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 STORYA call has been made for the government to give “answers and action” on emerging frustrations in the fishing sector over the UK’s EU trade
READ FULL STORYEU residents are being urged to make sure they secure their right to continue living in the isles. Citizens of the EU, Norway, Liechtenstein, Iceland…
READ FULL STORYFishing leaders have criticised the Brexit deal, but insisted they will “roll up their sleeves” to secure improvements.
READ FULL STORYShetland’s MP says he will not support the last minute deal agreed between Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Alistair Carmichael insists the agreement negotiated at the…
READ FULL STORYKey fishing stocks landed by Shetland fleets are set to be hit by the Brexit fisheries deal, according to Scottish government analysis. Fergus Ewing, cabinet…
READ FULL STORYPressure is mounting on the government to provide “full detail” of promised support for sheep farmers in the event of no-deal.
READ FULL STORYThe Scottish government has “no excuse” for being short on vital health inspectors required for post-Brexit checks on fishing catches. That is the view of…
READ FULL STORYShetland food producers met with UK government ministers to secure commitments on export concerns.
READ FULL STORYSchool milk is going back on the menu following an 11th hour intervention by the Scottish government. Councillors were poised to agree to increase the…
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 STORYChildren are to stop being offered milk in primary schools as a result of the UK’s departure from the European Union – a move described
READ FULL STORYPeople are “sick and tired” of the Prime Minister’s “Brexit melodrama”, according to isles MP Alistair Carmichael. . Mr Carmichael launched a scathing attack on…
READ FULL STORYThe UK would soar up the global table if it followed Norway’s practice of landing more than eight in 10 fish caught in its own
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