The Marine Scotland Directorate (Scottish Gaelic: Cùisean Mara na h-Alba) is a directorate of the Scottish Government. Marine Scotland manages Scotland’s seas and freshwater fisheries along with delivery partners NatureScot and the Scottish Environment Protection Agency.

Marine Scotland provides management and research of devolved responsibilities such as:

• Licensing of marine activities.
• Sea fisheries.
• Salmon and recreational fishing.
• Marine renewable energy.
• Marine conservation.
• Marine spatial planning.
• Scientific research including sea and freshwater fisheries.
• Enforcement of marine and fisheries law.