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Aims & Outcomes

Scottish Sustainable Marine Environment Initiative

Aims

  • Scottish coastlinePromote more holistic and integrated approaches that embrace the key principles of marine management
  • Link and integrate existing management instruments
  • Employ effective mechanisms to increase awareness and appropriate communication between resource users and other stakeholders
  • Enable the development and evaluation of innovative management approaches, including promotion of techniques to assist users to better manage their resources
  • Ensure consistency with International, UK and Scottish Government commitments and obligations

Outcomes

  • Establish a suite of pilot schemes, developing transferable and applicable innovative approaches to delivering sustainable marine management for Scotland
  • Ensure an economically and socially sustainable future for Scotland's coastal communities and marine industries
  • Deliver environmental benefits whilst supporting sustainable use of natural resources

Page updated: Friday, May 1, 2009