Protecting the Shetland Islands

Succorfish's VMS units are being used to capture location, course and speed of 15 scallop vessels

A spatial management programme has been set up to protect vulnerable seabed habitat whilst monitoring, understanding and supporting scallop fleet activities in and around the Shetland Islands.

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