The Scottish Government

Directory of the main sites of interest to the coastal and maritime management community. It is not exhaustive and many of the sites listed below provide further links.

UK Government

• Office of Public Sector Information (OPSI) - provides a first entry point to UK public sector information on the internet http://www.opsi.gov.uk
• Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR, formerly DTI) http://www.berr.gov.uk
• BERR: Oil and Gas www.og.dti.gov.uk
• BERR: Renewable Energy Programme http://www.dti.gov.uk/energy/sources/renewables/
• Department for Transport (DfT) http://www.dft.gov.uk
• Defra http://www.defra.gov.uk/
• Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) http://www.culture.gov.uk
• Ministry of Defence (MoD) http://www.mod.uk

Agencies and Public Bodies - Scotland

• Historic Scotland http://www.historic-scotland.gov.uk
• Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) http://www.sepa.org.uk
• Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) http://www.snh.org.uk
• Fisheries Research Services (FRS) http://www.marlab.ac.uk
• Scottish Enterprise http://www.scottish-enterprise.com
• Highlands & Islands Enterprise (HIE) http://www.hie.co.uk
• Scottish Water http://www.scottishwater.co.uk
• Scottish Hydro Electric (SSEG) http://www.hydro.co.uk
• Visit Scotland http://www.visitscotland.com
• sportscotland http://www.sportscotland.org.uk
• Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (CoSLA) http://www.cosla.gov.uk

Agencies and Public Bodies - UK

• Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) http://www.jncc.gov.uk
• UK Marine SAC Project http://www.english-nature.org.uk/uk-marine
• Forestry Commission http://www.forestry.gov.uk
• Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) http://www.mcga.gov.uk
• National Environment Research Council (NERC) http://www.nerc.ac.uk
• The Crown Estate http://www.crownestate.co.uk

Other Links

• Local Coastal Partnerships:
• CoastHebrides
• East Grampian Coastal Partnership http://www.egcp.org.uk/
• Firth of Clyde Forum http://www.clydeforum.org/
• Forth Estuary Forum http://www.forthestuaryforum.co.uk/
• Moray Firth Partnership http://www.morayfirth-partnership.org/
• Solway Firth Partnership http://www.solwayfirthpartnership.org.uk/
• Tay Estuary Forum http://www.dundee.ac.uk/crsem/TEF/
• Scottish Sustainable Marine Environment Initiative (SSMEI) Clyde pilot http://clydeforum.org/SSMEI/
• Scottish & Northern Ireland Forum for Environmental Research (SNIFFER) http://www.sniffer.org.uk
• Scottish Environment LINK http://www.scotlink.org
• John Muir Trust http://www.jmt.org
• National Trust for Scotland http://www.nts.org.uk
• Scottish Wildlife Trust (SWT) http://www.swt.org.uk
• Friends of the Earth Scotland http://www.foe-scotland.org.uk
• Confederation of British Industry (CBI) http://www.cbi.org.uk
• Scottish Fisheries Co-ordination Centre (SFCC) http://www.sfcc.co.uk
• Scottish Fishermen's Federation http://www.sff.co.uk
• Scottish Salmon Producers' Organisation http://www.scottishsalmon.co.uk
• Scottish Renewables Forum http://www.scottishrenewables.com

UK

• The UK Coastal Zone http://www.theukcoastalzone.com/knowledge
• UK Coastal Law (Prof. John Gibson, University of Cape Town) http://web.uct.ac.za/depts/pbl/jgibson/iczm
• Coastal Management for Sustainability (CMS) - UK coastal & marine conference organisers http://www.coastms.co.uk
• CoastNET network organisation http://www.coastnet.org.uk
• Water UK - UK water industry association http://www.water.org.uk
• Solent Forum http://www.solentforum.hants.org.uk
• Marine Life Information Network for Britain and Ireland (MarLIN) http://www.marlin.ac.uk
• Environmental Data Services (ENDS) http://www.ends.co.uk
• Greenpeace http://www.greenpeace.org
• Friends of the Earth http://www.foe.co.uk
• Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) http://www.rspb.org.uk
• World Wildlife Fund (WWF) http://www.wwf-uk.org
• Marine Conservation Society (MCS) http://www.mcsuk.org
• Royal Yachting Association (RYA) http://www.rya.org.uk
• British Ports Association (BPA) http://www.britishports.org.uk/home
• Associated British Ports (ABP) http://www.abports.co.uk
• British Wind Energy Association http://www.bwea.com
• Oil & Gas UK - representative organisation for the UK offshore oil and gas industry http://www.oilandgas.org.uk
• British Marine Industries Federation http://www.britishmarine.co.uk

Europe and International

• EUCC Coastal Guide http://www.coastalguide.org
• European Commission - Integrated Coastal Zone Management, EU coastal policy and a good links section http://ec.europa.eu/environment/iczm
• EUROPA - official European Union portal http://europa.eu
• European Environment Agency (EEA) http://www.eea.europa.eu
• European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) http://www.ewea.org
• Coastal Management site index (hosted by Newcastle University) http://www.ncl.ac.uk/tcmweb/tcm/czmlinks.htm
• KIMO - Local Authorities International Environmental Organisation http://www.kimointernational.org
• Marine Stewardship Council http://www.msc.org
• NetCoast - Dutch Coastal Management Centre resource http://www.netcoast.nl
• Coastman project - Coastal Zone Management in the Baltic Sea Region http://www.coastalmanagement.net
• Save the North Sea project http://www.savethenorthsea.com