New abalone plant for Geelong

Workers made redundant from Ford could be in line for jobs at a new abalone processing plant in Geelong.

A $1 million Great Southern Waters seafood plant is expected to create eight full-time jobs by June 2016, increasing to 15 by 2017-18.

Western Victoria MP David Koch said on Tuesday former local automotive factory workers would be well-placed to be win jobs.

The plant's construction will be subsidised by a $377,000 grant from the Geelong Region Innovation and Investment Fund, set up by the federal and Victorian governments together with Ford Australia.