Editing Shetland (section)

=== Fishing ===

[[File:Maquereaux etal.jpg|thumb|290px| [[Atlantic Mackerel]]]]

Fishing is central to the islands' economy today, with the total catch being {{cvt|75767|tonne}} in 2009, valued at over £73.2&nbsp;million. [[Atlantic mackerel]] makes up more than half of the catch in Shetland by weight and value, and there are significant landings of [[haddock]], [[atlantic cod|cod]], [[atlantic herring|herring]], [[merlangius merlangus|whiting]], [[lophius piscatorius|monkfish]] and [[shellfish]].<ref name="SIC16">Shetland Islands Council (2010) pp. 16–17</ref>

A report published in October 2020 was optimistic about the future of this sector in: "With new fish markets in Lerwick and Scalloway, and plans to expand its aquaculture offerings in Yell, Shetland is preparing for more growth in its biggest industry".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.shetland.org/blog/shetlands-fishing-industry |title=Good times for Shetland's fishing industry |date=1 October 2020 |work=Promote Shetland |access-date=7 February 2021 |quote= |archive-date=26 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210226010726/https://www.shetland.org/blog/shetlands-fishing-industry |url-status=live }}</ref>

As of February 2021, the Promote Shetland website stated that "more fish is landed in Shetland than in England, Wales and Northern Ireland combined', that "Shetland harvests 40,000 tonnes of salmon a year, worth £180&nbsp;million" and that "6,500 tonnes of mussels are grown in Shetland, more than 80 per cent of the total Scottish production".<ref name="About">{{cite web |url=https://www.shetland.org/about |title=About |date= |work=Promote Shetland |access-date=7 February 2021 |quote= |archive-date=20 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120201447/https://www.shetland.org/about |url-status=live }}</ref>