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A new grant to support fishing businesses during the ongoing COVID\-19 pandemic has today been announced by the Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs, Lesley Griffiths.


Fishing has been hit especially hard as exports and domestic markets have shut due to the public health crisis.


Existing support for the wider business sector is often based on factors such as the rateable value of fixed premises, or the amount of members of staff employed – but these often don’t apply to fishing businesses.


The new support has been announced by the Welsh Government as a targeted grant for vessel owning fishing businesses, to ensure they are able to cover their costs during this difficult time.


The new grant will help cover fixed costs associated with owning a fishing vessel and will be based on the size of vessel owned. The grant will be calculated by vessel size, with a maximum payment of £10,000 to ensure synergies with the Economic Resilience Fund. The grant will be open to all active seafood businesses with Welsh\-licenced vessels and recorded sales of £10,000 or more in 2019, and all eligible fishers will be provided with a one off payment.


Further details on the application process will be announced shortly. Eligible fishers should first register online with Rural Payments Wales (RPW). Once the applications are open, fishers may then apply online through RPW.


The Minister said:



> We know that COVID\-19 and the storms earlier this year have caused significant difficulties for the fisheries sector.
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> Fishing is a hugely important part of the Welsh food and drink sector, and it sustains livelihoods and communities across our coasts.
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> But the COVID\-19 pandemic has hit exports and internal markets incredibly hard, leading to many in the sector facing the loss of their livelihoods, and the permanent closure of their businesses.
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> This will be a period of uncertainty for many in the sector, and that’s why we want to ensure we could support them as they face unavoidable costs. Action is now required to protect the future of the Welsh fishing businesses and the social fabric of our fishing communities which, due to the immediate and devastating impacts on markets, is now under threat.
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> The support provided will help those eligible to cover their costs during this difficult time, and ensure Wales has a competitive fishing sector once this crisis has passed.”







Translation:


 
Heddiw, mae Lesley Griffiths, Gweinidog yr Amgylchedd, Ynni a Materion Gwledig, wedi cyhoeddi grant newydd i gefnogi busnesau pysgota yn ystod y pandemig COVID\-19 parhaus.


Mae pysgota wedi dioddef ergyd arbennig o fawr wrth i farchnadoedd allforio a domestig gau oherwydd argyfwng iechyd y cyhoedd.


Mae cymorth sy’n bodoli eisoes ar gyfer y sector busnes ehangach yn aml yn seiliedig ar ffactorau megis gwerth ardrethol eiddo sefydlog, neu nifer yr aelodau staff a gyflogir – ond yn aml nid yw’r rhain yn berthnasol i fusnesau pysgota.


Mae’r cymorth newydd hwn wedi’i gyhoeddi gan Lywodraeth Cymru fel grant i dargedu busnesau pysgota sy’n berchen ar longau, i sicrhau eu bod yn gallu talu costau yn ystod yr adeg anodd hon.  

Bydd y grant newydd hwn yn helpu i dalu’r costau penodol sy’n gysylltiedig â bod yn berchen ar long pysgota a bydd yn seiliedig ar faint y llong.


Cyfrifwyd y grant ar sail maint llong, gyda mwyafswm o £10,000 i sicrhau synergedd gyda’r Gronfa Cadernid Economaidd. Bydd pob busnes bwyd môr gweithredol sydd â llongau trwyddedig yng Nghymru ac sy’n cofnodi gwerthiannau o £10,000 neu fwy yn 2019 yn gallu manteisio ar y grant, a bydd budd\-daliad sengl yn cael ei ddarparu i bob pysgotwr cymwys.


Bydd manylion pellach ar y broses ymgeisio yn cael eu cyhoeddi maes o law. Yn gyntaf, dylai pysgotwyr gofrestru ar\-lein gyda Taliadau Gwledig Cymru (RPW). Unwaith bod ceisiadau yn cael eu derbyn, gall pysgotwyr ymgeisio ar\-lein drwy RPW.


Dywedodd y Gweinidog:



> Rydym yn gwybod bod COVID\-19 a’r stormydd yn gynharach eleni wedi achosi cryn dipyn o anhawster i’r sector pysgodfeydd.
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> Mae pysgota yn rhan bwysig iawn o sector bwyd a diod Cymru, ac mae’n cynnal bywoliaeth a chymunedau ar draws ein harfordiroedd.
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> Ond mae COVID\-19 wedi effeithio’n arbennig o galed ar farchnadoedd allforio a mewnol, gan arwain at lawer yn y sector yn wynebu colli eu bywoliaeth, a chau eu busnesau yn barhaol.
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> Bydd hwn yn gyfnod o ansicrwydd i lawer yn y sector, a dyna pam rydym am sicrhau y gallem eu cefnogi wrth iddynt wynebu costau nad oes modd eu hosgoi. Mae angen gweithredu nawr i warchod dyfodol busnesau pysgota Cymru a ffabrig cymdeithasol ein cymunedau pysgota sydd bellach, oherwydd yr effeithiau dybryd a dinistriol ar farchnadoedd, dan fygythiad.
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> Bydd y cymorth a fydd yn cael ei ddarparu yn helpu’r rheini sy’n gymwys i dalu eu costau yn ystod y cyfnod anodd hwn, a sicrhau bod gan Gymru sector pysgota cystadleuol ar ôl i’r argyfwng hwn ddod i ben.