Current status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 22 December 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to carry out a full and unified survey of all marine birds on land and within Scottish waters.
The Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC), Scottish Natural Heritage, and other partners are presently developing a proposal to undertake a full census of breeding seabirds. In addition, the JNCC are developing a UK wide marine biodiversity monitoring strategy for consideration by the Scottish Government and other UK administrations. This will include the monitoring of marine birds.