Northern Ireland-based processor Kilkeel Seafoods is set to invest £933,000 (€1.2 million/$1.6 million) into expanding its processing operations for wholetail scampi.
It will supply the scampi to Whitby Seafoods, its parent company based in north Yorkshire, reported BBC News.
The move will create 33 new jobs, provided over the next two years. Invest Northern Ireland (Invest NI) has offered support of £99,000 (€124,682/$169,614) for the 33 new posts through its Jobs Fund.
Kilkeel Seafood currently employs 140 people.
"This is a very significant and strategic investment by Whitby which will strengthen the position of Kilkeel Seafoods within the wider business and is being made because of the quality of products processed at the port from scampi sourced from local and Irish trawlers," said John Hood, food and tourism director at Invest NI.
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