Award one in Drake's ship's exchanged for a fish (6,9)

I believe the answer is:

golden handshake

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(Other definitions for golden handshake that I've seen before include "severance pay" , "Reward for retiring" , "Parting gesture" , "Payoff" , "retirement present" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

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