Swan back after Faroese trip to celebrate historicial fishing links
Shetland’s sail training ship the Swan recently returned from a 12-day trip to Faroe where, as always, the crew and passengers were made very welcome
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Double award, ferry fares and trust campaign in this week’s paper
Shetland Times is Newspaper of the Year, campaigners expect ferry fares reduction and pressure mounts on Charitable Trust, all in this week’s Shetland Times •…
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Faroe leader in first visit to Shetland and Up-Helly-A’
Faroese Prime Minister Aksel V Johannesen arrived in Shetland today for a visit with the SIC and various industries, as well as, of course, the
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Joined-up plan is needed (John Tulloch)
The Whalsay fish factory closed in 2012 with ferry cuts cited by locals as a prime cause. Symbister Harbour and Whalsay’s ferries are deteriorating and
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Danish warship arrives to pick up seized inflatable
A Danish Navy warship called at Lerwick Harbour yesterday afternoon to take charge of the Sea Shepherd inflatable which was seized by police earlier in
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Anti-whaling ship heads to Faroe to disrupt mass killing
The anti-whalehunting vessel Sam Simon, which arrived in Lerwick yesterday, is today en route to Faroe with the aim of disrupting the annual mass killing
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Demand for tougher stance on Faroe mackerel quota
Shetland pelagic fishermen have echoed processors’ demands to slash Faroese boats’ access to mackerel in European Union waters.
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Disagreement over success of mackerel deal
Scottish Fisheries Secretary Richard Lochhead has hailed the tri-partite deal on mackerel between the EU, Norway and Faroe as potentially worth an extra £83 million
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White fish access to Faroe worth £3 million
Scottish fishermen will once more have access to Faroese waters following the first EU/Faroe fishing agreement since 2010.
READ FULL STORYCrews set to get fines paid backroe
The two Shetland fishing crews who were socked with fines of nearly £48,000 by the Faroese are to be compensated by the Scottish government as…
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By JOHN ROBERTSON Action has been taken to prevent a repeat of the communication breakdown which led to two Shetland boats being fined nearly £48,000…
READ FULL STORYBlame game begins after skippers fined for fishing in restricted zone
By JOHN ROBERTSON The Scottish Government has blamed the European Commission for two Shetland skippers being fined nearly £48,000 by the Faroese this week for…
READ FULL STORYFaroe refuses Smyril compensation
By JOHN ROBERTSON The Faroese prime minister has refused to offer to compensate Shetland for its diminishing investment in the troubled Smyril Line. Instead the…
READ FULL STORYResume ferry service or return our cash, Cluness warns Faroe
By JOHN ROBERTSON A diplomatic row is brewing with Faroe over Shetland’s lost millions in the crippled shipping line Smyril which the government there has…
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