Shetland Islands Broadcasting Company

Jim Fairlie, the Scottish government minister for agriculture, marine & the islands, is visiting Shetland this week, the second Scottish government ministerial visit in a fortnight.

After spending 21 days last month monitoring Russian shipping, the Royal Navy has warned that Russian activity around the UK's waters, including around Shetland, is increasing.

Meanwhile, passing to the west of Shetland yesterday, having sailed to the east and to the north of Shetland on Saturday, were two sanctioned tankers.

After the drilling and blasting this summer by the drill platform Rockmate, assisted by the tug Jennie D, the dredger Odin with tug Duchess is dredging up the debris from off the North Ness.

White fish box landings: 13 boats landed about 2000 boxes.

Pelagic fish landings: The herring season is now underway with the Antarctic the first to land at Lerwick. The Chrisma is fishing north of Shetland, after grounding near a replacement buoy east of Gremista East on leaving Lerwick harbour yesterday. The Charisma pumped ballast to refloat itself.

The cruise ship in Lerwick harbour today is the 229 metre Viking Sky on arrival from Aberdeen and departing for Bergen.