Acronyms
Acronym | Description |
|---|---|
2D | Two-Dimensional |
2D-UHRS | Two-Dimensional Ultra-High Resolution Seismic |
3D | Three-Dimensional |
AA | Appropriate Assessment |
AAI | Area of Archaeological Importance |
AAIB | Air Accidents Investigation Branch |
ABPmer | Associated British Ports Marine Environmental Research |
AC | Alternating Current |
AC | Archaeological Curator |
ACAP | Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels |
ACC | Area Control Centre |
AD1 | Air Defence |
AD2 | Anno Domini |
ADD | Acoustic Deterrent Device |
ADR | Air Defence Radar |
ADS | Archaeology Data Service |
AEOI | Adverse Effect on Integrity |
AEP | Annual Exceedance Probability |
AEZ | Archaeological Exclusion Zone |
AfL | Agreement for Lease |
agl | Above Ground Level |
AIDU | Aeronautical Information Distribution Unit |
AIP | Aeronautical Information Publication |
AIS | Automatic Identification System |
ALARP | As Low As Reasonably Practicable |
ALB | All-Weather Lifeboat |
AMSL | Above Mean Sea Level |
ANMP | Aid to Navigation Management Plan |
ANO | Air Navigation Order |
ANS | Air Navigation Service |
AOB | Apparently Occupied Burrows |
AOD | Above Ordnance Datum |
AON | Apparently Occupied Nests |
AoR | Area of Responsibility |
AOS | Apparently Occupied Sites |
AoS | Area of Search |
AOT | Apparently Occupied Territories |
ARP | Airfield Reference Point |
ASA | Acoustical Society of America |
ASACS | Air Surveillance and Control System |
ASL | Above Sea Level |
ASR | Airport Surveillance Radar |
ASYC | Aberdeen and Stonehaven Yacht Club |
ATC | Air Traffic Control |
ATDI | Advanced Topographic Development and Imaging |
AtoN | Aids to Navigation |
ATS | Air Traffic Service |
BABAO | British Association for Biological Anthropology and Osteoarchaeology |
BACI | Before-After-Control-Impact |
BAP | Biodiversity Action Plan |
BAT | Best Available Technique |
BBC | British Broadcasting Corporation |
BC | Before Christ |
BCA | Bird Collision Avoidance |
BDMPS | Biologically Defined Minimum Population Scale |
BECCS | Bioenergy with Carbon Capture Storage |
BEIS | Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (now DESNZ) |
BEST | Biota-Environment Matching and Stepwise Test |
BGS | British Geological Survey |
BOEM | Bureau of Ocean Energy Management |
BOWL | Beatrice Offshore Wind Farm Ltd |
BP | Before Present |
BSI | British Standards Institute |
BT | British Telecom |
BTO | British Trust for Ornithology |
BULSI | Build, Use, Loss, Survival, and Investigation |
BWEA | British Wind Energy Association |
C14 | Radiocarbon |
CA | Cruising Association |
CAA | Civil Aviation Authority |
CaCO3 | Calcium Carbonate |
CAP | Civil Aviation Publication |
CaP | Cable Plan |
CAS | Controlled Airspace |
CAT | Commercial Air Transport |
CBA | Cost Benefit Analysis |
CBD | Convention on Biological Diversity |
CBRA | Cable Burial Risk Assessment |
CBUK | Charter Boats UK |
CCC | Climate Change Committee |
CCGT | Combined Cycle Gas Turbine |
CCME | Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment |
CD | Chart Datum |
CDM | Construction (Design and Management) 2015 Regulations |
CDP | Carbon Disclosure Project |
CEA | Cumulative Effects Assessment |
CEF | Cumulative Effects Framework |
Cefas | Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science |
CEQG | Canadian Environmental Quality Guidelines |
CES | Crown Estate Scotland |
CES2 | Coastal East Scotland |
CfD | Contracts for Difference |
CFLO | Company Fisheries Liaison Officer |
CFSR | Climate Forecast System Reanalysis |
CFWG | Commercial Fisheries Working Group |
CGNS | Celtic and Greater North Seas |
CH4 | Methane |
CHIRP | UK Confidential Human Factors Incident Reporting Programme |
CI | Confidence Interval |
CIEEM | Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management |
CIfA | Chartered Institute for Archaeologists |
CIP | Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners |
CIRIA | Construction Industry Research and Information Association |
CITES | Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora |
CJEU | Court of Justice of the European Union |
CL | Confidence Limit |
CMA | Conservation and Management Advice |
CMACS | Centre for Marine and Coastal Studies |
CNS | Communication, Navigation and Surveillance |
CO2 | Carbon Dioxide |
CO2e | Carbon Dioxide Equivalent |
COENI | Department of the Environment Northern Ireland |
CoCP | Code of Construction Practice |
COLREGs | International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea |
COP | Conference of the Parties |
COPFS | Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service |
CoS | Chamber of Shipping |
COWRIE | Collaborative Offshore Wind Research into the Environment |
CPA | Closest Point of Approach |
CPGR | Counterfactual of the Population Growth Rate |
C-POD | Cetacean Porpoise Detector |
CPS | Cable Protection System |
CPT | Cone Penetration Test |
CREEM | Centre for Research into Ecological and Environmental Modelling |
CReSS | Complex Region Spatial Smoother |
CRH | Collision Risk Height |
CRM | Collision Risk Modelling |
cSAC | Candidate Special Area of Conservation |
CSIP | Cetacean Strandings Investigation Programme |
CSV | Construction Support Vessel |
CTD | Conductivity, Temperature, and Depth |
CTV | Crew Transfer Vessel |
CV | Coefficient of Variation |
DAERA | Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs |
DAS | Digital Aerial Surveys |
DASA | UK Defence and Security Accelerator |
DBT | Dibutyltin |
DC | Direct Current |
DCF | Data Collection Framework |
DCO | Development Consent Order |
DDT | Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane |
DDV | Drop Down Video |
DEA | Drag Embedment Anchor |
DECC | Department of Energy and Climate Change |
DEFRA | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
DESNZ | Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (formerly Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS)) |
DF | Direction Finding |
DfT | Department for Transport |
DGC | Defence Geographic Centre |
DHI | Danish Hydraulic Institute |
DIO | Defence Infrastructure Organisation |
DMRB | Design Manual for Roads and Bridges |
DNA | Deoxyribonucleic Acid |
DND | Detailed Network Design |
DOENI | Department of the Environment Northern Ireland |
DOSITS | Discovery of Sound in the Sea |
DP1 | Dynamic Positioning |
DP2 | Decommissioning Programme |
DPO | Draft Plan Option |
DSC | Digital Selective Calling |
dSEP | Draft Stakeholder Engagement Plan |
DSLP | Development Specification and Layout Plan |
DSV | Dive Support Vessel |
DTM | Digital Terrain Model |
DVOF | Digital Vertical Obstruction File |
EBA | European Boating Association |
EC | European Commission |
EcIA | Ecological Impact Assessment |
ECMWF | European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts |
ECOMMAS | East Coast Marine Mammal Acoustic Study |
ECoW | Environmental Clerk of Work |
ECOWind | Ecological Consequences of Offshore Wind |
eDNA | Environmental Deoxyribonucleic Acid |
EDP | Energias de Portugal |
EDR | Effective Deterrence Range |
EEA | European Economic Area |
EEZ | Exclusive Economic Zone |
EGL | Eastern Green Link |
EIA | Environmental Impact Assessment |
EMF | Electromagnetic Field |
EMODNet | European Marine Observation and Data Network |
EMP | Environmental Management Plan |
EMR | Electricity Market Reform |
EMSA | European Maritime Safety Agency |
EOD | Explosive Ordinance Disposal |
EOWDC | European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre |
EPA | Environmental Protection Agency |
EPD | Environmental Product Declaration |
EPRA | European Public Real Estate Association |
EPS | European Protected Species |
ERCoP | Emergency Response Cooperation Plans |
ESCA | European Subsea Cables Association |
ESO | Electricity System Operator |
ESRI | Environmental Systems Research Institute |
EU | European Union |
EUNIS | European Nature Information System |
EVA | Extreme Value Analysis |
FAME | Future of the Atlantic Marine Environment |
FeAST | Feature Activity Sensitivity Tool |
FES | Future Energy Scenario |
FIR1 | Fisheries Industry Representatives |
FIR2 | Flight Information Region |
FL | Flight Level |
FLiDAR | Floating Light Detection and Ranging |
FLO | Fisheries Liaison Officer |
FLOW | Floating Offshore Wind |
FLOWW | Fishing Liaison with Offshore Wind and Wet Renewables Group |
FMMS | Fisheries Management and Mitigation Strategy |
FOW | Floating Offshore Wind |
FPSO | Floating, Production, Storage and Offloading unit |
FRB | Fast Rescue Boat |
FSA | Formal Safety Assessment |
FTE | Full Time Equivalent |
FTOWDG | Forth and Tay Offshore Wind Developers Group |
FTSE | Financial Times Stock Exchange |
FU | Functional Unit |
GAM | Generalised Additive Model |
GBS | Gravity Based Structure |
GDP | Gross Domestic Product |
GEBCO | General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans |
GES | Good Environmental Status |
GHG | Greenhouse Gas |
GIS | Geographic Information Systems |
GMDSS | Global Maritime Distress and Safety System |
GP | General Practitioner |
GP2 | Generalised Pareto distribution |
GPS | Global Positioning System |
GRP | Glass Reinforced Plastic |
GSD | Ground Sampling Distance |
GT | Gross Tonnage |
GVA | Gross Value Added |
GWP | Global Warming Potential |
HAT | Highest Astronomical Tide |
HD | High Definition |
HE | Historic England |
HER | Historic Environment Record |
HES | Historic Environment Scotland |
HESS | High Energy Seismic Survey |
HF | High Frequency |
HFC | Hydrofluorocarbon |
HMCG | His Majesty’s Coastguard |
HM Government | His Majesty’s Government |
HMPA | Historic Marine Protected Area |
HMR | Helicopter Main Route |
HMRI | Helicopter Main Route Indicator |
HMSO | His Majesty’s Stationery Office |
HND | Holistic Network Design |
HNDFUE | National Grid Holistic Network Design Follow Up Exercise |
HPAI | Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza |
HRA | Habitats Regulations Appraisal |
Hs | Significant Wave Height |
HSE | Health and Safety Executive |
HSE MS | Health, Safety and Environmental Management Systems |
HSEQ | Health, Safety and Environment Quality |
HSWA | Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 |
HTV | Heavy Transport Vessel |
HV | High Voltage |
HVAC | High Voltage Alternating Current |
HVDC | High Voltage Direct Current |
HW | High Water |
IAIP | Integrated Aeronautical Information Package |
IALA | International Association of Marine Aids to Navigation and Lighthouse Authorities |
IAMMWG | Inter-Agency Marine Mammal Working Group |
IBMs | Individual-Based Models |
IBTS | International Bottom Trawl Survey |
ICAO | International Civil Aviation Organisation |
ICCI | In-Combination Climate Impacts |
ICE | Inventory of Carbon and Energy |
ICES | International Council for the Exploration of the Sea |
ICOMOS | International Council of Monuments and Sites |
ICPC | International Cable Protection Committee |
ID | Identification |
IEC | International Electrotechnical Commission |
IEF | Important Ecological Feature |
iE-Field | Induced Electrical Field |
IEMA | Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment |
IFCA | Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority |
IFP | Instrument Flight Procedure |
IFR | Instrument Flight Rules |
IHLS | International Herring Larvae Surveys |
ILB | Inshore Lifeboat |
IMC | Instrument Meteorological Conditions |
IMCA | International Marine Contractors Association |
IMO | International Maritime Organisation |
IND | Individuals Counted at the Colony |
INNS | Invasive Non-Native Species |
INNSMP | Invasive Non-Native Species Management Plan |
INTOG | Innovation and Targeted Oil and Gas |
IPCC | Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change |
iPCoD | Interim Population Consequences of Disturbance Model |
IR | Infra-red |
IRC | Intermediate Reactive Compensation |
ISAR | Integrated Search and Rescue |
ISQG | Interim Sediment Quality Guidelines |
IUCN | International Union for the Conservation of Nature |
IWC | International Whaling Commission |
JCP | Joint Cetacean Protocol |
JNAPC | Joint Nautical Archaeology Policy Committee |
JNCC | Joint Nature Conservation Committee |
JRCC | Joint Rescue Coordination Centre |
JTF | Joint Task Force |
KISORCA | Kingfisher Information Service - Offshore Renewable & Cable Awareness project |
KPAL | Kenneth Pye Associates Limited |
LAT | Lowest Astronomical Tide |
LCA | Life Cycle Assessment |
LCCC | Low Carbon Contracts Company |
LCL | Lower Confidence Limit |
LCoE | Levelised Cost of Energy |
LF | Low Frequency |
LFA | Low Flying Area |
LGM | Last Glacial Maximum |
LGR | Local Government Review |
LLC | Limited Liability Company |
LMP | Lighting and Marking Plan |
LOA | Length Overall |
LoS | Line of Sight |
LSE1 | Likely Significant Effects (as defined by the EIA Regulations) |
LSE2 | Likely Significant Effects (as defined by the Habitat Regulations) |
LTM | Long Term Mooring |
M/V | Motor Vessel |
MAA | Military Aviation Authority |
MAG | Magnetometer |
MAIB | Maritime Accident Investigation Branch |
MAMC | Military Airspace Management Cell |
MarESA | Marine Evidence Based Sensitivity Assessment |
MARIN | Maritime Institute Netherlands |
MarLIN | The Marine Life Information Network |
MARPOL | International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships |
MAT | Mitigation Assessment Tool |
MAU | Marine Analytical Unit |
MBA | Marine Biological Association |
MBES | Multibeam Echosounder |
MCA | Maritime and Coastguard Agency |
MCAA | Marine and Coastal Access Act |
MCC | Marine Coordination Centre |
MCCIP | Marine Climate Change Impacts Partnership |
MCO | Marine Conservation Order |
MCRS | Minimum Conservation Reference Size |
MCZ | Marine Conservation Zone |
MDA | Managed Danger Area |
MD-LOT | Marine Directorate – Licensing Operations Team |
MDS | Maximum Design Scenario |
MD-SEDD | Marine Directorate Science, Evidence, Data and Digital |
MEDIN | Marine Environmental Data Information Network |
MGN | Marine Guidance Note |
MHWN | Mean High Water Neaps |
MHWS | Mean High Water Springs |
MIDAS | Monument Inventory Data Standard |
Mil AIP | Military Aeronautical Information Publication |
MIS | Marine Isotopic Stage |
ML | Marine Licence |
MLRS | Minimum Landing Reference Size |
MLWN | Mean Low Water Neaps |
MLWS | Mean Low Water Springs |
MMMP | Marine Mammal Mitigation Plan |
MMO1 | Marine Management Organisation |
MMO2 | Marine Mammal Observer |
MNCR | Marine Nature Conservation Review |
MOD | Ministry of Defence |
MOM | Method of Moments |
MORL | Moray Offshore Renewables Ltd |
MOW | MetOcean Works |
MPA | Marine Protected Area |
MPCP | Marine Pollution Contingency Plan |
MPS | Marine Policy Statement |
MRCC | Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre |
MRE | Marine Renewable Energy |
MRF | Marine Recovery Funds |
MRSea | Marine Renewables Strategic Environmental Assessment |
MSA | Minimum Sector Altitude |
MSFD | Marine Strategy Framework Directive |
MSI | Maritime Safety Information |
MSL | Mean Sea Level |
MSO | Marine Survey Office |
MSS | Marine Scotland Science |
MU | Management Unit |
MV | Marine Vibriosis |
MV | Merchant Vessel |
MvOWFL | Morven Offshore Wind Farm Limited |
N | North (Sectoral Marine Plan Region) |
N/A | Not Applicable |
N2O | Nitrous Oxide |
NAF | Nocturnal Activity Factor |
NAIZ | Non-Auto Initiation Zones |
NAS | Noise Abatement System |
NATS | National Air Traffic Services |
NAVTEX | Navigational Telex |
NBN | National Biodiversity Network |
NC | Nature Conservation |
NCP | National Contingency Plan |
NCEP | National Centre for Environmental Prediction |
ncMPA | Nature Conservation MPA |
NDC | Nationally Determined Contribution |
NE | North East (Sectoral Marine Plan Region) |
NEA | Norwegian Environmental Agency |
NECP | North East Cetacean Project |
NECRIFG | North and East Coast Regional Inshore Fisheries Group |
nepva | Natural England Population Viability Analysis |
NEQ | Net Explosive Quantity |
NERC | Natural Environment Research Council |
NERL | NATS En-Route Limited |
NF3 | Nitrogen Trifluoride |
NG | National Grid |
NGO | Non-Governmental Organisation |
NLB | Northern Lighthouse Board |
NMBAQC | North-east Atlantic Marine Biological Analytical Quality Control |
NMDS | Non-Metric Multi-Dimensional Scaling |
NMFS | National Marine Fisheries Service |
NMP | Scottish National Marine Plan |
NMPi | Scottish National Marine Plan Interactive |
NMS | Noise Mitigation System |
NnG | Neart na Gaoithe |
NO AEOI | Adverse Effect on Integrity |
NOAA | National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration |
NPF | National Planning Framework |
NPS | National Policy Statement |
NPS EN-1 | National Policy Statement for Energy (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero |
NPS EN-3 | National Policy Statement for Renewable Energy Infrastructure |
NRA | Navigational Risk Assessment |
NRHE | National Record of the Historic Environment |
NRW | Natural Resources Wales |
NS | North Sea |
NSIP | Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects |
NSN | National Site Network |
NSNR | North Sea Natural Resources |
NSP | Navigational Safety Plan |
NSTA | North Sea Transition Authority |
NSVMP | Navigational Safety and Vessel Management Plan |
NtM | Notice to Mariners |
NTS | Non-Technical Summary |
NZTAP | Net Zero Transition Action Plan |
OASIS | Online Access to the Index of Archaeological Investigations |
OBIS | Ocean Biodiversity Information System |
OCA | Other Marine Carnivores in Air |
OCIMP | Ossian Compensation Implementation and Monitoring Plan |
OCS | Offshore Convertor Station |
OCW | Other Marine Carnivores in Water |
OD | Ordnance Datum |
OFLO | Offshore Fisheries Liaison Officer |
OGA | Oil and Gas Authority |
OLS | Obstacle Limitation Surface |
OMP | Operation and Maintenance Programme |
OMR | Offshore Marine Region |
OPERA | Operational Programme for the Exchange of Weather Radar |
OREI | Offshore Renewable Energy Installations |
ORJIP | Offshore Renewables Joint Industry Programme |
OSL | Optically Stimulated Luminescence |
OSP | Offshore Substation Platform |
OSPAR | Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic or OSPAR Convention |
Ossian OWFL | Ossian Offshore Wind Farm Limited |
OTNR | Offshore Transmission Network Review |
OWEIP | Offshore Wind Environmental Improvement Package |
OWEPS | Offshore Wind Energy Policy Statement |
OWIC | Offshore Wind Industry Council |
OWIG | Offshore Wind Industry Group |
OWPS | Offshore Wind Policy Statement |
PAC | Pre-Application Consultation (as defined by the Marine Licencing (Pre-application Consultation) (Scotland) Regulations 2013) |
PAD | Protocol for Archaeological Discoveries |
PAH | Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon |
PAM | Passive Acoustic Monitoring |
PAN | Planning Advice Note |
PANS-Ops | Procedures for Air Navigation Services–Aircraft Operations |
PCA | Principal Component Analysis |
PCB | Polychlorinated Biphenyl |
PCH | Proportion of Birds at Collision Height |
PCR | Polymerase Chain Reaction |
PCW | Phocid Carnivores in Water |
PDE | Project Design Envelope |
PEIR | Preliminary Environmental Impact Report |
PEMP | Project Environmental Monitoring Plan |
PEXA | Practice and Exercise Area |
PFC | Perfluorocarbon |
PGCE | Postgraduate Certificate in Education |
PIANC | World Association for Waterborne Transport Infrastructure |
PINS | Planning Inspectorate |
PKARF | Perth and Kinross Archaeology Research Framework |
PLA | Port of London Authority |
PLGR | Pre-Lay Grapnel Run |
PLL | Potential Loss of Life |
PLN | Port letters and numbers |
PM | Particle Motion |
PMF | Priority Marine Feature |
PMO | Prime Minister’s Office |
PO | Plan Option |
POB | People on Board |
POP | Persistent Organic Pollutant |
PPC | Preferred Project Concept |
PPCC | Probability Plot Correlation Coefficient |
PrePARED | Predators and Prey Around Renewable Energy Developments |
PRIMER | Plymouth Routines in Multivariate Ecological Research |
PS | Piling Strategy |
PSA | Particle Size Analysis |
pSAC | Proposed Special Area of Conservation |
PSD | Power Spectral Density |
pSPA | Proposed Special Protection Area |
PSR | Primary Surveillance Radar |
PSU | Practical Salinity Units |
PTS | Permanent Threshold Shift |
PVA | Population Viability Analysis |
QA | Quality Assurance |
QAIC | Quasi-Akaike |
RA | Retained Archaeologist |
Radar | Radio Detection and Ranging |
RAF | Royal Air Force |
RAG | Red-Amber-Green |
RAM | Restricted in Ability to Manoeuvre |
RAP | Recognised Air Picture |
RBS | Register of Buyers and Sellers |
RBS legislation | Registration of Buyers and Sellers of First-Sale Fish Scheme |
RCG | Renewables Consulting Group |
RCP | Representative Concentration Pathway |
RCS | Radar Cross Section |
RDP | Radar Data Processor |
REZ | Scottish Renewable Energy Zone |
RIAA | Report to Inform Appropriate Assessment |
RIVM | Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu |
RL | Received Level |
RLoS | Radar Line of Sight |
RMP | Regional Marine Plan |
rms | Root Mean Square |
RNLI | Royal National Lifeboat Institution |
ROC | Renewables Obligation Certificates |
Ro-Ro | Roll-on/Roll-off |
ROV | Remotely Operated Vehicle |
RoW | Receiver of Wreck |
RPS | RPS Energy Consultants Ltd |
RRH | Remote Radar Head |
RSMP | Regional Seabed Monitoring Programme |
RSPB | Royal Society for the Protection of Birds |
rUK | Rest of the UK |
rWorld | Elsewhere in the World |
RYA | Royal Yachting Association |
(s)CRM | (stochastic) Collision Risk Model |
SAC | Special Area of Conservation |
SACFOR | Super-Abundant, Abundant, Common, Frequent, Occasional, Rare |
SALSA | Spatially Adaptive Local Smoothing Algorithm |
SALSA2D | 2-Dimensional SALSA |
SAR | Search and Rescue |
SARPs | Standards and Recommended Procedures |
SAS | Surfers Against Sewage |
SBES | Singlebeam Echosounder |
SBL | Scottish Biodiversity List |
SBP | Sub-bottom Profiler |
SCANS | Small Cetaceans in European Atlantic waters and the North Sea survey |
ScARF | Scottish Archaeological Research Framework |
SCDS | Supply Chain Development Statement |
SCI | Sites of Community Importance |
SCOS | Special Committee on Seals |
ScotMER | Scottish Marine Energy Research |
SCPT | Seismic Cone Penetration Testing |
sCRM | Stochastic Collision Risk Model |
SD | Standard Deviation |
SDM | Species Distribution Models |
SEA | Strategic Environmental Assessment |
SEER | Synthesis of Environmental Effects Research |
SEG-Y | Society of Exploration Geophysicists Y (data format) |
SEIA | Social and Economic Impact Assessment |
SEL | Sound Exposure Level |
SELcum | Cumulative Sound Exposure Level |
SELss | Single Strike Sound Exposure Level |
SEP | Stakeholder Engagement Plan |
SEPA | Scottish Environmental Protection Agency |
SEPLA | Suction Embedded Plate Anchor |
SF6 | Sulphur Hexafluoride |
SFF | Scottish Fishermen’s Federation |
SI | Site Investigations |
SIMPER | Similarity Percentage |
SIMPROF | Similarity Proofing Algorithm |
SISI | Scottish Invasive Species Initiative |
SL | Source Level |
SLSC | Standardised Least Squares Criterion |
SMP | Sectoral Marine Plan |
SMR | Scottish Marine Region |
SMRU | Sea Mammal Research Unit |
SMS | Safety Management System |
SMU | Seal Management Unit |
SNCB | Statutory Nature Conservation Body |
SNH | Scottish Natural Heritage |
SNP | Scottish National Party |
SNU | Seoul National University |
SOI | Scottish Oceans Institute |
SOLAS | International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea |
SONAR | Sound Navigation Ranging |
SOSSMAT | Strategic Ornithological Support Services Migration Assessment Tool |
SOV | Service Operation Vessel |
SoW | Scope of Work |
SPA | Special Protection Area |
SPEA | Portuguese Society for the Study of Birds (Sociedade Portuguesa para o Estudo das Aves) |
SPFA | Scottish Pelagic Fishermen’s Association |
SPL | Sound Pressure Level |
SPLpk | Peak Sound Pressure Level |
SPM | Suspended Particulate Matter |
SPMP | Scour Protection Management Plan |
SPP | Scottish Planning Policy |
Spp | Several Species |
SPVA | Service Personnel and Veterans Agency |
SSC | Suspended Sediment Concentrations |
SSEN | Scottish and Southern Electricity Network |
SSER | SSE Renewables |
SSR | Secondary Surveillance Radar |
SSS | Side-Scan Sonar |
SSSI | Site of Special Scientific Interest |
SST | Sea Surface Temperature |
SSW-RS | Scottish Shelf Waters Reanalysis Service |
STAR | Seabird Tracking and Research |
STW | Scottish Territorial Waters |
SWFPA | Scottish White Fish Producers Association |
SWMP | Site Waste Management Plan |
TAC | Total Allowable Catch |
TADS | Thermal Animal Detection System |
TAEZ | Temporary Archaeological Exclusion Zone |
TBT | Tributyltin |
TCA | Trade and Cooperation Agreement |
TCE | The Crown Estate |
TCFD | Task force on Climate related Financial Disclosures |
TCSNP | Transitional Centralised Strategic Network Plan |
THC | Total Hydrocarbon Content |
TL | Transmission Loss |
TLP | Tension Leg Platform |
TMZ | Transponder Mandatory Zone |
TNO | Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research |
TNT | Trinitrotoluene |
TNUoS | Transmission Network Use of System |
TOC | Total Organic Carbon |
TOM | Total Organic Matter |
TOPA | Technical and Operational Assessment |
Tp | Peak Wave Period |
T-POD | Towed Passive Acoustic Monitoring Device |
TPV | Third Party Verification |
TSS | Traffic Separation Scheme |
TSS | Total Suspended Sediment |
TTS | Temporary Threshold Shift |
TVG | Transverse Gradiometer |
TWP | Thistle Wind Partners |
UCL | Upper Confidence Limit |
UHF | Ultra High Frequency |
UHRS | 2D Ultra-high Resolution Seismic |
UK | United Kingdom |
UK CoS | UK Chamber of Shipping |
UKCEH | UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology |
UKCS | United Kingdom Continental Shelf |
UKFEN | United Kingdom Fisheries Economic Network |
UKHO | United Kingdom Hydrographic Office |
UKLFS | UK Low Flying System |
UNCLOS | United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea |
UNECE | United Nations Economic Commission for Europe |
UNESCO | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation |
UNFCCC | United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change |
US | United States |
USA | United States of America |
USV | Uncrewed Surface Vessel |
UV | Ultraviolet |
UWN | Underwater Noise |
UXO | Unexploded Ordnance |
VFR | Visual Flight Rules |
VHF | Very High Frequency |
VIF | Variance Inflation Factor |
VLA | Vertical Loading Anchor |
VMC | Visual Meteorological Conditions |
VMP | Vessel Management Plan |
VMS | Vessel Monitoring System |
VOR | Valued Ornithological Receptor |
VTS | Vessel Traffic Survey |
W | West (Sectoral Marine Plan Region) |
WBCSD | World Resources Institute and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development |
WeBS | Wetland Bird Survey |
WFD | Water Framework Directive |
WGS84 | World Geodetic System 1984 |
WNoO | Weekly Notice of Operations |
WODC | World Ocean Data Centre |
WoRMS | World Register of Marine Species |
WSDOT | Washington State Department of Transport |
WSI | Written Scheme of Investigation |
WW2 | World War Two |
WWT | Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust |
ZoI | Zone of Influence |