Shetland suffered a 29 percent slump in the value of fish and shellfish landed in its ports during 2015, while volumes fell by 8 percent, according to new figures reported in The Press & Journal.
Provisional statistics compiled by senior policy adviser Ian Napier of NAFC Marine Centre UHI at Scalloway reveal 73,000 metric tons of fish and shellfish, worth a total of £60 million (€76 million/$87 million), landed by local and visiting boats.
The figures are down sharply from 2014 after mackerel fishers took a big hit from quota cuts, plunging prices and the closure of their key Russian market due to trade sanctions.
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