CORNER BROOK, NL - The federal and provincial governments announced $641,518 for eight fishing enterprises in Newfoundland and Labrador today, Jan. 18, through the Atlantic Fisheries Fund (AFF).
The announcement was made in Corner Brook.
The funding falls under the infrastructure pillar of the AFF and will supply the enterprises with new automated longline hauler systems and insulated tubs.
Automated longline systems will allow the harvesters to move from a labour intensive fishing operation to one that uses the latest technology.
The equipment will thereby improve the quality of fish landed and maximize the landed value.
“Innovation in this sector, which is integral to the Canadian economy, means more job opportunities for hundreds of small coastal and Indigenous communities across not only Atlantic Canada, but the country," federal Fisheries Minister Dominic LeBlanc said in a news release.
The federal and provincial governments will make combined contributions of over $400 million to the AFF over the next seven years. The commercial fisheries and aquaculture industry, Indigenous groups, universities and academia and industry associations and organizations, including research institutions, may apply for funding.
Eligible projects must focus on either innovation, infrastructure or science partnerships.
Recipients
David Wyman Patey and Dean Patey
$36,986
St. Anthony, Northern Peninsula
Install automated longline hauler on existing vessel
Jocelyn & Brothers Ltd. And Derrick Bath
$99,960
Durrell, Twillingate
Install automated longline hauler on existing vessel
Dwight Russell Enterprises
$99,813
Mary’s Harbour, Labrador
Install automated longline hauler on existing vessel
Russell's Fisheries Ltd. and Allister Russell Labrador
$99,998
Mary’s Harbour, Labrador
Install slurry ice system on new vessel
David Michael Hickey
$99,000
Petty Harbour, Avalon Peninsula
Install automated longline hauler on existing vessel
Clarke and Sons Fishing
$99,977
St. John’s, Avalon Peninsula
Install slurry ice system on new vessel
Dion Lavers
$24,104
Port aux Choix, Northern Peninsula
Install automated longline hauler on existing vessel
Alton Rumbolt
$81,680
Mary’s Harbour, Labrador
Install automated longline hauler on existing vessel
