Ireland allocates EUR 38 million to fisheries, aquaculture infrastructure improvements
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Details of a EUR 38.3 million (USD 45.6 million) capital investment package for the ongoing development of Ireland’s publicly-owned harbor network, including 79 local-authority harbors, have been announced by Irish Minister for Agriculture, Food, and the Marine Charlie McConalogue.
Ireland’s Fishery Harbor and Coastal Infrastructure Development Program will fund safety, maintenance, and new development works at the six Fishery Harbor Centers at Howth, Dunmore East, Castletownbere, Dingle, Ros An Mhíl, and Killybegs. McConalogue said the funds recognize the contribution of the wider seafood sector to Ireland’s economy and to rural coastal communities in particular, in offering a 35 percent increase in funding for local-authority harbors.