To ask the Minister for the Economy what steps he is taking to enable and encourage more small, local fishermen to provide businesses with local seafood.

Invest NI engages regularly with local fishery and aquaculture processing companies in relation to their business needs, with a particular focus on helping these companies to export local seafood into different external markets. They offer a range of financial and non-financial support to help these companies.

The Marine and Fisheries Division within DAERA has responsibility for providing advice and support to the local NI fishing fleet.