Prawn Fisher’s Financial Guidance and Training Support Program

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Make sure you read the program guidelines or visit www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/fishing/commercial website for more information.

Prawn Fisher’s Financial Guidance and Training Support Program aims to provide short-term financial support to eligible business owners.

  • Up to $1,000 GST inclusive for financial guidance and
  • Up to $9,000 GST inclusive for training.

Instructions for Applicants

Before completing this application form, you should have read the program guidelines, Incomplete applications and/or applications received after the closing date will not be considered.

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Disclaimer

The Applicant acknowledges and agrees that:

  • submission of this application does not guarantee funding will be granted, and the Department expressly reserves its right to accept or reject this application at its discretion;
  • it must bear the costs of preparing and submitting this application and the Department does not accept any liability for such costs, whether or not this application is ultimately accepted or rejected; and
  • it has read the Funding Guidelines for the Program and has fully informed itself of the relevant program requirements.

Privacy Notice

By submitting this Application form, the Applicant acknowledges and agrees that:

  • the Department is required to comply with the Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998 (NSW) (the Privacy Act) and that any personal information (as defined by the Privacy Act) collected by the Department in relation to the program will be handled in accordance with the Privacy Act and its privacy policy (available at: https://www.dpc.nsw.gov.au/privacy);
  • the information it provides to the Department in connection with this application will be collected and stored on a database and will only be used for the purposes for which it was collected (including, where necessary, being disclosed to other Government agencies in connection with the assessment of the merits of an application) or as otherwise permitted by the Privacy Act.

Use of Information

By submitting this application form, the Applicant acknowledges and agrees that:

  • the Department will use reasonable endeavours to ensure that any information received in or in respect of this application which is clearly marked ‘Confidential’ is treated as confidential, however, such documents will remain subject to the Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 (NSW) (GIPA Act); and
  • in some circumstances the Department may release information contained in this application form and other relevant information in relation to this application in response to a request lodged under the GIPA Act or otherwise as required or permitted by law.

Eligibility Confirmation

To be eligible for the Prawn Fisher's Financial Guidance and Training Support Program, you must meet the eligibility requirements set out in the program guidelines, and summarised below:

  • have an Australian Business Number (ABN)
  • be registered for GST
  • be one of the following:
    • a company incorporated in Australia
    • an incorporated association or co-operative
    • a partnership
    • a sole trader
  • declare in the application form that the applicant is not aware of any issues which could cause reputational or other risks to the NSW Government

Additionally:

  1. Applicant for Financial Guidance Grants (up to $1,000) must also provide evidence of ownership of a fishing business component of which are Estuary General Prawning – Region 1, Estuary General Prawning – Region 2 or Estuary Prawn Trawl – Clarence River shares.
  2. Applicant for Training Grants (up to $9,000) must also provide evidence of ownership of a fishing business component of which are Estuary General Prawning – Region 1, Estuary General Prawning – Region 2 or Estuary Prawn Trawl – Clarence River and the support payment conditional on the surrender of shares

Please refer to the program guidelines for detailed eligibility criteria.

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