The Marine and Aquaculture Group members are listed below.
This work stream is supported by grants from the John Ellerman Foundation and the William Grant Foundation from April 2021 to April 2025.
We are grateful to the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, the John Ellerman Foundation, the Tay Charitable Trust, the Marine Conservation Society and WWF Scotland for financial support of our marine work since 2007.
The Marine Group advocates actions to recover Scotland’s Seas.
Our vision is of healthy, well-managed seas, where wildlife and coastal communities flourish and ecosystems are protected, connected and thriving.
LINK’s Marine Group has an aquaculture workstream which aims to promote a more sustainable aquaculture industry in Scotland.
The Marine Group coordinate the Save Scottish Seas campaign and the annual Sea Scotland conference.
19 Dec 2024
Introduction Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are designated spaces of the ocean and seas where human activities are regulated to protect natural resources and biodiversity. These areas are well-evidenced conservation tools to preserve marine species and habitats and enhance the resilience of marine ecosystems against threats such as climate change and overfishing. Scotland, like many countries, […]
27 Nov 2024
A coalition of environmental charities has welcomed the publication of Scotland’s Strategic Framework for Biodiversity that outlines the Scottish government’s action plan to halt and reverse nature loss. This strategy and accompanying delivery plan, alongside the Natural Environment Bill and legal targets for nature recovery, sets the stage for urgent action to address Scotland’s biodiversity […]
30 Sep 2024
This piece first appeared in Scotland on Sunday on the 29th of September, 2024. Who doesn’t love a sea view? Scotland has glorious ocean vistas by the bucketload. But looking out to the horizon, we rarely think about what’s beyond view, deep below the surface. Scotland’s deep seas are home to extraordinary creatures, from whales […]
Sea Scotland is an annual conference series which aims to bring together the marine community and facilitate debate on critical issues facing the marine environment in Scotland
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