Offshore wind - strategic compensation policy: consultation analysis report

7 Abbreviations

BioSS Biomathematics & Statistics Scotland

BRIA Business and Regulatory Impact Assessment

CBD Convention on Biological Diversity

CES Crown Estate Scotland

CIEEM Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management

CNPMEM Comité National des Pêches Maritimes et des Élevages Marins

EAR SSI Environmental Assessment Reform Scottish Statutory Instrument

eDNA Environmental Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid

EIA Environmental Impact Assessment

EU European Union

FAIR Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable

HRA Habitats Regulations Appraisal

INTOG Innovation and Targeted Oil and Gas

JNCC Joint Nature Conservation Committee

MASTS Marine Alliance for Science and Technology for Scotland

MEDIN Marine Environmental Data and Information Network

MEEB Measures of Equivalent Environmental Benefit

MIH Marine Irreplaceable Habitats

MPA Marine Protected Area

MRF Marine Recovery Fund

NCMPA Nature Conservation Marine Protected Area

NFFO National Federation of Fishermen's Organisations

NM Nautical Mile

OEUK Offshore Energies UK

OWD Offshore Wind Directorate

PMF Priority Marine Feature

RSPB Royal Society for the Protection of Birds

SAC Special Area of Conservation

SAMS Scottish Association for Marine Science

SEA Strategic Environmental Assessment

SFF Scottish Fishermen's Federation

SI Statutory Instrument

SME Small and Medium-sized Enterprises

SMEEF Scottish Marine Environmental Enhancement Fund

SMP-OWE Sectoral Marine Plan for Offshore Wind Energy

SNCB Statutory Nature Conservation Bodies

SPA Special Protection Area

SUDG Seabed User Developer Group

UK United Kingdom

UKCEH UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

UKMPG UK Major Ports Group

UN United Nations

UNFCCC United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change