Friday, January 20, 2012

Fish farm gets grant that save jobs and fish

A fish farm on Anglesey North Wales, has been saved by a government grant of UK£40,000 (US$61,824.375). Edwina Hart Enterprise Minister said "the cash paid for oxygen to be pumped to seabass being raised at the former Selonda (UK) plant at Penmon". Mrs Hart said the payment last month kept the fish alive while the firm was bought by Anglesey Aquaculture. The fish farm, established in 2002, produces 1,000 tonnes of sea bass every year.

"The Welsh government made a one off payment of £40k to the suppliers of air products for the site in December 2011. "This enabled the company to keep the current stock of fish alive in the short term whilst alternative arrangements for ownership of the site were explored with administration Pricewaterhouse". Read more ...

This blog is written by Martin Little, The Aquaculturists, published and supported by the International Aquafeed Magazine from Perendale Publishers. To get your copy of  'PPLAPP' click here.
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