1st January 1970 http://scotlink.org/files/policy/PressReleases/LINKmtfPressRestoreSeaOct09.pdf
Scottish Environment LINK today released an independent scientific report on the historic decline of species in Scotland’s seas, and called for the Marine (Scotland) Act to contain strong measures to reverse these declines – not just to protect what is left
See report: Recovering Scotland’s Marine Environment