Financial support for Scottish seafood processors to help them through economic pressures related to the Covid-19 outbreak will be available through a new £10 million (€11.3 million/$12.2 million) government scheme.

With many seafood businesses fighting for survival, and in turn threatening livelihoods in coastal communities, the Scottish Seafood Business Resilience Fund aims to provide a combination of grants and loans to businesses suffering severe hardship following the shutdown of international markets and the food service industry across the UK.