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On 10 March 2010, Scotland's Marine Bill received Royal Assent, making it th
Marine (Scotland) Act 2010
The Marine (Scotland) Act is an
Act of the Scottish Parliament An Act of the Scottish Parliament ( gd, Achd Pàrlamaid na h-Alba) is primary legislation made by the Scottish Parliament. The power to create Acts was conferred to the Parliament by section 28 of the Scotland Act 1998 following the successfu ...
which provides a framework which will help balance competing demands on Scotland's seas. It introduces a duty to protect and enhance the
marine environment Marine habitats are habitats that support marine life. Marine life depends in some way on the saltwater that is in the sea (the term ''marine'' comes from the Latin ''mare'', meaning sea or ocean). A habitat is an ecological or environmental ...
and includes measures to help boost economic investment and growth in areas such as marine renewables. The main measures include:
Marine planning
a new statutory marine planning system to sustainably manage the increasing, and often conflicting, demands on our seas
Marine licensing
a simpler licensing system, minimising the number of licences required for development in the marine environment to cut bureaucracy and encourage economic investment
Marine conservation
improved marine nature and historic conservation with new powers to protect and manage areas of importance for marine wildlife, habitats and historic monuments
conservation
much improved protection for seals and a new comprehensive licence system to ensure appropriate management when necessary
Enforcement
a range of enhanced powers of marine conservation and licensing


Stakeholders

Wildlife Wildlife refers to domestication, undomesticated animal species (biology), species, but has come to include all organisms that grow or live wilderness, wild in an area without being species, introduced by humans. Wildlife was also synonymous ...
organisations, such as the
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) is a charitable organisation registered in England and Wales and in Scotland. It was founded in 1889. It works to promote conservation and protection of birds and the wider environment throug ...
, welcomed the new laws.
RSPB Scotland: Marine Environment Inquiry / Written evidence to the Environment and Rural Development Committee of the UK Government, December 2006


See also

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Scottish Adjacent Waters Boundaries Order 1999 The Scottish Adjacent Waters Boundaries Order 1999 is a statutory instrument of the United Kingdom government, defining the boundaries of internal waters, territorial sea, and British Fishing Limits adjacent to Scotland. It was introduced in a ...
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Marine Scotland The Marine Scotland Directorate ( gd, Cùisean Mara na h-Alba) is a directorate of the Scottish Government. Marine Scotland manages Scotland's seas and freshwater fisheries along with delivery partners NatureScot and the Scottish Environmen ...
, the Scottish Government's marine management directorate *
List of Acts of the Scottish Parliament from 1999 Act of the Scottish Parliament See also *List of Acts of the Scottish Parliament References *Current Law Statutes 1999Volume 3 Chapter asp 1. {{UK legislation 1999 File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral processi ...
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Marine Protected Area Marine protected areas (MPA) are protected areas of seas, oceans, estuaries or in the US, the Great Lakes. These marine areas can come in many forms ranging from wildlife refuges to research facilities. MPAs restrict human activity for a conserv ...
(MPA) *
Conservation biology Conservation biology is the study of the conservation of nature and of Earth's biodiversity with the aim of protecting species, their habitats, and ecosystems from excessive rates of extinction and the erosion of biotic interactions. It is an int ...
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Fisheries management The goal of fisheries management is to produce sustainable biological, environmental and socioeconomic benefits from renewable aquatic resources. Wild fisheries are classified as renewable when the organisms of interest (e.g., fish, shellfish, am ...
,
fish farms upright=1.3, Salmon farming in the sea (mariculture) at Loch Ainort, Isle of Skye">mariculture.html" ;"title="Salmon farming in the sea (mariculture">Salmon farming in the sea (mariculture) at Loch Ainort, Isle of Skye, Scotland Fish farming or ...
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Marine conservation Marine conservation, also known as ocean conservation, is the protection and preservation of ecosystems in oceans and seas through planned management in order to prevent the over-exploitation of these marine resources. Marine conservation is in ...
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World Commission on Protected Areas The World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA) is one of six commissions of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). History In 1948, the IUCN established a Committee on National Parks. Two decades later the IUCN had been ask ...
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Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 The Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c 23) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It creates "a new system of marine management". The Marine Management Organisation Section 1(1) creates the Marine Management Organisation. Secti ...
, covering England and Wales


External links


Marine and Fisheries pages
Scottish Government website Acts of the Scottish Parliament 2010 Scottish coast Environmental law in the United Kingdom Marine conservation Renewable energy in Scotland Town and country planning in Scotland Environment of Scotland Economy of Scotland Regulators of Scotland Conservation in Scotland Law enforcement in Scotland Fishing in Scotland {{environment-stub