Almost a fifth of UK fish landed in Shetland in 2015

More fish were landed in Shetland in 2015 than in all of England, Wales and Northern Ireland put together, according to statistics.

The NAFC Marine Centre research states more fish and shellfish were landed in Shetland last year than in any other port in the UK except Peterhead.

The report said just over 72,000 tonnes of fish and shellfish worth £61m were landed in Shetland.

That represented 16% of all landings in the UK.

Almost a quarter of all the fish and shellfish landed in Scotland in 2015 was in Shetland.

Dr Ian Napier, of the NAFC Marine Centre, estimated that European Union fishing boats, including UK boats, caught about 450,000 tonnes of fish and shellfish worth more than £300m in the waters around Shetland.

This was a third of the total catch in UK waters.