The Sea Fish Industry (Coronavirus) (Fixed Costs) Scheme (Northern Ireland) 2021

Meaning of eligible Northern Ireland fishing boat

4.—(1) An eligible Northern Ireland fishing boat is a Northern Ireland fishing boat within the meaning of article 2(2) of the Sea Fisheries (Northern Ireland) Order 2002 which—

(a) is owned or chartered by an eligible person;

(b) has a valid safety certificate issued by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency;

(c) at the date of the application is insured for the purposes of commercial sea fishing;

(d) has, during the period 1^st November 2018 to 31^st October 2020 (both dates inclusive), conducted more than 50% of its sea fishing activity using static fishing gear;

(e) has, during the period 1^st November 2018 to 31^st October 2020 (both dates inclusive), landed more than 50% of its value of declared sea fish landings into ports in the United Kingdom;

(f) has declared sea fish landings for the year 2019 which were valued at £10,000 or more;

(g) had a minimum of 12 declared sea fish landings during the period 1^st June 2020 to 31^st October 2020 (both dates inclusive); and

(h) is not the subject of an application for financial support under the Department’s Temporary Cessation of Fishing Scheme 2020(1).

(2) In this article, “declared sea fish landing” means a declaration made to the Department giving information about the quantities and weight of each species of sea fish landed by a fishing boat.

(3) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(f), the value of declared sea fish landings is the value of sea fish landed by a fishing boat calculated by the Department by reference to the average weekly market price per kilogramme at first sale for each species of sea fish at the date of landing.

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This scheme is delivered under Article 33 of the Regulation (EU) No 508/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund