Award of CR/2020/07 - Improving understanding of seabird bycatch in Scottish longline fisheries a...

Introduction1. The Scottish Government is committed to a clean, healthy, safe, productive and biologically diverse marine and coastal environment that meets the long-term needs of people and nature. This includes managing our seas sustainably to protect their rich biological diversity and to ensure that our marine ecosystems continue to provide economic, social and wider benefits for people, industry and society.2. Scotland is home to a third of Europe’s breeding seabirds and their status provides an important indi...