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Island communities protest SSEN pylon proposal amid calls for underground cables  TheNational.scot

Alistair Carmichael MP asks Ofcom to tackle roaming charges on NorthLink Ferries  Shetland Times

Reviews Yule Gadderie delivers a magical ‘full body musical massage’  Shetland News

Shetland archivist Brian Smith reviews Judith Jesch’s new translation of The Saga of the Earls of Orkney.

Pelagic fishermen and politicians have rallied against new requirements to increase the quota of mackerel and herring landed at Scottish ports.

REVIEW: The Saga of the Earls of Orkney, translated by Judith Jesch, ‘supersedes all its predecessors’  Shetland Times

Election Goodlad calls on SNP government to reverse pelagic landing obligation decision  Shetland News

‘Dangerous precedent’ – politicians condemn new landing requirements which pelagic fishermen warn could change the family owned fleet for ever  Shetland Times

Shetland fishermen call on EU and Greenland to ‘come aboard’ and make a mackerel deal  Shetland Times

Marine Pelagic industry calls on EU to join coastal state agreement  Shetland News