Over €300,000 funding for Louth oyster farms welcomed
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Local Fine Gael TD, Fergus O’Dowd, has welcomed news that two Louth aquaculture companies have secured €311k in funding through the Department of Agriculture’s European Maritime and Fisheries Fund Programme.
Deputy O’Dowd said “Keenan Oysters Ltd have been awarded €179k through the EMFF to increase the production area of their oyster farm, the cost of the project will see a total investment of €448k. Separately Cooley Oysters Ltd have been awarded €132k through the EMFF to develop capacity building and expanding of their oyster farm in a project that will see a total investment of €330k.