Agency says it is operating in a ‘fair, balanced and even-handed way’
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Marine Scotland defends its boarding policy
Eighty five per cent of all at sea inspections are carried out on UK fishing vessels.
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Chief executive Sandra Laurenson retires today after almost 44 years at Lerwick Harbour.
MORE favourable trade terms for the UK to access EU markets following Brexit are likely to depend on EU fishing vessels being given continued access to UK waters.
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Watchdog says current rules not adequate, as impact of salmon farming may not be contained to the vicinity of individual farms.
A HANDFUL of jobs are set to be lost in Scalloway as a result of Norwegian salmon feed producer Skretting closing down its UK production by April 2019.
The loss-making restaurant closed on Saturday unable to respond to new local competition.
Fishermen leaders say they are powerless until the UK has left the CFP.
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LOCAL company Thulecraft is investing almost three quarters of million pounds over three years into expanding and upgrading its box plant at Lerwick’s Blackhill industrial estate.
HAVE you ever found yourself wondering what’s inside that white minibus parked at Lerwick’s Lochside right next to the new emergency landing site?
EMERGENCY services were called out to attend to two road traffic collisions within an hour late on Monday afternoon.
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SCALLOWAY’s ‘new’ interim fish market is now operational ahead of Shetland Islands Council (SIC) awarding a £5.6 million contract to demolish the old market and build a new state of the art facility at Blacksness Pier.
FISHING leaders have welcomed a new fisheries bill which the UK Government says will bring more powers to Scotland after Brexit.
A £3 per day car parking charge at Sumburgh Airport will be introduced on 1 December ahead of the Christmas break.
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NEARLY three quarters of NHS Shetland’s properties are deemed to be in ‘good’ condition, despite the health board having the highest percentage of properties over 50 years old in Scotland.
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A LOCAL hairdresser who hit the national headlines a few years ago as the stylist of Shetland’s dancing pony Socks has come third in a national hairdressing competition.
FOUR deep water whales have washed up on various shores across Shetland over the last few weeks, raising concern that they may be linked with the deaths of over 80 whales washed up on the west coast of Scotland and Ireland during August and September.
OVER 6,000 tonnes of rock salt has been shipped into Scalloway Harbour as Shetland Islands Council prepares for its winter road treatment.
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THE COMMUNITY of Whalsay has been welcoming its second brand-new state-of-the-art pelagic trawler in as many months.
WESTSIDE based food blogger Elizabeth Atia will be travelling to London next month to attend the Vuelio Blog Awards ceremony after having been shortlisted in the food and drink category.
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LERWICK’s very own White House is slowly being repopulated again with five council services now operating from the North Ness building.
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SHETLAND’s very own historic tall ship the Swan arrived back in the isles at the weekend after having been stuck in Norway for three weeks due to poor weather.
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