Pressure grows on government to help ease pressure for fishing sector
Pressure is growing on the UK government to help resolve the problem of mounting hold-ups in fish exports to the EU.
READ FULL STORYPressure is growing on the UK government to help resolve the problem of mounting hold-ups in fish exports to the EU.
READ FULL STORYTwo fish have been recaptured three years after being tagged by the NAFC. A thornback ray was caught by the Lerwick-registered Arcturus on the 8th November east of…
READ FULL STORYMore than half of the fish and shellfish caught in Shetland waters is landed by EU fishing boats, while the local fleet gets less than
READ FULL STORYTraffic at Lerwick Harbour continues to be severely impacted by the “dire effects” of Covid-19 and lower oil prices. Another quarter of reduced activity in…
READ FULL STORYSeafood Shetland has named the four winners from the “School of Fish” story-writing competition, which the industry ran as part of an online educational resource,…
READ FULL STORYGrieg Seafood is closing down its operations in the Skye because of the long distance between there and its main operations in Shetland. Eight jobs…
READ FULL STORYThe UK must keep “full control” over who has access to their waters if Brexit is to prove a success for fishermen. That statement comes…
READ FULL STORYA long-serving Scottish Sea Farms employee has been promoted to a new area manager role in Shetland. The company has restructured its Northern Isles farming…
READ FULL STORYThe last remains of the Buchan Alpha oil platform have been removed from the water at Dales Voe.
READ FULL STORYLerwick Harbour’s “state-of-the-art” whitefish market opened its doors for business on Wednesday morning
READ FULL STORYFishermen are being reminded that vessels must be registered as food businesses – and be open to inspection – before any catch can be exported
READ FULL STORYJune saw the biggest decrease in shipping movements at Lerwick Harbour in a month since the coronavirus situation began. The number of vessels listed as…
READ FULL STORYShetland is being allocated £350,000 more in 2020 than it did the year before
READ FULL STORYScottish Sea Farms is going to repay all money received from the UK government’s Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme as markets re-open and business performance begins
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