FINANCING OPTIONS

The California Fisheris Fund is actively looking for new investments that increase the value of fisheries catch, enhance conservation, and strengthen fishing communities.

California Fisheries Fund offers three types of loans:

Fishing association loans

CFF works with fishing associations to support their efforts to improve fisheries management and enhance sustainable fisheries. Through fishing association loans, CFF may invest in, for example, gear switching, implementing catch shares, or implementing comanagement strategies.

Infrastructure loans

Ports, communities, and other organizations that support sustainable fisheries improvements may require investments in infrastructure. CFF will invest in these infrastructural improvements, where commercial and public agency lenders may not due to real or perceived risks. CFF may invest in, for example, improvements in off-loading capacity, ice machine capacity, minor cold storage, or processing.

Business loans

CFF will support individual business efforts to add value to seafood or achieve other goals consistent with the purposes of the Fund. CFF may invest in, for example, equipment, product innovations, or market development.