7th March 2008 http://www.scotlink.org/files/policy/ConsultationResponses/LINKmtfConsultMarineBioPlan.pdf
Response to the Scottish Biodiversity Strategy Marine Biodiversity Implementation Plan 2008-2010.
We are keen to see a Scottish Marine Bill that delivers protection, restoration and enhancement of Scotland’s coasts and seas, including a halt to biodiversity loss by 2010 and an ecologically coherent network of marine protected areas by 2012, in turn helping meet impending requirements under the EU Marine Strategy Directive to deliver Good Environmental Status of our seas by 2020.