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
• Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR, formerly DTI)
• BERR: Oil and Gas
• Department of Energy and Climate Change
• Department for Transport (DfT)
• Defra
• Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS)
• Ministry of Defence (MoD)

Agencies & Public Bodies in Scotland

• Historic Scotland
• Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA)
• Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH)
• Marine Scotland Science
• Scottish Enterprise
• Highlands & Islands Enterprise (HIE)
• Scottish Water
• Visit Scotland
• sportscotland
• Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (CoSLA)

Agencies & Public Bodies in the UK

• Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
• Natural England Marine
• Forestry Commission
• Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA)
• National Environment Research Council (NERC)
• The Crown Estate
• Marine Management Organisation
• Welsh Government

Other Scottish Links

Local Coastal Partnerships:

• CoastHebrides
• East Grampian Coastal Partnership
• Firth of Clyde Forum
• Forth Estuary Forum
• Moray Firth Partnership
• Solway Firth Partnership
• Tay Estuary Forum
• Scottish Sustainable Marine Environment Initiative (SSMEI) Clyde pilot
• Scottish & Northern Ireland Forum for Environmental Research (SNIFFER)
• Scottish Environment LINK
• John Muir Trust
• National Trust for Scotland
• Scottish Wildlife Trust (SWT)
• Friends of the Earth Scotland
• Confederation of British Industry (CBI)
• Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS)
• Scottish Fisheries Co-ordination Centre (SFCC)
• Scottish Fishermen's Federation
• Scottish Salmon Producers' Organisation
• Scottish Renewables Forum
• Marine Alliance for Science and Technology for Scotland (MASTS)
• RYA Scotland

UK

• UK Coastal Law (Prof. John Gibson, University of Cape Town)
• Coastal Management for Sustainability (CMS) - UK coastal & marine conference organisers
• CoastNET network organisation
• Water UK - UK water industry association
• Solent Forum
• Marine Life Information Network for Britain and Ireland (MarLIN)
• Greenpeace
• Friends of the Earth
• Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB)
• World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
• Marine Conservation Society (MCS)
• Royal Yachting Association (RYA)
• British Ports Association (BPA)
• UK Major Ports Group
• Associated British Ports (ABP)
• RenewableUK
• Oil & Gas UK - representative organisation for the UK offshore oil and gas industry
• British Marine Federation
• Coastal Partnerships Network
• Northern Ireland Coastal and Marine Forum
• Severn Estuary Partnership
• North West Coastal Forum
• Berwickshire and North Northumberland Coast European Marine Site
• Wales Coastal and Maritime Partnership

Europe and International

• EUCC Coastal Guide
• European Commission - Integrated Coastal Zone Management, EU coastal policy and a good links section
• EUROPA - official European Union portal
• European Environment Agency (EEA)
• European Wind Energy Association (EWEA)
• Coastal Management site index (hosted by Newcastle University)
• KIMO - Local Authorities International Environmental Organisation
• Marine Stewardship Council
• NetCoast - Dutch Coastal Management Centre resource
• Coastman project - Coastal Zone Management in the Baltic Sea Region
• Save the North Sea project
• C-Scope (Combining Sea and Coastal Planning in Europe)