Acronyms
Acronym | Description |
|---|---|
2D | Two Dimensional |
2D UHRS | Two-dimensional Ultra High Resolution Seismic |
ABPMer | Associated British Ports Marine Environmental Research |
AD | Anno Domini |
ADCP | Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler |
ADD | Acoustic Deterrent Device |
ADR | Air Defence Radar |
AEZ | Archaeological Exclusion Zone |
AHTS | Anchor Handling Tug Supply (vessel) |
AIS | Automatic Identification Systems |
ALARP | As Low As Reasonably Practicable |
AoS | Areas of Search |
ASA | Acoustical Society of America |
BC | Before Christ |
BDMPS | Biologically Defined Minimum Population Scales |
BEIS | Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy |
BGS | British Geological Survey |
BODC | British Oceanographic Data Centre |
BOEM | Bureau of Ocean Energy Management |
BP | Before Present |
BPM | Best Practicable Means |
BSI | British Standards Institute |
C | Construction |
CAA | Civil Aviation Authority |
CAFS | Cleaner Air for Scotland |
CaP | Cable Plan |
CAP | Civil Aviation Publication |
CBRA | Cable Burial Risk Assessment |
CCC | Committee on Climate Change |
CCS | Carbon Capture and Storage |
CEA | Cumulative Effects Assessment |
CEF | Cumulative Effects Framework |
Cefas | Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science |
CES | Crown Estate Scotland |
CfD | Contract for Difference |
CI | Confidence Interval |
CIEEM | Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management |
CIP | Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners |
CO2 | Carbon Dioxide |
CO | Carbon Monoxide |
CoCP | Code of Construction Practice |
COLREGs | International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea |
COP | Copenhagen Offshore Partners |
COP21 | 21st Conference of the Parties, also referred to as the Paris climate conference, held in Paris in 2015 |
COWRIE | Collaborative Offshore Wind Research Into the Environment |
CRM | Collision Risk Modelling |
CTV | Crew Transfer Vessel |
D | Decommissioning |
DAERA | Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs |
DCF | Data Collection Framework |
DDV | Drop Down Video |
DEA | Drag Embedment Anchors |
DECC | Department of Energy and Climate Change |
Defra | Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
DGC | Defence Geographic Centre |
DMRB | Design Manual for Roads and Bridges |
DND | Detailed Network Design |
DPO | Draft Plan Option |
dSEP | draft Stakeholder Engagement Plan |
DSLP | Development Specification and Layout Plan |
EC | European Commission |
ECC | Export Cable Corridor |
EcIA | Ecological Impact Assessment |
ECMWF | European Centre for Medium-range Weather Forecast |
EDP | Energias de Portugal |
EEA | European Economic Area |
EEZ | Exclusive Economic Zone |
EGPS | Electricity Generation Policy Statement |
EIA | Environmental Impact Assessment |
EMEC | European Marine Energy Centre |
EMF | Electromagnetic Fields |
EMODnet | European Marine Observation and Data Network |
EMP | Environmental Management Plan |
EMR | Electricity Market Reform |
EPC | Engineering, Procurement and Construction |
EPS | European Protected Species |
ERCoP | Emergency Response Cooperation Plan |
ESCA | European Subsea Cables Association |
ESO | Electricity System Operator |
EU | European Union |
EUNIS | European Nature Information System |
FeAST | Feature Activity Sensitivity Tool |
FIR | Fisheries Industry Representative |
FLO | Fisheries Liaison Officer |
FLOW | Floating Offshore Wind |
FTOWDG | Forth and Tay Offshore Wind Developers Group |
FLOWW | Fishing Liaison with Offshore Wind and Wet Renewables Group |
FMMS | Fisheries Management and Mitigation Strategy |
FPSO | Floating Production Storage and Offloading |
FSA | Formal Safety Assessment |
GES | Good Environmental Status |
GHG | Greenhouse Gas |
GVA | Gross Value Added |
HAT | Highest Astronomical Tide |
HER | Historic Environment Record |
HES | Historic Environment Scotland |
HLV | Heavy Lift Vessel |
HMPA | Historic Marine Protected Area |
HND | Holistic Network Design |
HNDFUE | Holistic Network Design Follow Up Exercise |
HPAI | Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza |
HRA | Habitats Regulation Appraisal |
HSE | Health and Safety Executive |
IALA | International Association of Marine Aids to Navigation and Lighthouse Authorities |
IAMMWG | Inter-Agency Marine Mammal Working Group |
IAQM | Institute of Air Quality Management |
ICE | Inventory of Carbon and Energy |
ICES | International Council for the Exploration on the Sea |
ICPC | International Cable Protection Committee |
ID | identification |
IEFs | Important Ecological Features |
IEMA | Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment |
IEP | Industry Evidence Programme |
IHLS | International Herring Larvae Survey |
IMO | International Maritime Organization |
INNS | Invasive Non-Native Species |
INNSMP | Invasive Non-Native Species Management Plan |
INTOG | Innovation and Targeted Oil and Gas |
IROPI | Imperative Reasons of Overriding Public Interest |
IRP | Iterative Plan Review |
JNAPC | Joint Nautical Archaeology Policy Committee |
JNCC | Joint Nature Conservation Committee |
LAT | Lowest Astronomical Tide |
LCA | Life Cycle Assessment |
LCCC | Low Carbon Contracts Company |
LCoE | Levelised Cost of Energy |
LiDAR | Light Detection and Ranging |
LLC | Limited Liability Company |
LMP | Lighting and Marking Plan |
LSE | Likely Significant Effect |
LTM | Long Term Mooring |
LUC | Land Use Consultants |
MAG | Dual Magnetometer |
MAIB | Marine Accident Investigation Branch |
MarESA | Marine Evidence Based Sensitivity Assessment |
MARPOL | International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships |
MBES | Multibeam Echo Sounder |
MCA | Maritime and Coastguard Agency |
MCAA | The Marine and Coastal Access Act (2009) |
MCZ | Marine Conservation Zone |
MDS | Maximum Design Scenario |
MEDIN | Marine Environmental Data Information Network |
MGN | Marine Guidance Note |
MHC | Marine Habitat Classification |
MHWS | Mean High Water Springs |
MLWS | Mean Low Water Springs |
MMMP | Marine Mammal Mitigation Plan |
MMO | Marine Management Organisation |
MNCR | Marine Nature Conservation Review |
MoD | Ministry of Defence |
MORL | Moray Offshore Renewables Limited |
MP | Member of Parliament |
MPA | Marine Protected Area |
MPCP | Marine Pollution Contingency Plan |
MPS | Marine Policy Statement |
MRSea | Marine Renewables Strategic Environmental Assessment |
MS-LOT | Marine Scotland - Licensing Operations Team |
MSS | Marine Scotland Science |
MU | Management Unit |
NAEI | National Atmospheric Emissions Inventory |
NCMPA | Nature Conservation Marine Protected Area |
NECD | National Emission Ceilings Directive |
NECRIFG | North and East Coast Regional Inshore Fisheries Group |
NERC | Natural Environment Research Council |
NH3 | Ammonia |
NLB | Northern Lighthouse Board |
NMFS | National Marine Fisheries Service |
NMP | National Marine Plan |
NMPi | Marine Scotland National Marine Plan Interactive |
NMVOC | Non-methane Volatile Organic Compounds |
NOX | Nitrous Oxide |
NO2 | Nitrogen Dioxide |
NOAA | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
NPF | National Planning Framework |
NPL | National Physical Laboratory |
NRHE | National Record of the Historic Environment |
NRA | Navigational Risk Assessment |
NSTA | North Sea Transition Authority |
NSP | Navigational Safety Plan |
NtM | Notice to Mariners |
NUC | Not Under Command |
O | Operation and Maintenance |
OESEA | Offshore Energy Strategic Environmental Assessment |
OGA | Oil and Gas Authority |
OREI | Offshore Renewable Energy Installation |
ORJIP | Offshore Renewables Joint Industry Programme |
Ossian OWFL | Ossian Offshore Wind Farm Limited |
OSP | Offshore Substation Platform |
OSPAR | Oslo/Paris Convention |
OTNR | Offshore Transmission Network Review |
OWEIP | Offshore Wind Environmental Improvement Package |
OWEPS | Offshore Wind Energy Policy Statement |
OWFL | Offshore Wind Farm Limited |
OWIG | Offshore Wind Industry Group |
PAC | Pre-application Consultation |
PAD | Protocol of Archaeological Discoveries |
PAH | Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons |
PAM | Passive Acoustic Monitoring |
PAN | Planning Advice Note |
PAS | Publicly Available Specification |
PCB | Polychlorinated Biphenyl |
PDE | Project Design Envelope |
PDV | Phocine Distemper Virus |
PM10 and PM2.5 | Particulate Matter |
PMF | Priority Marine Feature |
pMPA | Possible Marine Protected Area |
PO | Plan Option |
PS | Piling Strategy |
PSA | Particle Size Analysis |
pSPA | proposed Special Protection Area |
PSR | Primary Surveillance Radar |
PTS | Permanent Threshold Shift |
PVA | Population Viability Analysis |
Radar | Radio Detection and Ranging |
REZ | Renewable Energy Zone |
RIAA | Report to Inform Appropriate Assessment |
RMP | Regional Marine Plan |
rms | Root Mean Square |
RNLI | Royal National Lifeboat Institution |
ROC | Renewables Obligation Certificate |
Ro-Pax | Roll-on/Roll-off Passenger |
Ro-Ro | Roll-on/Roll-off Cargo |
ROV | Remotely Operated Vehicle |
RRED | Revised Renewable Energy Directive |
RRH | Remote Radar Head |
RSMP | Regional Seabed Monitoring Programme |
RSPB | Royal Society for the Protection of Birds |
RYA | Royal Yachting Association |
SAC | Special Area of Conservation |
SAR | Swept Area Ratio |
SAS | Surfers Against Sewage |
SBL | Scottish Biodiversity List |
SBP | Sub-Bottom Profiler |
SCANS | Small Cetaceans in the European Atlantic and North Seas Survey |
SCDS | Supply Chain Development Statement |
SCOS | Special Committee on Seals |
sCRM | stochastic Collision Risk Modelling |
SEA | Strategic Environmental Assessment |
SEIA | Social and Economic Impact Assessment |
SELcum | Cumulative Sound Exposure Level |
SEPA | Scottish Environment Protection Agency |
SEPLA | Suction Embedded Plate Anchors |
SFF | Scottish Fishermen’s Federation |
SLVIA | Seascape, Landscape and Visual Assessment |
SMP | Sectoral Marine Plan |
SMR | Scottish Marine Region |
SMRU | Sea Mammal Research Unit |
SNCB | Statutory Nature Conservation Body |
SO2 | Sulphur Dioxide |
SOLAS | International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea |
SOV | Service Operations Vessel |
SPAs | Special Protected Areas |
SPLpeak | Peak Sound Pressure Level |
SPM | Suspended Particulate Matter |
SPP | Scottish Planning Policy |
SSC | Suspended Sediment Concentration |
SSER | SSE Renewables |
SSS | Side Scan Sonar |
SSSI | Sites of Special Scientific Interest |
SWFPA | Scottish White Fish Producers Association |
TCA | Trade and Cooperation Agreement |
TCE | The Crown Estate |
THC | Total Hydrocarbon Content |
TLP | Tension Leg Platform |
TOC | Total Organic Carbon |
TOM | Total Organic Matter |
TSS | Total Suspended Sediment |
TTS | Temporary Threshold Shift |
UCG | Underground Coal Gasification |
UECC | United European Car Carriers |
UHRS | Ultra-High Resolution Seismic |
UK | United Kingdom |
UKCS | United Kingdom Continental Shelf |
UNFCCC | United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change |
UKFEN | United Kingdom Fisheries Economic Network |
UKHO | United Kingdom Hydrographic Office |
UNECE | United Nations Economic Commission for Europe |
US | United States |
UXO | Unexploded Ordnance |
VLA | Vertical Loading Anchors |
VMP | Vessel Management Plan |
VMS | Vessel Monitoring System |
WSI | Written Scheme of Investigation |
ZoI | Zone of Influence |