Application Details

Please refer to the information below for application.

• Application Guideline (Oct 2023 edition)

• Sustainable Fisheries Development Fund (General Application)
  • Application Form  (Oct 2023 edition) (829KB)
  • Sample of Application Form (Chinese version only)
  • Projected Cash Flow Template (Chinese version only) 

• Sustainable Fisheries Development Fund (Applicable only for applying for New Marine Fish Culture Licences)
  • Application Form  (Oct 2024 edition) (Chinese version only) 
  • Appendix I (Budget and Projected Cash Flow) and Appendix II (Details of Project Team) Templates (Chinese version only) 
  • Samples of Appendix I and Appendix II (Chinese version only) 

• Projects that may benefit from the Fund
• Notes for Auditing Requirements / Auditors of Recipient Organisations
• Specimen Auditors' Report
• Guidance Notes (Oct 2023 edition) and Application Form for Equipment Improvement Project (Group Application)  (726KB) (Oct 2023 edition) (Chinese version only)
• Guidance Notes (Oct 2023 edition) and Application Form for Equipment Improvement Project (Individual Application)  (702KB) (Oct 2023 edition) (Chinese version only)

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An applicant has to complete the above application form and send it together with the required supporting documents through email: sfdf@afcd.gov.hk or by post (Guidance on posting) to:

The Sustainable Fisheries Development Fund Secretariat
Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department
8/F, Cheung Sha Wan Government Offices,
303 Cheung Sha Wan Road, Kowloon

For SFDF application related to the application of new Marine Fish Culture Licence (MFCL), an applicant shall submit the application form (applicable only for applying for new Marine Fish Culture Licences), together with the application form for new MFCL and required supporting documents, by 16 December 2024, through either of the below means:

1. Email to fish_lic_enf@afcd.gov.hk;
2. By post to Fisheries Enforcement and Special Projects Division, Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department, 8/F, Cheung Sha Wan Government Offices, 303 Cheung Sha Wan Road, Kowloon [Application for New Marine Fish Culture Licence] (the stamped date will be taken as the date of application);
3. Put in the drop-in box placed at the ground floor of Cheung Sha Wan Government Offices during 9am - 5pm on Monday to Friday.

Processing of an application with all necessary information provided would be completed within 6 months. However, a longer time may be required should there be many applications or the applications involve issues that require more time to consider.