date:Oct 04, 2013
d to 10 further actions to improve environmental performances from current sustainable levels, to global best practice. One of these actions will help to protect a recently-discovered bed of cold water corals by ensuring that the fishing vessels continue to avoid the East Mingulay Reefs area, currently proposed as a Scottish Conservation Area.
In the final report, the certifiers also praised the approach taken by the Scottish government in developing a marine planning system in an open, transpa