Scottish Executive Environment and Rural Affairs Department
The Scottish Executive Environment and Rural Affairs Department (SEERAD) was a
Scottish Executive. SEERAD was responsible for the following areas in Scotland: agriculture, rural development, food, the environment and fisheries
. Following the change of administration in May 2007, a restructuring exercise led to most SEERAD functions being continued under the new Scottish Executive Environment Directorate.
SEERAD was directly responsible for various
Minister for Environment and Rural Development was Ross Finnie and he was assisted by the Deputy Minister for Environment and Rural Development, Sarah Boyack
.
A
United Kingdom government Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs[1]
Many of the functions of SEERAD were subsumed into the Environment Directorate in 2007.
Structure
The department had three executive agencies:
- Scottish Agricultural Science Agency, which is responsible for scientific research into agriculture
- Fisheries Research Services, which carries out scientific research into the fisheries and aquaculture areas
- Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency, responsible for enforcing fisheries regulations in Scottish waters, and monitoring compliance
The department sponsored several
non-departmental public bodies
(NDPBs) including:
- Crofters Commission
- Deer Commission for Scotland
- Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
- Scottish Environment Protection Agency
- Scottish Natural Heritage
- The Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park Authority
- The Macaulay Institute
The department also worked with Scottish Water.
References
- ^ Concordat between MAFF and the Scottish Executive Archived 2011-02-08 at the Wayback Machine
External links
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