Marine Fund Scotland 2026–27

What it is

Scottish Government grants for fishing, aquaculture, seafood supply-chain, ports and marine-economy projects supporting a sustainable marine economy; Round 1 of the 2026–27 fund closed 15 May 2026 and a second round is not guaranteed.

⚠️ ingest normalisation 2026-08-22: capture set to no-headline-£ (fixed 0): the funder's guidance states no per-award range in the verified sources; award size is project-based. Verified 2026-08-21 on gov.scot (marine-and-fisheries-grants policy page + Marine Fund Scotland 2026-27 general guidance notes): the fund opened to new applications 18 Mar 2026 and the first round closed 15 May 2026 at 23:59; applications received after the deadline are held for any potential future rounds but a second round cannot be guaranteed — modelled as between_rounds with rolling:true/deadline:null per the seed convention for between-rounds schemes. Grant rates verified today on the guidance 'Grant rates' page: private commercial SMEs up to 50% of eligible costs (capture pct), large businesses up to 30%, fishers/collectives up to 60%, public-law bodies and high-collective-added-value projects up to 100%, Young Fishers up to 40% capped at £75,000 per application; the stated rate is TOTAL public funding across all public sources. No overall minimum/maximum award is published on the pages checked — the rescue's £2k–£1.8m band and £16m pot were NOT confirmed on the funder pages today, so no valueMin/valueMax. Grants are paid in arrears on completed claims; apply via the Marine Scotland Funding Portal (funding.marine.gov.scot). Marine/fisheries sector mapped to the closest wizard sectors (food-production, agriculture, other) — imperfect fit recorded here. The Notion rescue held two variant rows of this one programme (both already marked as duplicates of each other); one row emitted.