The Scottish Government

Marine Scotland is the lead marine management organisation in Scotland, bringing together the functions of the Fisheries Research Services ( Marine Scotland Science), the Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency ( Marine Scotland Compliance) and the Scottish Government Marine Directorate.

Vision and Role

Marine Scotland's vision is "to have clean, healthy, safe, productive, biologically diverse marine and coastal environments, managed to meet the long-term needs of people and nature" and its role is to encourage all concerned with the marine environment to work together towards agreed priorities, outcomes and objectives:

• To promote sustainable, profitable and well managed fisheries and aquaculture industries in Scotland
• To promote the marine renewables industry in Scotland through streamlined planning and regulatory frameworks
• To ensure a sound evidence base to inform the development and delivery of marine policy, planning and services
• To ensure effective compliance and enforcement arrangements
• To continue the integration of functions and resources and to develop the organisation's skills, competencies and capacity for new challenges, including potential new functions and responsibilities under the Marine (Scotland) Act 2010.

Marine Scotland also works closely with a number of other people, including industry representatives, other Government Departments and academic institutes.

Work

Marine Scotland has responsibility for a number of marine and fisheries issues, some of which are listed below. If you click on the links, you will be taken to a section of the website that explains more: