A trout farm in St Erth has been granted just under £38,000 of Objective 1 Fisheries Grants to re-develop the premises.

The re-development of the St Erth trout farm will enable it to start production up to quantities of 50 tonnes of fish a year. Funding will be used to revitalise the trout ponds and provide tanks for the trout hatchery. Once the production of trout is up and running, the processing factory on the site will be re-opened.

The farm will initially sell to local restaurants, fishmongers, processors and pubs and sell a high quality, healthy, tasty Cornish product.

Stuart Craggs, the owner of St Erth Trout Farm commented, "Without Objective 1 I don’t think a project of this nature would have been viable. Its great to see that the fund is accessible to smaller projects and this grant should secure a firm foundation from which to build up production".