Draft Sectoral Marine Plans for Offshore Renewable Energy in Scottish Waters- Strategic Environmental Assessment: Environmental Report and Appendix A
This Environmental Report documents the results of the Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) which is an assessment of the effects of the plans on relevant environmental receptors. In
this assessment the effects of the plan on the following have been
Table of Abbreviations
AC |
Alternating Current |
AEWA |
Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds |
AIS |
Automatic Identification System |
ALS |
Area of Landscape Significance |
AONB |
Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty |
AoS |
Area of Search |
APQ |
Area of Panoramic Quality |
ASCOBANS |
Agreement on the Conservation of Small Cetaceans of the Baltic, North East Atlantic, Irish and North Seas |
BAP |
UK Biodiversity Action Plan |
BGS |
British Geological Society |
CAMERAS |
Co-ordinated Agenda for Marine, Environment and Rural Affairs Science |
CAR |
Controlled Activities Regulations |
CCS |
Carbon Capture and Storage |
CO 2 |
Carbon dioxide |
c SAC |
Candidate Special Area of Conservation |
DC |
Direct Current |
EGPS |
Electricity Generation Policy Statement |
EC |
European Commission |
EIA |
Environmental Impact Assessment |
EMEC |
European Marine Energy Centre |
EMF |
Electro-magnetic field |
ESAS |
European Seabirds at Sea |
EU |
European Union |
EUNIS |
European University Information Systems |
FAME |
Future of the Atlantic Marine Environment |
GCR |
Geological Conservation Review |
GHG |
Greenhouse Gas |
GIS |
Geographic Information System |
HIE |
Highlands and Islands Enterprise |
HRA |
Habitats Regulations Appraisal |
IBA |
Important Bird Area |
ICES |
International Council for the Exploration of the Sea |
IPF |
Initial Plan Framework |
IPOA-SHARKS |
International Plan of Action for the Conservation and Management of Sharks |
IPR |
Iterative Plan Review |
IUCN |
International Union for Conservation of Nature |
JNAPC |
Joint Nautical Archaeology Policy Committee |
JNCC |
Joint Nature Conservation Committee |
LDP |
Local Development Plan |
LPA |
Local Protection Area |
MAIB |
Marine Accident Investigation Branch |
MarClim |
Marine Biodiversity and Climate Change |
MaRS |
Marine Resource System |
MCA |
Maritime and Coastguard Agency |
MCCIP |
Marine Climate Change Impacts Partnership |
MCS |
Marine Conservation Society |
MPA |
Marine Protected Area |
MSD |
Marine Strategy Directive |
MSFD |
European Marine Strategy Framework Directive |
NORM |
Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material |
NPF3 |
National Planning Framework 3 |
NRIP |
National Renewable Infrastructure Plan |
NSA |
National Scenic Area |
OSPAR |
Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic |
OUV |
Outstanding Universal Value |
PAG |
Project Advisory Group |
PFOW |
Pentland Firth and Orkney Waters |
PMF |
Priority Marine Feature |
PPS |
Plans, Programmes and Strategies |
p SAC |
Possible Special Area of Conservation |
RBD |
River Basin Districts |
RBMP |
River Basin Management Plans |
RCAHMS |
Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland |
RLG |
Regional Locational Guidance |
RSA |
Regional Scenic Area |
RSPB |
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds |
RYAS |
Royal Yachting Association Scotland |
SA |
Sustainability Appraisal |
SAC |
Special Area of Conservation |
SACN |
Sea Anglers Conservation Network |
SAMS |
Scottish Association for Marine Science |
SCAPE |
Scottish Coastal Archaeology and the Problem of Erosion |
SEA |
Strategic Environmental Assessment |
SEPA |
Scottish Environment Protection Agency |
SFSA |
Strategic Framework for Scottish Aquaculture |
SHEP |
Scottish Historic Environment Policy |
SIMD |
Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation |
SLA |
Special Landscape Area |
SMRRG |
Scottish Marine Renewables Research Group |
SMRU |
Sea Mammal Research Unit |
SNH |
Scottish Natural Heritage |
Sniffer |
Scotland and Northern Ireland Forum for Environmental Research |
SPA |
Special Protection Area |
SSSI |
Sites of Special Scientific Interest |
SUDS |
Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems |
TCE |
The Crown Estate |
TLP |
Tension Leg Platform |
UKCIP |
UK Climate Impacts Programme |
UNCBD |
United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity |
UNCLOS |
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea |
UNESCO |
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation |
WFD |
Water Framework Directive |
WHS |
World Heritage Site |
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