The Scottish Government

Links

The list below includes some of the government departments, devolved administrations, public bodies and non-governmental organisations involved in a range of issues relating to the marine environment

UK Government

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra)

Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR)

Department for Transport (DfT)

Ministry of Defence (MoD)

Research

Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (CEFAS)

Dunstaffnage Marine Laboratory -Scottish Association of Marine Science

Fisheries Research Services (FRS)

Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)

Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA)

Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH)

Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS)

Aberdeen Institute for Coastal Sciences and Management

Natural Research Environment Council (NERC)

North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organisation (NASCO)

Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency (SFPA)

Sea Mammal Research Unit (SMRU), St Andrews

British Marine Aggregate Producers Association

British Wind Energy Association (BWEA) - website for the UK offshore wind energy industry

MarClim - Marine Climate Change and Biodiversity

Marine Biological Association

Marine Conservation Society

Scotland and Northern Ireland Forum for Environmental Research (SNIFFER)

The Marine Life Information Network for Britain and Ireland (MarLIN)

International Council for the Exploration of the Sea

OSPAR Commission (for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North- East Atlantic)

UK Biodiversity (UKBAP)

UK Marine SACs Project

Other

Environment and Heritage Services Northern Ireland

National Assembly of Wales (NAW)

Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA)

North Sea Conference

OSPAR Commission (for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic)

United Kingdom Offshore Operators Association (UKOOA) - Same site, now UK Oil & Gas

Scottish Coastal Forum

Scottish Biodiversity Forum

British Ports Association

Scottish Renewables Forum

Tourism and Environment Forum

VisitScotland

Useful Documents

Protecting and Promoting Scotland's Freshwater Fish and Fisheries a review - www.scotland.gov.uk/library2/doc14/saff-00.asp

Scotland's freshwater fish and fisheries: Securing their future - www.scotland.gov.uk/library3/fisheries/sfwf-02.asp

The future for Scotland's waters - guiding principles on the technical requirements of the water framework directive - http://www.sepa.org.uk/publications/waterframework/future_for_scotlands_waters.pdfes

"Modern Ports: A UK Policy"
www.scotland.gov.uk/transport/ports

Review of Development in Coastal and Marine Waters
http://www.shipping.dft.gov.uk/marine/index.htm

The UK strategy for radioactive discharges 2001-2020
http://www.defra.gov.uk/environment/radioactivity/discharge/strategy/