Publication - Consultation paper

Draft Scottish Marine Litter Strategy Consultation

Published: 4 July 2013
Topic: Marine and fisheries
ISBN: 9781782567288

Marine litter impacts on Scotland’s society, economy and marine environment. The draft strategy we consult on will aim to address the levels of marine litter present in our marine and coastal environment.

Supporting documents

Footnotes

1. UNEP Regional Seas Programme (2005)

2. Marine Pollution Monitoring Management Group - The Impacts of Marine Litter

3. Beachwatch Big Weekend Summary Report, May 2013

4. Oslo & Paris OSPAR Commission for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic

5. OSPAR Commission 2007 - OSPAR Pilot Project on Monitoring Marine Beach Litter

6. Launched on 9 June 2010. Plan sets out the Scottish Government's vision for achieving a zero waste society.

7. Publication 'Marine Litter Issues, Impacts and Actions' - The Macaulay Land Use Research Institute/James Hutton Institute and Scottish Association for Marine Science (May 2011)

8. http://www.imo.org/About/Conventions/ListOfConventions/Pages/International-Convention-for-the-Prevention-of-Pollution-from-Ships-(MARPOL).aspx

9. http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2008:164:0019:0040:EN:PDF

10. http://europa.eu/legislation_summaries/environment/waste_management/l24199_en.htm

11. http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2008/170/contents/made

12. http://ec.europa.eu/environment/water/water-framework/

13. http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1990/43/contents

14. http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/1809/contents/made

15. http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2010/5/pdfs/asp_20100005_en.pdf

16. http://www.marine-litter-conference-berlin.info/userfiles/file/Message%20from%20Berlin.pdf

17. http://clydeforum.com/attachments/Firth%20of%20Clyde%20-%20Marine%20Litter%20Report%20-%20website%20version.pdf

18. http://www.cleanupscotland.com/

19. http://ec.europa.eu/environment/marine/good-environmental-status/index_en.htm