Planning Scotland's Seas: 2013 - The Scottish Marine Protected Area Project – Developing the Evidence Base tor Impact Assessments and the Sustainability Appraisal Final Report
This report provides Marine Scotland with evidence on economic and social effects to inform a Business and Regulatory Impact Assessment (BRIA) for each possible NC MPA, and a Sustainability Appraisal for the suite of proposals as a whole.
Abbreviations
ABPmer ABP Marine Environmental Research Ltd
BRIA Business and Regulatory Impact Assessments
Cefas Centre for the Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science
CFP Common Fisheries Policy
DECC Department of Energy and Climate Change
Defra Department for the environment, Food and Rural Affairs
EIA Environmental Impact Assessment
ES Ecosystem Service
GeMs Geodatabase of Marine features in Scotland
GES Good Environmental Status
GIS Geographic Information System
GP General Practitioner
GSR Government Social Research
GVA Gross Value Added
IA Impact Assessment
IC ES International Council for the Exploration of the Seas
JNCC Joint Nature Conservation Committee
MarLIN Marine Life Information Network
MCZ Marine Conservation Zone
MPA Marine Protected Area
MSFD Marine Strategy Framework Directive
NC MPA Nature Conservation MPA
NE Natural England
NEA National Ecosystem Assessment
NGO Non-Governmental Organisation
OSPAR Oslo and Paris Commission
PAG Project Advisory Group
PSG Project Steering Group
SAC Special Area of Conservation
SIC Standard Industrial Classification
SNCB Statutory Nature Conservation Body ( SNH or JNCC)
SNH Scottish Natural Heritage
spp. Species
TTWA Travel To Work Area
UK United Kingdom
UNEP-WCMC United Nations Environment Programme - World Conservation Monitoring Centre
VMS Vessel Monitoring System
VNN Valuing Nature Network
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