Algal Bloom Resilience Grant

The Algal Bloom Resilience Grant provided payments of between $25,000 and $150,000 to support commercial fisheries and aquaculture licence holders to invest in improving business resilience.

This funding could be used on projects that build business resilience, take advantage of new opportunities, and create or help protect jobs. Funding could be used towards project-related costs, including:

• the purchase of new equipment
• the replacement or upgrades to existing equipment which substantially improve resilience, expand business capabilities/operations or support algal bloom clean-up and repair
• mentoring, research and development costs
• training and re-skilling existing staff
• payments to consultants (e.g. designers, engineers and technical specialists)
• algal bloom clean-up or repair of harvest area infrastructure costs
• and more.

Applications closed on 31 March 2026.