LEADING fisheries experts have expressed concerns about the process by which the Marine Stewardship Council – the most established certifier of sustainable fisheries worldwide – goes about its certification and have called on the organisation to undergo “major reform” of its procedures.

NORTH Atlantic Shellfish Ltd is to reopen its newly upgraded mussel factory at Walls in Shetland in time for the start of the 2010/11 mussel harvesting season next week.

A BADLY injured woman was rescued from the foot of cliffs at Eyemouth yesterday morning after falling down the previous night.

EURONOR and the Compagnie des Pêches Saint Malo have applied jointly for Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification for their cod and haddock catches.