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Coronavirus: NI Fishermen offered money to stop fishing

October 5, 2020

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Fishermen can apply to either of two “tie-up” periods between mid-October and the end of November.

Northern Ireland’s fishing fleet is to be offered money to stop fishing as markets for its produce shrink due to Covid.

A £1.7m pot is available to fishermen who wish to stop fishing for six weeks.

They can apply to either of two “tie-up” periods between mid-October and the end of November.

The closure of pubs, restaurants and workplaces across Europe has seen a big reduction in demand for full prawns and scampi – NI’s main exports.

The cash will help will crew costs, mortgage payments on boats, insurance and harbour fees.

Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots came to Portavogie harbour in County Down to announce the scheme.

Eighty per cent of the cash is from an EU fund, the rest is match funding from the executive.

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Boris Johnson to set fishing ultimatum in crunch EU summit

October 3, 2020

Boris Johnson will demand that the increasingly isolated French president, Emmanuel Macron, caves in to UK demands on fishing as the price for a trade and security deal at a key meeting with the European commission president on Saturday.

Boris Johnson wearing a hat and glasses: Photograph: Reuters

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The prime minister will speak to Ursula von der Leyen on Saturday afternoon in a video-conference call to “take stock of negotiations and discuss next steps”.

Johnson said he was “pretty optimistic” a Brexit deal could be reached. The prime minister told the Daily Telegraph the prospects of securing a deal by the end of the year to avoid an abrupt separation “are very good if everybody just exercises some common sense and looks at the deal that is there to be done”.

Boris Johnson wearing a hat and glasses: Boris Johnson, seen here during a visit to Grimsby fish market in December, hopes to win concessions on fisheries in trade negotiations with the EU.

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Boris Johnson, seen here during a visit to Grimsby fish market in December, hopes to win concessions on

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