Scotland's Marine Protected Area network : Reviewing progress towards achieving commitments for marine conservation

Acknowledgements This research was supported and funded by Climate XChange (reference no: A10431853). Climate XChange is a collaborative initiative between Scottish research and higher education institutes and is funded by the Scottish Government. The authors would like to thank Marine Scotland, JNCC and SNH for their permission to reproduce their figures of the Scottish MPA process and maps of the Scottish MPA network.