The marine environment provides a wealth of goods and services from which people obtain value, but how young people interact with the marine environment and enjoy its services is an understudied area. This paper examines the extent to which young people (11–16 year olds) in Scotland benefit from marine ecosystem services in the form of seafood consumption and marine recreational activities. It uses data from the annual Young People in Scotland Survey 2016 and analyses inequality using the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD). Results show that regular access to seafood provisioning services from the marine environment is low with only 37% of the young people having consumed seafood in the last week, and 9.3% having never tried any type of seafood. Whitefish was the most consumed species by 68% of pupils followed by salmon by 61%. Analysis of the distribution of seafood consumption by the SIMD, shows significant levels of inequalities, with young people from more deprived areas less likely to consume a range of seafood compared to those from the less deprived areas. Access to the marine environment for recreational activities is relatively high for those activities covered by the survey - 76% of the young people reported having walked or run on the beach, followed by swimming in the sea at 68%. Analysis of the distribution of coastal and marine activities by the SIMD, found no sign of inequalities for five of the seven activities. Gender difference in young people access to seafood were significant, with young females much less likely to consume, or want to try seafood compared to young males. This was not the case however for marine recreational activity. In conclusion this study provides evidence of inequalities in young people's experience of seafood provisioning but not in recreational opportunities from the marine environment. What that means for their attitudes towards the marine environment are discussed, and a number of questions are posed for further research into young people's perceptions, motivations and aspirations around these behaviours.

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获得海洋生态系统服务：苏格兰年轻人的不平等

海洋环境提供了丰富的商品和服务，人们从中获得了价值，但年轻人如何与海洋环境互动并享受其服务是一个研究不足的领域。本文考察了苏格兰的年轻人（11-16 岁）从海鲜消费和海洋娱乐活动形式的海洋生态系统服务中受益的程度。它使用来自 2016 年苏格兰青年年度调查的数据，并使用苏格兰多重剥夺指数 (SIMD) 分析不平等。结果显示，从海洋环境中定期获得海鲜供应服务的人数很少，只有 37% 的年轻人在上周吃过海鲜，而 9.3% 的年轻人从未尝试过任何类型的海鲜。白鱼是 68% 的学生消费最多的物种，其次是鲑鱼，占 61%。SIMD 对海鲜​​消费分布的分析表明，不平等程度很高，与来自较贫困地区的年轻人相比，来自较贫困地区的年轻人消费各种海鲜的可能性较小。就调查所涵盖的活动而言，进入海洋环境进行娱乐活动的比例相对较高——76% 的年轻人报告说曾在海滩上散步或跑步，其次是在海里游泳，这一比例为 68%。SIMD 对沿海和海洋活动的分布进行分析，发现七项活动中有五项没有不平等的迹象。年轻人获得海鲜的性别差异很大，与年轻男性相比，年轻女性消费或尝试海鲜的可能性要小得多。然而，对于海洋娱乐活动而言，情况并非如此。总之，这项研究提供了年轻人在海鲜供应经验方面存在不平等的证据，但在海洋环境中的娱乐机会方面却没有提供证据。讨论了这对他们对海洋环境的态度意味着什么，并提出了一些问题，以进一步研究年轻人对这些行为的看法、动机和愿望。

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