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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