Salmon cages under tow again

THE SALMON cages washed out to sea during the Christmas Day hurricane have been located again, 82 miles east of Shetland.

The remaining eight cages, belonging to Meridian Salmon Group, have now been broken into smaller units and are being towed by three vessels towards Shetland, the Danish tug Westsund, and the whitefish trawlers, Fairway and Devotion.

Making progress of 1.5 knots per hour it is expected that the tow will take between 50 and 55 hours.

Meanwhile, the first two cages were towed into Dales Voe, Lerwick, on Thursday night and on Friday.

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