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Fisheries and Seafood Scheme

The Fisheries and Seafood Scheme is a grant of up to £750,000 for fishing, aquaculture, seafood processing and marine conservation businesses and other eligible bodies in England. Open, no fixed deadline.

Run by Marine Management Organisation · funded by Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra)

Checked against the official page (gov.uk) on 15 Oct 2026.

Defra grant scheme for projects in England that support the seafood sector, such as fishing vessels, shore-based facilities, aquaculture, processing, marketing and environmental work. Open to businesses and other eligible bodies directly engaged in the sector.

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These details are gathered from public web pages and are not financial advice. Check them with Marine Management Organisation before you apply.

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Status and deadline

Status

Open

Confirmed on the official page

Deadline

Not stated

We could not find a closing date

How much

Up to £750,000

You put in: Applicants are required to provide match funding for their project. Rates are in the guidance documents.

Confirmed on the official page

Who can apply

Individuals or businesses directly engaged in commercial sea fishing, aquaculture or processing, recreational sea fishing or marine conservation, plus waste and technology businesses, public bodies, universities and new entrants, in England.

Confirmed on the official page

Business size

Micro (under 10 staff), Small (10 to 49 staff), Medium (50 to 249 staff), Large businesses

Not confirmed on the official page

Sectors

seafood, fishing, aquaculture

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How to apply

Read the relevant guidance note for your project and make an application through the MMO Grants Team; the page says an application starts with an expression of interest.

Confirmed on the official page

Where it is open: England-wide

England

Confirmed on the official page

HartlepoolMiddlesbroughRedcar and ClevelandStockton-on-TeesDarlingtonHaltonWarringtonBlackburn with DarwenBlackpoolKingston upon Hull, City ofEast Riding of YorkshireNorth East LincolnshireNorth LincolnshireYorkCounty DurhamCheshire EastCheshire West and ChesterNorthumberlandCumberlandWestmorland and FurnessNorth YorkshireBurnleyChorleyFyldeHyndburnLancasterPendlePrestonRibble ValleyRossendaleSouth RibbleWest LancashireWyreBoltonBuryManchesterOldhamRochdaleSalfordStockportTamesideTraffordWiganKnowsleyLiverpoolSt. HelensSeftonWirralDoncasterRotherhamNewcastle upon TyneNorth TynesideSouth TynesideSunderlandBradfordCalderdaleKirkleesLeedsWakefieldGatesheadBarnsleySheffield

Open across England, so every council area in the North of England is shaded.

Drawn from the areas the funder names. If a scheme is only for part of a council area, check its own page. Boundaries from the Office for National Statistics.

Things we could not confirm

  • Page says 'Updated Fisheries and Seafood Scheme, now open to applications' on 13 April 2026, but the page does not give a closing date.
  • Application route details are in the 'Making an application' section, which is in part 2 of the text.
  • Funding rounds for grants of £250,000 or more are reviewed by a funding round panel; see the funding rounds page.
  • Match funding rates are not stated on this page.

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Source and last checked

Local Landscape gathers this information automatically from the pages below, then checks the key details against the official page. Checked against the official page (gov.uk) on 15 Oct 2026. Its details have not changed since it was listed on 15 Oct 2026. No person has checked it, so confirm the details with Marine Management Organisation before you apply.

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