Save Scottish Seas

A coalition of environmental charities, working with the collective vision of achieving healthy, well-managed seas, where wildlife and coastal communities are flourishing and ecosystems are protected, connected and thriving.

Tell the Scottish government to protect Scotland's seas!
Dear Cabinet Secretary...

We love Scotland’s seas. Please protect them before it’s too late.

Our Ocean Recovery Plan is a roadmap of policy actions needed to set Scotland’s seas on the path to ecosystem recovery. Watch our video to learn more.

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FAQs - Inshore Marine Protected Areas

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Environment groups urge public to respond to consultation on Scotland’s seas

Leading environment charities have today (26 October) launched a major campaign action to help the public to respond to a large-scale Scottish government consultation on protections for Scotland’s seas. Scottish Environment LINK, a coalition of more than 50 charities including the Marine Conservation Society and the Scottish Wildlife Trust, says the consultation is the biggest […]

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Scotland can’t wait any longer to protect its seas

One of the brilliant things about living in Scotland is that you’re never all that far from the sea. Those of us who feel the sea’s call – and who in Scotland doesn’t – can get our fix of it without travelling a great distance. The seas around our jagged coastline are a place of […]

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The elephant in the room when it comes to managing Scottish fisheries 

Few industries are as woven into Scotland’s coastal identity as fishing and few face a more complex management challenge. The variety of different fishing methods and patterns that make up the fleet in Scotland need to be managed in different ways to lessen their interactions and impacts on the marine environment and support sustainable opportunities and coastal livelihoods.   In reality, the approach to […]

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