Scotland is home to one third of the global population of grey seals

University student holds her catch following a scallop diving trip in Oban.

Scotland harbours the world's most important nesting grounds for Northern gannets.

The birlinn was used in the Hebrides & West Highlands of Scotland in the Middle Ages.

View of Birsay, Orkney with a whale bone in the foreground.

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Join us at IMCC 3

To conserve the world’s oceans we must go beyond science, and use it to inform policy and management, and ultimately to catalyze change.  The International Marine Conservation Congress--hosted by the Society for Conservation Biology Marine Section--brings together conservation professionals and students to develop new and powerful tools to further marine conservation science and policy.

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Get inspired and learn about Scottish lore and marine life

These books introduce the nature, history and culture of Scotland. 

Poems and Songs Robert Burns	The Distribution of seabirds and marine mammals	Off in a Boat A Hebridean Journey Neil Gunn		Wild Scotland James McCarthy