Offshore windfarms - monitoring impacts on the commercial fishing industry: good practice guidance
Good practice guidance for offshore wind developers on how to monitor the impacts of offshore wind farms on the commercial fishing industry. This includes how to identify appropriate monitoring datasets, develop monitoring methodologies and to identify the best means of disseminating outputs.
Appendix G Abbreviations and Acronyms
Table 7‑11 below lists all acronyms from the Good Practice Guidance document, the Rapid Literature Review, and the Dataset Analysis Report.
AIS: Automatic Identification System
BRES: Business Register and Employment Survey
CCTV: Closed-circuit television
CFLO: Company Fisheries Liaison Officer
CWFGs: Commercial Fisheries Working Groups
EIA: Environmental Impact Assessment
EIAR: Environmental Impact Assessment Report
EU: European Union
FIR: Fishery Industry Representative
FLO: Fisheries Liaison Officer
FLOWW: Fishing Liaison with Offshore Wind and Wet Renewables Group
FOIA: Freedom of Information Act
FTE: Full-time Equivalent
GDPR: General Data Protection Regulation
GEN 4: General Policy 4
GIS: Geographical Information Systems
GPRS: General Packet Radio Service
GPS: Global Positioning System
GVA: Gross Value Added
GW: Gigawatts
ICES: International Council for the Exploration of the Sea
IFG: Inshore Fisheries Group
iVMS: Inshore Vessel Monitoring System
LFS: Labour Force Survey
MD-LOT: Marine Directorate - Licensing Operations Team
MAU: Marine Analytical Unit
MCC: Marine Coordination Centre
MMO: Marine Management Organisation
MRE: Marine Renewable Energy
MPA: Marine Protected Area
NM: Nautical Mile
NMP: National Marine Plan
OFLO: Offshore Fisheries Liaison Officer
ONS: Office for National Statistics
OSPAR: Oslo and Paris Conventions
OWF: Offshore Windfarm
PEMP: Project Environmental Monitoring Plan
REM: Remote Electronic Monitoring
RFID: Radio Frequency Identification
SABS: Scottish Annual Business Statistics
ScotMER: Scottish Marine Energy Research
SEIA: Socio-Economic Impact Assessment
SIC: Standard Industrial Classification
SIMD: Scottish Government’s Index of Multiple Deprivation
SMART: Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant and Time-bound
TAC: Total Allowable Catch
UK: United Kingdom
USA: United States of America
VHF: Very High Frequency
VMS: Vessel Monitoring System
Contact
Email: ScotMER@gov.scot