The Clyde Marine Planning Partnership has announced that the consultation for the draft Clyde Regional Marine Plan and its associated assessments has officially launched.

Scotland’s Clyde Marine Planning Partnership has opened a 16-week public consultation on its draft Regional Marine Plan. (Image credit: Government of Scotland)

The draft Plan and its assessments will be out for consultation for 16 weeks, from Wednesday, November 4, 2026, to Wednesday, February 24, 2027.

The Plan marks the first ever attempt at embedding a statutory, multi-sectoral management approach for the Clyde, addressing a wide variety of issues across the Region such as climate change, sea-level rise and coastal change, the spread of non-native species, and marine litter. Focusing on sustainable development, the Plan has developed policies to address sea fisheries and aquaculture; sport, recreation and tourism; shipping, ports, harbors and ferries, as well as considering all relevant land-sea interactions.…