The Berwickshire coastline is known as a biodiversity hotspot attracting both commercial and recreational marine activities. The waters off Berwickshire are some of the most productive in the UK where cold and warm water currents converge in a habitat of rocky reefs, kelp forests and soft corals. This voluntary marine reserve sits inside an area introduced to resolve gear conflict between local static gear and mobile gear fishers, referred to as the ‘Static Gear Reserve’, inside of which the use of mobile or active gear is prohibited year round (Inshore Fishing (Prohibition of Fishing and Fishing Methods) (Scotland) Order 2004).
National Marine Parks – Scotland
“A Marine Park could really tell the story about our marine life – it could mimic something that people recognise from National Parks on land” Annabel Lawrence, University of the Highlands and Islands
08 June 2021
