by Niall Duffy | Jun 2, 2021 | News, Regional
Scottish fishermen today called on retailers and food suppliers to stop sourcing Norwegian and Faroese mackerel after the two countries unilaterally increased their quota shares. The Scottish Pelagic Fishermen’s Association and the Shetland Fishermen’s Association...
by Niall Duffy | Nov 13, 2020 | News, Regional
More than half of the fish and shellfish caught in Shetland waters is landed by EU fishing boats, while the local fleet gets less than one sixth. The stark figures are contained in a new report by Dr Ian Napier of the NAFC Marine Centre UHI that shows just how rich...
by Lia ní Aodha | Jun 15, 2020 | Regional
Scotland’s two largest fishing associations are urging the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) to investigate and charge skippers who put lives in danger at sea. It follows the latest in a series of incidents dating back many years involving gill-netters which pose...
by Lia ní Aodha | 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 Lia ní Aodha | 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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