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Chamber and committees

Question reference: S5W-30553

  • Asked by: Michelle Ballantyne, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: 7 July 2020
  • Current status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 27 July 2020

Question

To ask the Scottish Government whether the Aquaculture Hardship Fund is open to applications from all producers of trout, salmon and shellfish.


Answer

The Aquaculture Hardship Fund (currently closed to applications) supports table producing shellfish and trout businesses specifically at risk from the disappearance of export and domestic food markets due to COVID-19 as required by the EC Temporary Framework being used to make hardship payments.