Draft Sectoral Marine Plans for Offshore Renewable Energy in Scottish Waters - Environmental Report Appendix B: Baseline Information

1 Environmental Baseline

1.1 Introduction

1.1.1 This appendix of the Environmental Report presents relevant environmental baseline information for the seven environmental topic areas scoped into this Strategic Environmental Assessment ( SEA). The following sections also present an overview of the key overarching issues and pressures on each environmental topic area in the terms of Scotland's marine environment and in the context of offshore renewables development.