Marine / Skipper full of praise for those involved in fishing boat rescue
Fishing
Emergency services / Stricken fishing vessel towed to safety
Marine / Conservation key for proper fisheries managementEnvironmental pressure group Open Seas responds to mounting criticism from local fishermen leaders
Marine / Association says local fishermen will ‘really suffer’ from proposed cod quota cut
Marine / Government funding available for fisheries innovation
Shetland Lives / A lifetime at seaRetired skippers John Arthur Irvine and Willie Williamson have more than 100 years of fishing between them. Both played a key role in progressing Whalsay’s pelagic fishing industry to what it is today. Here they share some of their stories with Chloe Irvine.
Marine / Record stocks disprove claims of overfishing, association says
Letters / Is the fishing industry now irrelevant to our governments?
Marine / Marine Scotland to publish fishing boat inspection dataRural affairs and islands cabinet secretary Mairi Gougeon is in Shetland on a three-day visit
Brexit / ‘Why is the fishing industry having to fight their own government for survival?’Questions emerge over the UK’s ability to police its own waters as Alistair Carmichael leads fishing debate in parliament
Marine / Cabinet secretary defends Marine Scotland’s fishing vessel boarding policyIsles MP accuses agency of ‘wilful blindness’ while SFA demands to see all the data
Marine / Latest fish catching quota advice triggers calls for substantive reform
Brexit / MP calls on fishing industry to get in touch with concern over Brexit impactMeanwhile a new video clip, posted on Monday, shows fishing ground confrontation off Shetland
Letters / Fishermen and tax-paying workers will lose
Marine / Old fishing nets recycled for charity
Marine / MCA to carry out fishing vessel safety inspections
Letters / A cautionary tale for Greenies
Letters / Green investors don’t see the damage they inflict on the environment
Arts / Traditional musicians help campaign to restore old Fife fishing boat
Marine / Local fishermen’s association calls for review panel to assess scientific catch advice
Letters / Time for the SNP to support local fishermen
Marine / Failure to strike UK-Norway fishing deal ‘brings long-awaited end to past practice’, local chief says
Marine / Shellfish men aggrieved at way the sector is managed locallyShetland Shellfish Management Organisation (SSMO) defends its stance and says accusations are false
Marine / Campaign looks to reduce risk of fishermen falling overboard
Letters / Start protecting our remote fishing communities
Letters / Does the SIC support fishing and aquaculture?
Marine / Frustration as Pesorsa Dos returns to local fishing grounds
Marine / Renewal programme continues as Courageous joins local fleet
Marine / New Courageous arrives home
Brexit / Fisheries deal makes life ‘unnecessarily difficult” for local fishermen
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