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The Ocean Stewardship Fund offers grants to both MSC certified sustainable fisheries and improving fisheries.
Applications for the Ocean Stewardship Fund 2022 are now closed.
In 2022, the Ocean Stewardship Fund has awarded over £700,000 to 22 fisheries and projects in 12 countries around the world.
These projects are working to promote collaboration and innovation in the industry, with a focus on protecting marine biodiversity, specifically habitat impacts and interactions with endangered, threatened and protected species.
Five strands of funding are available under the Ocean Stewardship Fund.
Our Science and Research Fund awards grants of up to £50,000 for research projects that help certified fisheries achieve best practice in sustainability and maintain certification. This includes projects aimed at closing conditions of MSC certification.This year we particularly welcome projects focusing on endangered, threatened and protected species as well as habitat impacts.
Read more about the Science and Research Fund >
Our Recertification Assistance Fund helps MSC certified fisheries with the cost of Conformity Assessment Body (CAB) fees for the second or subsequent recertification audit.
Recertification grants are limited to either 75% of the CAB’s recertification audit costs, or GBP £30,000, whichever is lower.
Read more about the Recertification Assistance Fund >
Our Transition Assistance Fund supports fisheries making progress toward MSC certification. Grants of up to £50,000 are available to any fisheries in the Global South and any small-scale fisheries that are committed to achieving MSC certification and are verified through our In-Transition to MSC (ITM) program.
Read more about the Transition Assistance Fund >
The MSC Student Research Grants support postgraduate students who carry out research with fisheries engaged or working toward the MSC standard.The program provides up to £5,000 per postgraduate student project for travel and other support.
Read more about Student Research Grants >
The Innovation Fund supports research that is a strategic priority for the MSC.
Read more about the Innovation Fund >
The Recertification Assistance Fund (RAF) helps certified sustainable fisheries with the cost of Conformity Assessment Body (CAB) audit fees for the second or subsequent recertification audit.
The Science and Research Fund provides grants of up to £50,000 to support research projects that help fisheries meet and maintain sustainability best practice.
The Transition Assistance Fund supports small-scale fisheries and fisheries in the Global South on their pathway to sustainability, and is part of our Ocean Stewardship Fund.
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