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Grants build on cost-relief actions taken by Governor last week to help Maine’s iconic seafood industry Trenton, MAINE – Governor Mills announced today that her Administration is awarding more than $15 million to 107 Maine seafood dealers and processors to help increase the supply of Maine-harvested seafood, strengthen their ability to deliver to markets, and create and sustain jobs throughout Maine’s iconic seafood industry. Businesses in every coastal county received awards, with more th...

Eligible uses for funds from the Maine Seafood Dealer and Processors COVID-19 Response and Resilience Program include payroll costs and expenses and rent or mortgage payments.

The program is a component of the governor's Maine Jobs and Recovery Plan, investing federal American Rescue Plan Act funds in Maine people and businesses.

Program commits nearly $16 million in Federal funds to help seafood dealers and processors in Maine recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, invest in technology and infrastructure, and increase resiliency to future market disruptions Governor Janet Mills announced today the opening of a nearly $16 million grant program through her Maine Jobs & Recovery Plan to help Maine’s wholesale seafood dealers and processors recover from the COVID-19 pandemic and invest in infrastructure improvements that...

Seafood processors who spent money preparing for, preventing exposure to and responding to the COVID pandemic may be eligible for relief from the Alaska Department of Commerce, Community and Economic

The grant comes from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce (MDAC) and the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources (MDMR) will manage a $1,606,446 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to support seafood processors, processing f

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island's seafood industry is getting a nearly $400,000 boost from the federal government to help it weather and recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. The roughly $371,000 from the Seafood Processors Pandemic Response and Safety Block Grant Program provides relief for local seafood processors and processing facilities, the state's congressional delegation said in a joint statement this week.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island's seafood industry is getting a nearly $400,000 boost from the federal government to help it weather and recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. The roughly $371,000 from the Seafood Processors Pandemic Response and Safety Block Grant Program provides relief for local seafood processors and processing facilities, the state's congressional delegation said in a joint statement this week.

$1.5 million in federal grant money will help offset costs incurred by the COVID-19 pandemic, while prospects overall look great for the first time in over two years.