, MI & QUB using genetic profiling funded under Technical Assistance Measure

General Applications • 4 Projects approved with

grant aid of €55,000 • Applications for ice machines • Establishment and

development of a support Group for NIFF

• Only 1 project proceeded, others deferred 2018

FISHERIES LOCAL AREA DEVELOPMENT SCHEME

FLAG Programme Launch

• 1st & 2nd February 2017 • Open Call for Projects • Close for First

Assessment date 18th March

• Over 200 applications received

FLAG Projects Approved FLAG No. of

Projects Investment Grant Aid Budget

North 36 €590,570 € 366,209 €365,650

Northwest 22 €559,482 € 326,999 €242,734

West 38 €984,448 €493,741 €346, 504

Southwest 20 €445,681 €262,500 €282,280

South 28 €948,904 €496,834 €372,184

Southeast 31 €830,873 €556,903 €263,200

Northeast 15 €473,753 € 250,843 €228,744

FLAG Projects Paid FLAG No. of

Projects Investment Grant Aid Budget

North 33/36 €515,620 € 315,739 €365,650

Northwest 14/22 €338,532 € 244,669 €242,734

West 28/38 €756,963 €388,960 €346, 504

Southwest 16/20 €445,681 €262,500 €282,280

South 19/28 €486,753 €278,478 €372,184

Southeast 14/31 €242,390 €164,543 €263,200

Northeast 13/15 €444,350 € 226,559 €228,744

FLAG Applications

• 30 Projects deferred to 2018

• Value €761,797

• 27 Projects withdrawn

• Open for 2018 applications

• FLAG Networking Event TBC February

THANK YOU