Falmouth has a well known traditional native oyster fishery. However, this project will help the marketing of oysters further by promoting quality oysters to the retail, wholesale, catering and for export.

The company at present supplies many local Falmouth restaurants and hotels and many well-known London restaurants with top quality Cornish oysters. With the addition of this new plant this will enable the company to expand at a far greater rate bringing greater prospects to the Falmouth fishery.

In addition Falmouth Bay Oysters will create two new jobs in the local area, increasing employment within Cornwall.

Alison Elvey, Objective One Fisheries Programme Manager has stated, "Any assistance to promote Falmouth’s native oyster fishery should be welcomed. Good markets for the oysters will secure better prices for the fishermen to keep the fishery going. It is hoped the fishery will be able to keep fishermen and merchants in jobs in the long term".

Mr Childs commented, " We at Falmouth Bay Oysters are indebted to SW PESCA for their assistance in obtaining this grant. With the additional equipment the company will be able to increase sales and product range of Cornish shellfish thereby assisting in safeguarding the future of the fishery and our workforce."