Shetland Islands Broadcasting Company

With Shetland mussel farms growing 87.5 per cent of all common mussels grown in Scotland, a new report from Seafish has explored how shellfish farming could help tackle nutrient excess in waters while supporting seafood production.

A hyperbaric chamber in Lerwick goes back the mid 1980s, with at that time, a helicopter landing site at the Greenhead Base and regular incidents of divers suffering from decompression sickness. Now the recently formed Shetland Hyperbaric Centre has been raising funds, planning to reopen the chamber at the Lower Blackhill Industrial Estate this summer.

The Shetland Islands Council has announced revised dates for the delayed maintenance on the linkspan at the Papa Stour ferry terminal.

The twenty yachts in the Shetland Race have continued to enter Lerwick harbour, the last being the Norwegian Ocean Girl at just after 3 am this morning.

The Norwegian ocean services provider DeepOcean has been contracted by BP to assist in the decommissioning and recycling of subsea equipment in the Foinaven field 75 nautical miles west of Papa Stour.

In the latest employment statistics for Shetland there were 175 claimants in May, up 5 or 3 per cent on May last year.

In parliament Alistair Carmichael has demanded government time for a debate on changes to the remuneration of coastguard rescue officers.