The purpose of the scheme is to restore balance between fleet capacity and available quotas following the quota reductions arising from the Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA), ensuring the profitability of the fleet.
The scheme aims to support fleet segment impacted by:
The scheme will support vessels in the polyvalent and beam trawl segments to permanently cease all fishing activity, thus increasing the quota available for remaining vessels.
While vessels in the polyvalent and beam trawl fleets may fish quota species impacted by the TCA quota reductions and are thus negatively impacted by the TCA, the scheme will target applications by vessels most active in fishing such quota species as their voluntarily removal from the fleet will most contribute to restoring fleet balance and to increasing the amount of quota available to vessels remaining in the fleet.
Who is Eligible The scheme is open to licence holders of fishing vessels that:
How to Apply Apply online on Grant Electronics Management System
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You will be required to upload scanned copies of the following documents, in PDF or image format:
It is the applicant’s responsibility to ensure that all required documentation is provided.
Delays caused by failure to do so may result in:
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