HIE helps Balpha Mast
An innovative business which developed a revolutionary new sailing mast system designed to help fishermen curb fuel costs has moved a step closer to entering
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Bad-weather cash for creelers’ fund
A Scottish government fund has been set up to help creel fishermen badly affected by the exceptional winter weather.
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Prospect findings revealed
The Banff-registered fishing boat Prospect grounded last year because the skipper became distracted while taking a telephone conversation, a damning marine safety report has found.
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Halcrow crosses Equator and heads for Cape Horn
Adventurer Andrew Halcrow celebrated Christmas this year well below the Equator this year.
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Swan will head to Greenwich as part of a busy season next year
Next year will be another busy season for Shetland’s restored Fifie class herring drifter the Swan.
READ FULL STORYPort authority recruits more staff as harbour thrives
Lerwick Port Authority has recently recruited three more staff to supplement its pilot boat/tug crew, a move brought about by the increase in activity at
READ FULL STORYEffort moratorium call from fishermen’s association
A Shetland fishermen’s spokesman has called a freeze in effort cuts the “absolute minimum” result that will be acceptable from next month’s fisheries council.
READ FULL STORYBlueshell Mussels expansion aided by £150,000 investment
Brae-based seafood producer Blueshell Mussels is to move operations to a crab factory in the North Mainland as part of an expansion.
READ FULL STORYEU cash assists LPA’s latest plan to expand harbour
Lerwick Port Authority and Shetland Amenity Trust have both received major funding boosts to the tune of a combined £637,000 in the latest round of
READ FULL STORYEuropean fish quota talks under way
Crucial talks on next year’s fishing quotas began in Brussels today with the future of the North East Atlantic mackerel fishery and potential cuts to
READ FULL STORYDistinctive barge makes the move to Victoria Pier
It may only be a couple of weeks since it arrived, but the distinctive black-and-white barge, Sans Vitesse, has been shifted to a new location.
READ FULL STORYZebra barge arrives in Lerwick
The 88-cabin accommodation barge Sans Vitesse has arrived in Lerwick Harbour this evening.
READ FULL STORY‘No fisherman wants to discard fish, but quota system obliges them to’
Simon Collins moved to Shetland in January to become executive officer of Shetland Fishermen’s Association. In a new column on the industry he comments on
READ FULL STORYFirst freight and offshore vessels use new Mair’s Yard quay
Vessels have begun using Lerwick Port Authority’s new 151-metre long quay at Mair’s Yard in the past few days.
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