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Welcome to the Scottish Government’s Marine Directorate blog!<\/p>\n

The Marine Directorate is the part of Scottish Government that is responsible for the management of Scotland’s seas and freshwaters.<\/p>\n

Our purpose is to manage Scotland’s seas for prosperity and environmental sustainability, working closely with our key delivery partners and others. This blog features items about our work, including things we do in partnership with others.<\/p>\n

If you have any questions contact us using the following details:<\/p>\n

Tel: 0300 244 4000<\/p>\n

Email: marinescotland@gov.scot<\/p>\n

Website: http:\/\/www.gov.scot\/Topics\/marine\/contact<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

News and updates about the work of Marine Directorate, including work done in partnership with others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":5817,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-about.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-298","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nAbout us - Marine<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Marine Directorate is the part of Scottish Government responsible for the management of Scotland's seas and freshwaters.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/marine-scotland\/about-us\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"About us - Marine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Marine Directorate is the part of Scottish Government responsible for the management of Scotland's seas and freshwaters.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/marine-scotland\/about-us\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Marine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-10-05T14:23:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/marine-scotland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2016\/07\/Hirta-on-the-deep-blue-sea-640x250.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"250\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/marine-scotland\/about-us\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/marine-scotland\/about-us\/\",\"name\":\"About us - 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