SHETLAND's MSP Beatrice Wishart has joined Shetland Fishermen’s Association (SFA) in calling for cable corridors around the isles ahead of the annual fishing debate in the Scottish Parliament meeting next week. Cable corridors would require infrastructure cables at sea, such.
SHETLAND Fishermen’s Association (SFA) has strongly refuted as “pure speculation” any suggestion that the recent damage to the Shefa-2 telecommunication cable was caused by a fishing vessel. Shetland suffered a major blackout last Thursday when the Faroese owned subsea.
UK fishing minister Victoria Prentis said she has listened carefully to what fishermen and industry leaders have told her about one of the islands’ key industries. Following a two day visit to Shetland during which she was lobbied by salmon farmers and fishermen, Prentis and.