Did you know that around one fifth of Scotland's population lives within a kilometre of the sea and billions of pounds are generated by it every year?
A quarter of the European offshore wind resource and 10 per cent of its wave power lies here too and Scotland's freshwater fish populations and growing farmed fish and shellfish sector are of global reknown .
Marine Scotland is the directorate of Scottish Government (SG) responsible for marine and fisheries issues in Scotland. To find out more, click on one of the links on the left.