The EFF replaced the Financial Instrument for Fisheries Guidance (FIFG) which provided financial aidtothesector up to the end of 2006.
Cuireadh an CIE in ionad na hIonstraime Airgeadais um Threoir an Iascaigh (IATI) a chuir cabhair airgeadais ar fáil don earnáil go deireadh 2006.