Audible response

Consultation response regarding the executive order on grants for green transition fisheries

Danish Ports thanks for the opportunity to comment on the draft executive order on grants for green transition fisheries. We find it fundamentally positive that the purpose is to promote climate and environmental improvement solutions in Danish fisheries to secure future employment and to generate knowledge about new fisheries and optimization of the value of existing fisheries.

General comments

• In general, Danish Ports notes that the pool's funds are allocated on a "first-come, first-served" basis in the order in which applications are received and based on a maximum amount of up to DKK 10 million, which represents approximately 1/5 of the total size of the pool. We note that the funds in the total pool will thus potentially quickly be exhausted before the pool's application deadline of September 15, 2024. With a "first come, first served" principle, it is not guaranteed that the pool goes to the best projects for society.
• Vi har noteret, at der er en forskel mellem ministeriets officielle vejledning om tilskud, Grøn omstilling fiskeri fra maj 2024, og Bekendtgørelsen. I ministeriets officielle vejledning indgår virksomheder ikke længere af listen over, hvem der kan søge. I bekendtgørelsen lyder det følgende ”§ 2. Tilskud efter § 1, stk. 2, nr. 1 og 3, kan ansøges af virksomheder, producentorganisationer, brancheorganisationer, fiskeriforeninger, analyseinstitutter og tekniske eller videnskabelige organer”. Hvor der i vejledningsmaterialet bl.a. står følgende at ”Fiskeriforeninger,
  producentorganisationer, brancheorganisationer, analyseinstitutter og tekniske-videnskabelige
  organer” kan søge om midlerne. Skal det forstås som, at f.eks. fiskerihavnene,
  som virksomhed, dermed vil skulle indgå i samarbejde med f.eks. et videnskabeligt/teknisk organ, for at kunne ansøge puljen?
  
  Med venlig hilsen
  Tina Grønholdt Hansen