Ever since the UK joined the EU, our fishing communities have had to suffer the destruction and loss of over half of our fishing fleets, as our government followed directives from ICES in the EU resulting in many years of government imposed cuts in UK fishing quotas. Many of the.
It was reported last week that the SIC are to conduct a new transport consultation, this will be the third one this century; so the question I have to ask is, will the result produced by SIC officialdom from this new consultation on transport links; be any more credible than.
We at the Whalsay Community Council read with interest of a recent visit by the Chief Executive of Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) Stuart Black when it appeared in the local media and the comments that were made regarding fixed links to the North Isles. We were.
The mistake of building new ferries and terminals for Yell Sound at the turn of this century instead of a fixed link is now evident for all to see; it appears to have been caused by SIC officialdom presenting flawed figures to our councillors. SIC officials had advised.