Aquaculture is the big winner in the latest Provincial Growth Fund spend
Aquaculture is the big winner in the latest Provincial Growth Fund spend
14 December 2018
Eastern Bay of Plenty will receive more than 25 million dollars - most of it for three initiatives to grow the aquaculture industry.
Whakatohea Mussels Opotiki's been promised the lion's share.
Up to 19-million-850-thousand dollars will go towards developing a deep water mussel farm and processing factory - which could create more than 200 jobs year-round.
Minister of Fisheries Stuart Nash says seafood export earnings are expected to grow to just under two billion dollars by 2020.
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