Shetland Islands Broadcasting Company

This is the last day in Lerwick harbour for the yachts in the Shetland Race with 17 or 18 returning to Bergen. They are setting off from off the Lerwick Boating Club at 5:00 pm this afternoon.

On their last day in Lerwick, the yachting crews, and anyone else, will be able to enjoy some local events. This includes a showcase of Shetland's seafood heritage at Fort Charlotte.

In the latest water situation report from the Scottish Environment Protection Agency, Shetland remains at the normal level for water scarcity, along with Orkney, the Western Isles and the west of Scotland.

More sanctioned shadow-fleet tankers have been passing Shetland. One, the 27 year old Cameroon registered 274 metre Suezmax tanker Zambra, passed through the Fair Isle Channel, only six nautical miles south of Fair Isle, while on the way from Ust Luga to Singapore.

The cruise ship in Lerwick harbour today is the 240 metre Viking Vela at Mairs East on arrival from Aberdeen and departure for Bergen.

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.