Recreational Activities on the Coast

Key Findings

In 2021 the Scottish Government commissioned research on Ocean Literacy. This took the form of a questionnaire with 1,755 members of the public taking part. The full document can be found following this link. The data from this document is at a national scale.
This questionnaire was done by asking respondents to list the activities they have visited the coast to do in the previous 12 months.
Walk, with or without a dog, accounted for 97% of respondents. Photography, heritage and wildlife watching all scored over 20%.
This survey does not give number of people taking part in these activities on the coast or at what time of year these activities take place.

Ocean literacy survey: headline findings - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

Notes

None

Linked Information Sheets

Perceived Health of, and Threats, to the Marine Environment - Numbers of fishing vessels – Training - Employment - Mackerel line catch value

Key sources of Information

Ocean literacy survey: headline findings - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

https://www.gov.scot/publications/ocean-literacy-scotland-headline-findings-report/pages/5/

Reviewed on/by

05/02/23 by Ian Hay

Status

First Draft (this is for demonstration only at this time and has not been reviewed)

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