Whitefish landings record tumbles again
Shetland’s whitefish market continued its record-breaking streak by topping the 400,000-box mark in 2017. A combination of healthy fish stocks, rising quotas and the advantages…
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Plenty of fish
A buoyant start to the new year at Lerwick fishmarket continued into the early part of the week as more than 2,500 boxes were landed…
READ FULL STORYNew year landings
MONDAY saw the first landings of the year at the fishmarkets after the New Year holiday. The week started relatively busy with good landings and…
READ FULL STORYGlut of fish on markets
THE BIGGEST landing of fish in Shetland this century was realised on Monday. According to LHD, a combination of poor weather last week and fishermen…
READ FULL STORYGood fish prices
TRADE at the Lerwick fishmarket was lighter this week with the poor spell of weather but there have been very good prices for what has…
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FISH prices have remained strong at the markets for monkfish and megrims during the last week. Prices for haddock and whiting have struggled in comparison,…
READ FULL STORYBusy spell at end of week for fishmarket
LERWICK fishmarket saw a reasonable week up to yesterday, according to fish agents LHD. Wednesday was particularly quiet, but things picked up yesterday when there…
READ FULL STORYFishmarket struggles to cope with bumper whitefish catches
By RYAN TAYLOR FISHING boats arriving at Lerwick with bumper catches have had to be turned away from the market because of insufficient space. A…
READ FULL STORYPoor weather boosts fish prices
PRICES at the Lerwick fishmarket have seen a big improvement this week as a poor spell of weather has reduced the supply of fish. The…
READ FULL STORYFish prices slip
FISH prices have slipped slightly in the last week for some haddock and whiting at the markets, although better quality ones are still going strong….
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