Offshore wind energy - draft sectoral marine plan: habitat regulations appraisal

Abbreviations

AA : Appropriate Assessment 

AAIR : Appropriate Assessment Information Report 

ABP : Associated British Ports 

AC : Alternating Current 

ACCOBAMS : Agreement on the Conservation of Cetaceans in the Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea and contiguous Atlantic Area

AEOI : Adverse Effect on the Integrity (of European/Ramsar Sites)

ASCOBANS : Agreement on the Conservation of Small Cetaceans of the Baltic and North Seas

BACI : Before-after control-impact

BD : Biological Disturbance 

BERR : Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform

BTO : British Trust for Ornithology

CMACS : Centre for Marine and Coastal Studies

COWRIE : Collaborative Offshore Wind Research Into the Environment

CRM : Collision Risk Modelling

cSAC : candidate Special Area of Conservation

DC : Direct Current 

DECC : Department of Energy & Climate Change

Defra : Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

DG : Directorate General

DO : Dissolved Oxygen 

DOENI : Department of Environment for Northern Ireland

DPO : Draft Plan Option

EC : European Commission

ECS : European Cetacean Society

EDPR : EDP Renovaveis (Renewable Energy Company)

EEZ : Exclusive Economic Zone

EIA : Environmental Impact Assessment

EM : Electromagnetic 

EMEC : European Marine Energy Centre 

EMF : Electromagnetic Field 

EOWDC : European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre 

EU : European Union 

FAD : Fish Aggregating Device 

FAME : Future of the Atlantic Marine Environment

FARL : Fawley Aquatic Research Laboratories Ltd

FTRAG : Forth and Tay Regional Advisory Group

GIS : Geographical Information System 

GW : Gigawatts

HDD : Horizontal Direction Drilling

HELCOM : Helsinki Commission

HIE : Highlands and Islands Enterprise

HIT : Humber International Terminal

HPDI : highest posterior density interval

HRA : Habitats Regulations Appraisal

HVDC : High-voltage Direct Current 

HWDT : Hebridean Whale and Dolphin Trust

IAMMWG : Inter-Agency Marine Mammal Working Group 

ICES : International Council for Exploration of the Sea

IECS : Institute of Estuarine and Coastal Studies

IH : Inner Hebrides cetacean population area

IMARES : Institute for Marine Resources & Ecosystem Studies

IPF : Draft Initial Plan Framework for Wave and Tidal Energy (see also Draft W&TE Plan)

IPR : Iterative Plan Review 

IROPI : Imperative Reasons of Overriding Public Interest

IS : Irish Sea cetacean population area

ISLES : Irish Scottish Links on Energy Study

JNCC : Joint Nature Conservation Committee

KTN : Knowledge Transfer Network

LIMPET : Land Installed Marine Power Energy Transmitter 

LSE : Likely Significant Effect

MarLIN : Marine Life Information Network

MCZ : Marine Conservation Zone 

MFRAG : Moray Firth Regional Advisory Group

MMO : Marine Management Organisation 

MPA : Marine Protected Area

MRIP : Marine Renewables Infrastructure Plan  

MSP : Marine Spatial Plan 

MU : Management Unit

MUDS : Marine biological underwater Depuration System

MW : Megawatts 

NE : North East

NENS : North Eastern North Sea & Skagerrak (harbour porpoise stock)

NERI : National Environmental Research Institute (Denmark)

NF : North France cetacean population area

nm : Nautical Mile

NPD : Non-Physical Disturbance

NPWS : National Parks and Wildlife Service 

N-RIP : National Renewables Infrastructure Plan

NS : North Sea cetacean population area

NTC : Non-Toxic Contamination

NWIS : North-west Ireland & West Scotland (harbour porpoise stock)

OBIS : Ocean Biogeographic Information System

ODPM : Office of Deputy Prime Minister

OH : Outer Hebrides (Island of Barra) cetacean population area

ORE : Offshore Renewable Energy

OREDP : Offshore Renewable Energy Development Plan

ORJIP : Offshore Renewables Joint Industry Programmes

OSPAR : The Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic

OWE : Offshore Wind Energy

OWiX : Offshore Wind Innovation Exchange

PCB : Polychlorinated biphenyls

PD : Physical Damage

PFOW : Pentland Firth and Orkney Waters (formerly referred to as PFSA)

PFSA : Pentland Firth Strategic Area (now more commonly referred to as PFOW)

PLG : Physical Loss or Gain

PMSS : PMSS Ltd. 

PRIMaRE : Partnership for Research in Marine Renewable Energy

pSAC : Possible Special Area of Conservation

PSG : Project Steering Group

pSPA : Potential Special Protection Area

PTS : Permanent Threshold Shift 

Ramsar  : The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands - the Conservation on Wetlands of International Importance, especially on Waterfowl Habitat

RSPB : Royal Society for the Protection of Birds

SAC : Special Area of Conservation

SAM : Static Acoustic Monitoring

SAMS : Scottish Association for Marine Science

SCI : Site of Community Importance

SCOS : Special Committee on Seals

SDIC : State Development & Investment Corporation

SE : Scottish Enterprise

SEA : Strategic Environmental Assessment

SEIA : Social and Economic Impact Assessment

SEL : Sound Exposure Level 

SEPA : Scottish Environment Protection Agency

SG : Scottish Government

SNCB : Statutory Nature Conservation Bodies

SNH : Scottish Natural Heritage 

SPA : Special Protection Area

SPL : Sound Pressure Level 

SRTP : ScotRenewables Tidal Power Limited

SSE : SSE Renewables 

SSMEI : Scottish Sustainable Marine Environment Initiative

TCE : The Crown Estate 

TTS : Temporary Threshold Shift 

UK : United Kingdom 

WDCS : Whale and Dolphin Conservation (formerly WDCS, Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society)

WWT : Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust