FaSS

The Fisheries and Seafood Scheme (FaSS) has relaunched to help support the long-term sustainability, resilience, and prosperity of the
seafood sector across England. Improvements this year include simplified guidance, enhanced levels of funding for micro-entities and
funding that is better targeted at the sector’s needs. Regular reviews will ensure FaSS continues to evolve over the next three years to
reflect feedback from across the sector, evolving policies and the needs of the industry. Ongoing IT improvements will be made to the
FaSS online application and claims system over the coming weeks and months to simplify the system and improve your application
experience

Please note at this time we are not accepting new applications for the following measures, therefore please do not apply for;

• Innovation – (Measures M14, M29 and M30) – this has been removed from the scheme as support for innovation is
  provided from government through the UK Seafood Innovation Fund, for more information please see
  - UK Seafood Innovation Fund.
• Measure M1: Limiting the environmental impact of fishing – As funding is provided for reducing environmental impacts and
  protecting the marine environment through other measures in the scheme. In addition, there may be a future funding
  round to focus specifically on gear.

If your business is a micro entity you could be entitled to up to 60% FaSS funding and will need to contact the MMO Grants Team on
0208 026 5539 or email fass.queries@marinemanagement.org.uk to ensure you receive the correct new grant rate

If your business is a recreational sea fishing,please contact the MMO Grants Team on 0208 026 5539 or email
fass.queries@marinemanagement.org.uk for support with your online application.

Please note the following measures have new limits on the maximum amount of funding you can apply for. These changes reflect
support now being offered for higher value projects through the UK Seafood Fund. For information please see -
UK Seafood Fund infrastructure scheme.

• Measure M34: Processing of fisheries and aquaculture products has maximum support of £150,000
• Measure M3: Adding value to aquaculture products has maximum support of £70,000
• Measure M33: Marketing measures has a maximum support of £70,000
• Measure M20: Promoting skills, knowledge and networking has maximum support of £100,000

For any other queries, you can refer to our scheme guidance which can be found here https://www.gov.uk/guidance/fisheries-and-seafood-scheme
or, contact contact the MMO Grants Team on 0208 026 5539 or by email fass.queries@marinemanagement.org.uk