Wild Land News no 64, Autumn 2005

Proposals for a National Marine Park Article

Alistair Cant

The first marine national park could be created in Scotland within 3 years under proposals unveiled by the Scottish Executive, who have asked SNH to identify a site for a park. A likely candidate would be the coast off Oban, where local groups have been campaigning for such a designation since 2003.

This proposal has been welcomed by Scottish Environment LINK who would like to see the idea extended in order to set standards for the whole coast of Scotland in terms of meeting the needs of aquaculture, fisheries, renewable energy and conservation.