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
READ FULL STORYShetland’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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READ FULL STORYFaroese Prime Minister Aksel V Johannesen arrived in Shetland today for a visit with the SIC and various industries, as well as, of course, the
READ FULL STORYThe 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
READ FULL STORYA Danish Navy warship called at Lerwick Harbour yesterday afternoon to take charge of the Sea Shepherd inflatable which was seized by police earlier in
READ FULL STORYThe 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
READ FULL STORYShetland pelagic fishermen have echoed processors’ demands to slash Faroese boats’ access to mackerel in European Union waters.
READ FULL STORYScottish 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
READ FULL STORYScottish fishermen will once more have access to Faroese waters following the first EU/Faroe fishing agreement since 2010.
READ FULL STORYThe 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…
READ FULL STORYBy 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 STORYBy 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 STORYBy 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 STORYBy 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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