Scottish Government

To support a healthy and sustainable aquaculture industry and safeguard the health of wild stocks through regulation and scientific advice supported by high quality research:

• Aquarium Services
• Epidemiology
• Fish Health Inspectorate
• Immunology and Infection
• Molecular Genetics
• Pathology and Bacteriology
• Virology

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To contribute to realising the vision of clean, healthy, safe, productive and biologically diverse marine and coastal environments in Scotland:

• Details of the Aquatic Environment Programme Board

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To provide scientific advice to the Scottish Government for the management of marine fish and shellfish, including regular monitoring and assessment of the main fish and shellfish stocks of interest to Scotland and a programme of underpinning research:

• Fisheries Data
• Fishery Systems
• Inshore Fisheries
• Population Biology
• Sea Fisheries
• Oceanography

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To provide scientific services required to support the work of Science programmes, including Ships, Engineering, Statistics, Quality and Data Management and the Library:

• Engineering Services
• Quality, Information and Data Management
• Ships and Handymen
• Statistics

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To monitor the status of migratory and freshwater fish populations in Scotland and conduct research in order to help protect fish and promote the development of sustainable fisheries:

• Environment
• Fish Genetics & Biodiversity
• Fish Management & Ecology
• Laboratory Support

To provide a sound evidence base for the development of effective policy and operational delivery within Marine Scotland:

Monitoring

• Quota and effort uptake
• Scottish Government Performance Indicator

Management of evidence base

• Fisheries management systems
• Effort reference database