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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 2021 are now closed, with the next call expected in October 2021.
In 2020, 15 projects and fisheries were awarded over £650,000. In 2021 we expect to award over £1 million to fisheries at all stages on the path to sustainability.
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 fisheries meet and maintain sustainability best practice. This includes projects aimed at closing conditions of MSC certification.This year we particularly welcome projects focusing on improving harvest strategies/harvest control rules and ensuring bait used to catch fish comes from a sustainable source.
Read more information and apply to 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 information and apply to the Recertification Assistance Fund.
Our Transition Assistance Fund supports fisheries making progress towards 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 information and apply to the Transition Assistance Fund.
The MSC Student Research Grant supports postgraduate students who carry out research with fisheries engaged or working towards the MSC standard.The program provides up to £5,000 per postgraduate student project for travel and other support.
Read more information and apply to the Student Research Grant.
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The Innovation Fund supports research that is a strategic priority for the MSC.
This year's funding will support global efforts to identify and improve best practice approaches and improvements, to ensure fishery observers around the world can carry out their work safely.
£100,000 is available from the Innovation Fund this year, with individual grants of up to £50,000 being awarded.
Read more information and apply to 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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