Fishers must declare they aren't sending weapons to Russia before they can decommission

The owners of up to as many as 80 trawlers from the country’s 180-strong offshore fishing fleet are understood to have applied to be accepted onto the Brexit Voluntary Decommissioning Scheme. File picture: Dan Linehan

Fishermen and women who want to avail of the Government’s decommissioning scheme have to confirm they are not exporting arms to Russia.

The contract they have to sign, in front of a lawyer, also stipulates they cannot be investors in Russian State-run financial institutions.