Marine Scotland – Managing Scotland's Seas

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MARINE SCOTLAND – MANAGING SCOTLAND’S SEAS

MARINE SCOTLAND IS THE DIRECTORATE OF SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT (SG) RESPONSIBLE FOR THE INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT OF SCOTLAND’S SEAS.

Mission, Purpose and Vision As an organisation we are: Marine Scotland’s mission is to manage HIGHLY SKILLED and KNOWLEDGEABLE people Scotland’s seas for prosperity and environmental sustainability. This contributes AMBITIOUS about using Scotland’s marine to the Scottish Government’s overall purpose of environment sustainably sustainable economic growth and achievement of a shared vision of clean, healthy, safe, productive, biologically diverse marine and coastal environments, managed to meet the long term needs of people and nature.

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www.gov.scot/marinescotland blogs.gov.scot/marine-scotland/ @marinescotland As an organisation we will: CHAMPION Scotland’s interests to ensure a sustainable future for those who make a living from the sea.

ENGAGE with all who have an interest in the MRV ALBA NA MARA future of Scotland’s Seas Resources PROTECT Scotland’s marine environment Marine Scotland has around 700 staff, a RESEARCH and MONITOR Scotland’s seas to network of offices and laboratories around provide evidence to support sound decision Scotland, and substantial support assets, making including research and protection vessels, and surveillance aircraft. ADVOCATE using Scotland’s marine environment sustainably Key to map Marine Scotland HQ

Marine Scotland Science LERWICK As an organisation we support: Science marine ofﬁces Area 1 Compliance marine ofﬁces 60% of the UK sea area Surveillance aircraft base Compliance Area boundaries A fishing and aquaculture industry worth over

£1 billion Area 2 KIRKWALL Northern Scotland and Orkney Over 6,500 species of marine plants & animals SCRABSTER KINLOCHBERVIE 45,000 jobs in the marine industry STORNOWAY Area 4 LOCHINVER North East Scotland (Excluding Peterhead) Up to 25% of Europe’s tidal & offshore wind ULLAPOOL BUCKIE FRASERBURGH Area 5 Peterhead ALBA na MARA power and 10% of its wave power SHEILDAIG PETERHEAD (BASED) PORTREE

MARINE LABORATORY SCOTIA MALLAIG Aberdeen (BASED)

MONTROSE Area 1 Further Information FRESHWATER Shetland and COMPLIANCE HEAD OF LABORATORY OBAN South East Scotland COASTAL OPERATIONS Faskally, Pitlochry For further information about our work: ANSTRUTHER Area 3 West Scotland COMPLIANCE VESSELS BASE EYEMOUTH MARINE SCOTLAND Access our website: Victoria Quay, Edinburgh

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Email: [email protected]

Write to us at: Area 1A/B, Victoria Quay, Edinburgh EH6 6QQ. MARINE SCOTLAND OFFICES