HC Deb 01 March 1999 vol 326 cc544-6W
Mr. Maclennan

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list (i) the successful applications(a) by location and (b) by value and the (ii) the total value of the awards made in the most recent round of the Financial Instrument for Fisheries Guidance scheme. [70714]

Mr. Macdonald

[holding answer 22 February 1999]The information is as follows:

Aquaculture Projects—Objective 1 Area
£
Company Location FIFG Award
Kinloch Damph Ltd. Kishorn, Ross-shire 197,000
Lock Laxford Shellfish Ltd. Loch Laxford, Sutherland 78,110
Caledonian Oyster Company Loch Creran, Argyll 48,740
Rubha Mor Oysters Loch Creran, Argyll 15,070
Skerries Salmon Shetland 23,000
Shetland Norse Fish Farm Yell, Shetland 58,500
Hydro Seafoods GSP Ltd. Bixter, Shetland 35,250
Clousta Shellfish Aithsing, Shetland 5,450
Catfirth Bay Shellfish Catfirth Bay, Shetland 12,870
Total 473,990
FIFG Processing and Marketing—Objective 1 Area
Shetland Catch Ltd. Lerwick 220,500
Whalsay Fish Processors Ltd. Whalsay 22,925
Saga Seafoods 1994 Ltd. Scalloway 88,025
Lerwick Fish Traders Ltd. Lerwick 44,380
D. Watt (Shetland) Ltd. Trondra, Shetland 129,052
Total 504,882
FIFG Processing and Marketing—Non-Objective 1 Area
Granite City Fish Ltd. Aberdeen 25,163
International Fish Canners (Scotland) Ltd. Fraserburgh 109,400
Cool Seas (Seafoods) Ltd. Peterhead 250,000
Young's Seafood Annan 25,998
Whitelink Seafoods Ltd. Fraserburgh 51,500
Macfish Ltd. Fraserburgh 89,300
Laeso Fish Ltd. Peterhead 35,308
Croan Seafoods Ltd. Peterhead 89,182
Crube International Ltd. Fraserburgh 48,712
Messrs. George Downie Whitehills 70,630
Taste the Sea Ltd. Castle Douglas 53,570
Total 848,763

Aquaculture Projects—Objective 1 Area
£
Company Location FIFG Award
FIFG Ports Facilities—Objective 1
Stornoway Pier and Harbour Stornoway 164,325
FIFG Ports Facilities—Non—Objective 1
Smith Maritime Ltd. Peterhead 79,672
Total 243,997
Total FIFG Assistance 2,071,632

These awards will also trigger Member State contribution from Scottish Office and Enterprise Network in excess of £600,000.

From 1 July 1999, this will be a matter for the Scottish Parliament.

Mr. Maclennan

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the number of eligible applications received by location which were not grant aided in the most recent round of the Financial Instrument for Fisheries Guidance scheme, indicating which had been carried forward from one or more earlier rounds. [70716]

Mr. Macdonald

[holding answer 22 February 1999]The lists of eligible applications received which were not grant aided under the most recent round of awards under the Financial Instrument for Fisheries Guidance scheme are as follows:

Applicant Location Number of times deferred
Aquaculture Projects—Objective 1 area
North Minch Shellfish Lock Inchara 1st deferment
Norquay Fish Farms Echnaloch Bay, Orkney 1st deferment
John Eccles Hatcheries Hoy, Orkney 1st deferment
Orkney Sea Farms Shapinsay, Orkney 1st deferment
Ardencaple Oysters Ardencaple Bay, Argyll 1st deferment
Balta Island Seafare Ltd. Balta Island, Shetland 1st deferment
West Coast Oysters Oban, Argyll 1st deferment
Slett Salmon Farms Ltd. Binna Ness, Shetland 1st deferment
David Pollard Oban, Argyll 2nd deferment
Highland Fish Farmers Ltd. Portree, Isle of Skye 2nd deferment
Loch Ness (Lachs) Ltd. Loch Ness 2nd deferment
Lakeland Unst Ltd. Hamar's Ness, Shetland 2nd deferment
Migdale Smolt Ltd. Sutherland 2nd deferment
Shetland Norse Fish Farm Ltd. Reafirth, Shetland 2nd deferment
Ardvar Salmon Ltd. Drumbeg, Sutherland 2nd deferment
Aquaculture Projects—Non-Objective 1 area
Kinnaird Mill Trout Farm Brechin, Angus 1st deferment
Mill of Elrick Fish Farm Auchnagatt, Aberdeenshire 1st deferment
Processing and Marketing Projects—Objective 1 area
Osprey Seafoods (Highland) Ltd. Inverness 1st deferment
Scrabster Seafoods Ltd. Scrabster 1st deferment
Catfirth Bay Shellfish Scalloway 1st deferment
Euroscot Seafoods Ltd. Inverness 1st deferment
Lerwick Fish Traders Ltd. Lerwick 1st deferment
Saga Seafoods 1994 Ltd. Scalloway 1st deferment
Shetland Apero Lerwick 2nd deferment

Applicant Location Number of times deferred
Processing and Marketing Projects—Non-Objective 1 area
Fintarn Ltd. St. Monans 1st deferment
Fresh Catch Ltd. Peterhead 1st deferment
Caley Fisheries Ltd. Peterhead 1st deferment
t/a Stephen Buchan
R. Croan & Sons Ltd. Edinburgh 2nd deferment
Ports facilities projects—non—objective 1 area
Aberdeen Harbour Board Aberdeen 1st deferment
Alfred Cheyne Engineering Ltd. King Edward, Banff 1st deferment

From 1 July 1999, this will be a matter for the Scottish Parliament.

Mr. Maclennan

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what advice he has sought from the LECs in determining which projects to assist under the Financial Instrument for Fisheries Guidance scheme. [70715]

Mr. Macdonald

[holding answer 22 February 1999]The views of the Local Enterprise Companies are taken into account in the appraisal process which precedes every round of awards under the Financial Instrument for Fisheries Guidance.

From 1 July 1999, this will be a matter for the Scottish Parliament.

Mr. Maclennan

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland when the next round of the Financial Instrument for Fisheries Guidance scheme will open. [70717]

Mr. Macdonald

[holding answer 22 February 1999]Applications for the next and final round under the current Financial Instrument for Fisheries Guidance had to be submitted by 31 December 1998. Decisions on these awards are expected to be announced before the end of June 1999. The possibility of a successor scheme and its funding is being negotiated in the context of the Agenda 2000 proposals.