Scottish industrial policy was made by the Board of Trustees for Fisheries and Manufactures in Scotland, which sought to build an economy complementary, not competitive, with England.

* Scottish Fisheries Museum, Scottish Seabird Centre

* Fisheries Research Services, a now-defunct agency of the Executive Agency of the Scottish government

Between 1990 and 1992 he was Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries in the Scottish Office.

He did work placements at Rothamsted Experimental Station in Harpenden and at Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in Liverpool, before studying for a PhD awarded by the University of Strathclyde for researching natural isotopic abundances of elements to enable prediction of soil development when at the Natural Environment Research Council's radiocarbon laboratory, in the Scottish Universities Research and Reactor Centre, East Kilbride.

In January 1996 he was created Lord Sewel of Gilcomstoun, and became Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Scottish Office from 1997 to 1999, serving as the Minister for Agriculture, Environment and Fisheries.

After the SNP's victory at the 2007 Scottish Parliament Election, Lochhead was appointed the Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and Fisheries.

He is a Member of the European Parliament ( MEP ) for Scotland and Vice Chair of the Committee on Fisheries, in addition to which, he is member of the Executive of the Scottish Conservative party.

The Royal Scottish Academy building, the home of the Royal Scottish Academy, is situated on the Mound in the centre of Edinburgh, was built by William Henry Playfair in 1822-6 and extended in 1831-6 for the Board of Manufactures and Fisheries.

Frank Buckland founded the Museum of Economic Fish Culture in South Kensington in 1865, the only remaining contents of which are held by the Scottish Fisheries Museum in Anstruther.

* Scottish Fisheries Museum

In June 2006, Finnie cancelled a tender for a new fishery protection vessel for the Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency.

It was originally a fishing village, and is home to the Scottish Fisheries Museum, but its main industry is now tourism, although other small scale manufacturing and service industries continue.

Papers from 1970 revealed how the Scottish Office was prepared to have a " weaker and less efficient national fleet " to enable the UK to sign up to the controversial Common Fisheries Policy.

* Saprolegnia-The Scottish Government: Marine and Fisheries

In Britain, current marine laboratories that originate from this time include the Dunstaffnage Marine Station ( today Scottish Association for Marine Science, 1884 ), the Gatty Marine Laboratory ( University of St Andrews, 1884 ), the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom ( Plymouth, 1888 ), the Dove Marine Laboratory ( Newcastle University, 1897 ), the Fisheries Research Services Marine Laboratory ( Aberdeen, 1899 ), and the Bangor Marine Station ( Queen's University of Belfast, 1903 ).

* Fisheries Research Services ( now part of Marine Scotland, within core Scottish Government )

* Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency ( now part of Marine Scotland, within core Scottish Government )

Highland also won a 5-year contract to operate, crew and maintain two Cessna F406 reconnaissance aircraft on behalf of the Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency.

* Scotland: Scottish Environment Protection Agency

Other public sector agencies that are major employers in the city include Central Scotland Police, Scottish Prison Service, NHS Forth Valley and the Scottish Environment Protection Agency.

The other collaborators on Protection were Marius de Vries, Craig Armstrong, a Scottish classical pianist, and Tricky.

* Scottish Environment Protection Agency ( SEPA ) — waterways, pollution, waste management

It advises the Scottish Government and acts as a government agent in the delivery of conservation designations, i. e. National Nature Reserves, Local Nature Reserves, Long Distance Routes, National Parks, Sites of Special Scientific Interest ( SSSIs ), Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas and the National Scenic Area.

* Scottish Environment Protection Agency

* Scottish Environment Protection Agency ( SEPA )

* Scottish Environment Protection Agency report: " Scotland's Water Environment Review 2000-2006 "

In Scotland, on the other hand, the population increased by some 16 percent between 1994 and 2006, according to surveys done by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds and Scottish Natural Heritage.

* SEPA ( Scottish Environment Protection Agency ): River Level Data

In Scotland this role is performed by the Scottish Flood Forecasting Service, a joint venture between the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency ( SEPA ) and the Met Office.

It was criticised by the government's own ecological adviser, Dr Ian Bainbridge, the government body Scottish Natural Heritage and organisations including the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds and the Scottish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

* Scottish Environment Protection Agency ( SEPA ): River level data for River Forth

Her political achievements include securing an amendment to the Government legislation on National Air Traffic Control Services which secured the building of the new Scottish Air Traffic Control Centre at Prestwick and playing a lead role in persuading the Government to set up the Financial Assistance Scheme and the Pension Protection Fund for those at risk of losing their occupational pensions if their employers go bankrupt.

After the 2004 documents became public in May 2012, it emerged that the Scottish Environment Protection Agency ( SEPA ) was investigating radioactive contamination at the site linked to the use of " glow in the dark paint " in WW2 aircraft.

The Soil Remineralization Forum was established with sponsorship from the Scottish Environment Protection Agency and has commissioned a portfolio of research into the benefits of using mineral fines.

On 20 July 1999 Watson announced his intention to introduce the Protection of Wild Mammals bill as a member's bill to the Scottish Parliament to outlaw fox hunting.

In a sharing arrangement with the Scottish Environment Protection Agency ( SEPA ), it also exercises some of its functions over parts of the catchments of the River Tweed and the Border Esk which are, for the most part, in Scotland

* Scottish Environment Protection Agency

The European Cultivated Potato Database ( ECPD ) is an online collaborative database of potato variety descriptions, updated and maintained by the Scottish Agricultural Science Agency within the framework of the European Cooperative Programme for Crop Genetic Resources Networks ( ECP / GR )— which is organised by the International Plant Genetic Resources Institute ( IPGRI ).

Allan Pinkerton ( 25 August 1819 – 1 July 1884 ) was a Scottish American detective and spy, best known for creating the Pinkerton National Detective Agency.

Scottish and European Union students studying in Scotland have their tuition fees paid by the Student Awards Agency for Scotland.

The decision to notify an SSSI is made by the official nature conservation body ( the appropriate conservation body ) for that part of the United Kingdom: Northern Ireland Environment Agency, Natural England, Scottish Natural Heritage or the Countryside Council for Wales.

Following the Scotland Act 1998 the Inspectorate was made an Executive Agency of the Scottish Government, and HMIe was answerable to the Scottish Ministers for the running of the Inspectorate and the whole inspection system in Scotland.

On 14 October 2010, Cabinet Secretary for Education, announced that HMIe would be subsumed, along with Learning and Teaching Scotland, into a new body named the Scottish Education Quality and Improvement Agency.

* Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary for Scotland ( commonly known as HMIC )-this organisation is responsible to the Scottish Government and examines Scotland's territorial police forces, the Scottish Crime and Drug Enforcement Agency, the Scottish Criminal Record Office, the Scottish Police College and the Scottish Police Information Strategy.