Blue Carbon International Policy Challenge

International collaborations to support our seas and oceans. The way in which marine and coastal habitats such as saltmarshes and seagrass store carbon is to be explored and tested through a new Scottish-led initiative to help tackle the twin crises of climate change...

Firth of Clyde cod spawning closure for 2022/23

Results updated 3 Feb 2022 Measures to protect spawning cod in the Firth of Clyde will continue in 2022 and 2023, with changes to those previously announced. The Scottish Government has decided to increase the benefits of the closure by making it...

Celebrating 25 years of environmental monitoring

The Scottish Coastal Observatory (SCObs) is celebrating its 25th year of monitoring Scottish coastal seas. Operated by the Marine Scotland directorate of the Scottish Government, SCObs samples temperature, salt content (salinity), chemistry (nutrients, ocean...