by Noreen Boyle | Jun 1, 2022 | Safety, Skipper Expo Int. Aberdeen News
Funded event in environmental training pool highlighted the dangers of falling overboard fishing vessels. Falling overboard is the biggest single cause of workplace fatalities in the fishing industry. In 2021, ten fishermen have tragically lost their lives at sea. Six...
by Niall Duffy | Aug 5, 2020 | UK
by Hans Marter, Shetland News AS THE first fish was landed at Lerwick’s new fish market this morning (Wednesday, August 5), an industry leader hailed the new market at Mair’s Quay as a “tangible sign” of where the sector is heading after Brexit. Local trawler Sedulous...
by Niall Duffy | Jun 12, 2020 | News
FISHERMEN have described the conduct of Spanish gillnetters to the northwest of Shetland as “intolerable” after video footage was posted on social media showing a Spanish gillnetter attempting to run a rope through the propeller of a local whitefish trawler, reports...
by Niall Duffy | May 8, 2020 | News
THE FISHING industry in Shetland has voiced its opposition to suggestions by opposition politicians that the Brexit transition period should be extended by another two years, reports Shetland News. Shetland Fishermen’s Association (SFA) said the industry had been...
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