Fisheries Management Measures within Scottish Offshore Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) - Strategic Environmental Assessment Environmental Report

Appendix D Abbreviations

Acronym Definition

BGS British Geological Survey

BRIA Business and Regulatory Impact Assessment

CBD Convention on Biological Diversity

CCUS Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage

CFP Common Fisheries Policy

COP Conference of the Parties

CSSEG Clean and Safe Seas Evidence Group

EC European Commission

EMODnet European Marine Observation and Data Network

ESO Electricity System Operator

EU European Union

EUNIS European Nature Information System

FAO Food and Agriculture Organisation

FEAST Feature Activity Sensitivity Tool

GeMS Geodatabase of Marine features adjacent to Scotland

GEN General

GES Good Environmental Status

GHG Greenhouse Gas

HND Holistic Network Design

HPAI Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza

HRA Habitats Regulations Appraisal

ICES International Council for the Exploration of the Sea

INTOG Innovation projects and Targeted Oil and Gas Decarbonisation

JNCC Joint Nature Conservation Council

MDAC Methane Derived Authigenic Carbonate

MPA Marine Protected Area

MSFD Marine Strategy Framework Directive

NAO North Atlantic Oscillation

NCMPA Nature Conservation Marine Protected Area

NEAFC North-east Atlantic Fisheries Commission

NMPi National Marine Plan Interactive

OSPAR Oslo-Paris Conventions

OTNR Offshore Transmission Network Review

PMF Priority Marine Features

pMPA Proposed Marine Protected Area

RBMP River Basin Management Plan

SA Sustainability Appraisal

SAC Special Area of Conservation

SEA Strategic Environmental Assessment

SEIA Socio-economic Impact Assessment

SNH Scottish Natural Heritage

SPA Special Protection Area

SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest

TAC Total Allowable Catch

UK United Kingdom

UN United Nations

UNFCCC United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

VME Vulnerable Marine Ecosystem

VMS Vessel Management System