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10 Appendix D: Abbreviations

ABPmer Associated British Ports Marine Environmental Research

ADD Acoustic Deterrent Device

APB Aquaculture Production Business

BGS British Geological Society

BMP Biosecurity Measures Plan

BNG Biodiversity Net Gain

BRIA Business Regulatory Impact Assessment

CAR Controlled Activities Regulations

CBD Convention on Biological Diversity

CO₂ Carbon Dioxide

COP Conference of the Parties

EC European Commission

EEC European Economic Community

EEZ Exclusive Economic Zone

EIA Environmental Impact Assessment

EU European Union

FeAST Feature Activity Sensitivity Tool

GEN General Policy

GES Good Environmental Status

GHG Greenhouse Gas

GIS Geographic Information System

GVA Gross Value Added

HND Holistic Network Design

HND FUE Holistic Network Design Follow Up Exercise

HPAI Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza

HRA Habitats Regulations Appraisal

ICH Intangible Cultural Heritage

IMMA Important Marine Mammal Area

INNS Invasive Non Native Species

JNCC Joint Nature Conservation Committee

KMGBF Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework

LLA Local Landscape Areas

MARPOL International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships

MCCIP Marine Climate Change Impacts Partnership

MD Marine Directorate

MD-LOT Marine Directorate Licensing Operations Team

MEEB Measures of Equivalent Environmental Benefit

MNG Marine Net Gain

MPA Marine Protected Area

MtCO₂e Million Tonnes of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent

MU Marine Mammal Units

NCB Aquaculture Production Business that is operating non-commercial installations

NCCA National Coastal Change Assessment

NCMPA Nature Conservation Marine Protected Area

NGO Non-Governmental Organisation

NM Nautical Mile

NMP National Marine Plan

NMP2 National Marine Plan 2

NRA Navigational Risk Assessment

NRF Nature Restoration Fund

NRW Natural Resources Wales

NSA National Scenic Area

OC Organic Carbon

OPOF Our Past, Our Future

OSPAR Oslo and Paris Conventions

OWE Offshore Wind Energy

PAD Pressures-Activities Database

PMF Priority Marine Feature

PPS Plans, Programmes and Strategies

RBD River Basin District

RBMP River Basin Management Plan

RYA Royal Yachting Association

SAC Special Area of Conservation

SBS Scottish Biodiversity Strategy

SCANS Small Cetaceans in European Atlantic waters and the North Sea

SCAPE The Scottish Coastal Archaeology and the Problem of Erosion Trust

SEA Strategic Environmental Assessment

SEPA Scottish Environment Protection Agency

SIMD Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation

SMEEF Sottish Marine Environmental Enhancement Fund

SMP Sectoral Marine Plan

SPA Special Protection Area

SPANS Scotland’s People and Nature Survey

SPP Scottish Planning Policy

SSEN Scottish & Southern Electricity Networks

SSSI Sites of Special Scientific Interest

TRACS Traditional Arts and Culture Scotland

UK United Kingdom

UKHO United Kingdom Hydrographic Office

UN United Nations

UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation

UNFCCC United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

WFD Water Framework Directive

WHS World Heritage Site