Marine Special Areas of Conservation

Management Bodies

Responsibility for managing European Marine Sites is shared between a range of government bodies which includes:

• Comhairle nan Eilean Siar
• Crofters Commission
• Western Isles District Salmon Fishery Board
• Forestry Commission
• Maritime and Coastguard Agency
• North Of Scotland Water Authority
• Scottish Environmental Protection Agency
• Scottish Executive Environment Department
• Scottish Fishery Protection Agency
• Scottish Executive Rural Development Department
• Fisheries Research Services
• Scottish Natural Heritage
• The Crown Estate
• The Commissioners of Northern Lighthouses
• Western Isles Enterprise