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2. The Scottish Government. 2013. Planning Scotland’s Seas - Sectoral Marine Plans for Offshore Wind, Wave and Tidal Energy in Scottish Waters Consultation Draft. Available at: /binaries/content/documents/ govscot/publications/consultation-paper/2013/07/draft-sectoral-marine-plans-offshore-renewable-energy-scottish-waters-consultation/documents/00428241-pdf/00428241-pdf/govscot:document/ 

3. The Scottish Government, 2011. Blue Seas - Green Energy. A Sectoral Marine Plan for Offshore Wind Energy in Scottish Territorial Waters Part A, The Plan.  Available at: https://www.gov.scot/Topics/marine/marineenergy/wind 

4. Scottish Government, 2018. Offshore Wind Sectoral Marine Plan Scoping Consultation. Available at https://consult.gov.scot/marine-scotland/offshore-wind-scoping/. 

5. Scottish Government, 2018. Sectoral marine plan for offshore wind energy: context report. Available at https://www.gov.scot/publications/sectoral-marine-plan-offshore-wind-energy-encompassing-deep-water-plan/. 

6. Scottish Government, 2018. Sectoral marine plan for offshore wind energy: social and economic impact assessment scoping report. Available at https://www.gov.scot/publications/sectoral-marine-plan-offshore-wind-energy-encompassing-deep-waterplan-options/ .

7. Scottish Government, 2018. Sectoral marine plan for offshore wind energy: strategic habitat regulations appraisal pre-screening report. Available at https://www.gov.scot/publications/sectoral-marine-plan-offshore-wind-energy-encompassing-deep-water-plan-9781788519632/. 

8. Scottish Government, 2018. Sectoral marine plan for offshore wind energy: strategic environmental assessment screening and scoping report. Available at https://www.gov.scot/publications/sectoral-marine-plan-offshore-wind-energy-encompassing-deep-water-options/. 

9. Scottish Government, 2018. Search areas for offshore wind energy: scoping study. Available at https://www.gov.scot/publications/scoping-areas-search-study-offshore-wind-energy-scottish-waters-2018/. 

10. The Carbon Trust (2015) Floating Offshore Wind : Market and Technology Review. Available at: http://www.carbontrust.com/media/670664/floating-offshore-wind-markettechnology-review.pdf 

11. Statoil (2015) Hywind Scotland Pilot Park - Environmental Statement. doi:http://www.statoil.com/en/ EnvironmentSociety/Environment/impactassessments/NewEnergy/IntWind/Pages/HywindScotland.aspx. 

12. The Carbon Trust (2015) Floating Offshore Wind : Market and Technology Review. Available at: http://www.carbontrust.com/media/670664/floating-offshore-wind-markettechnology-review.pdf

13. Scottish Government, 2018. Search areas for offshore wind energy: scoping study. Available at https://www.gov.scot/publications/scoping-areas-search-study-offshore-wind-energy-scottish-waters-2018/.

14. All Draft Plan documents are available here: https://protect-eu.mimecast.com/s/xQmKCN90zS0pNX6c4uirf?domain=consult.gov.scot/

15. Draft Sectoral Marine Plan for Offshore Wind Energy (2019) Draft Consultation Analysis Report (December 2019 to March 2020). Report prepared by ABPmer for Scottish Government and Marine Scotland. https://www.gov.scot/isbn/9781839608544 

16. The Scottish Government, 2020. Sectoral Marine Plan for Offshore Wind Energy (2020) Post Adoption Statement August 2020

17. ABPmer. 2017. Atlas of UK Marine Renewable Energy Resources. Available at: http://www.renewables-atlas.info/. Accessed 30/09/2018.

18. ibid

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21. ch2m. 2016. Scenario Mapping: The economic benefits of offshore wind energy in the East and North East regions of Scotland. Report to Marine Scotland, East Coast Renewables and The Crown Estate, April 2016.

22. Celtic Seas Partnership. 2016. Future Trends in the Celtic Seas, Scenarios Report, ABPmer Report No. R.2584d. A report produced by ABPmer & ICF International for Celtic Seas Partnership, August 2016.

23. ch2m. 2016. Scenario Mapping: The economic benefits of offshore wind energy in the East and North East regions of Scotland. Report to Marine Scotland, East Coast Renewables and The Crown Estate, April 2016.

24. Wave Energy Scotland. 2017. Available at http://www.waveenergyscotland.co.uk/. Accessed 04/10/2018.

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26. Nova Innovation. 2018. Available at https://www.novainnovation.com/bluemull-sound. Accessed 04/10/2018.

27. Scottish Government. 2019. Renewable Electricity Planning Statistics for Scotland. Available at https://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Business/Energy/planningdata. Data as at March 2019.

28. ibid. 

29. Baxter, J.M., Boyd, I.L., Cox, M., Donald, A.E., Malcolm, S.J., Miles, H., Miller, B., Moffat, C.F.  2011.  Scotland's Marine Atlas: Information for the national marine plan. Marine Scotland, Edinburgh. Available at https://www.gov.scot/Publications/2011/03/16182005/0. 

30. United Kingdom Marine Monitoring and Assessment Strategy (UKMMAS). 2010. Charting Progress 2 Feeder Report Productive Seas. Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs on behalf of UKMMAS (Eds. Saunders, J. and McKie, J.) 472pp Available online:  http://chartingprogress.defra.gov.uk/  

31. Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks. 2018. Completion of Caithness-Moray transmission link. Available at: https://www.ssen-transmission.co.uk/news-views/articles/2019/1/completion-of-caithness-moray-transmission-link/ Accessed 15/07/2019.

32. AECOM and ABPmer.  2015.  ISLES spatial planning and sustainability appraisal. Irish Scottish links on energy study: ISLES II: Towards implementation.

33. SSEN. 2019. SSEN statement on Western Isles and Shetland Needs Case consultations. Available at: https://www.ssen-transmission.co.uk/news-views/articles/2019/3/ssen-statement-on-western-isles-and-shetland-needs-case-consultations/ 

34. Awaiting data to include planned and potential future interconnector routes.

35. North Connect. 2018. HVDC Cable Infrastructure- UK Construction Method Statement. Available at:  http://northconnect.no/file/hvdc-cable-infrastructure-uk-construction-method-statement.pdf. Accessed 08/10/2018.

36. European Network of Transmission Systems. Undated. Project 294- Maali. Available at https://docstore.entsoe.eu/Documents/TYNDP%20documents/TYNDP%202016/projects/P0294.pdf. Accessed 24/10/2018

37. ABPmer. 2018. Study of the socio-economic benefits of marine industries included in the Seabed User and Developer Group. ABPmer Report No. R.3060. 

38. Department for International Trade. 2014. Communications industry in the UK: investment opportunities. February 2014. Available at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/communications-industry-in-the-uk-investment-opportunities/communications-industry-in-the-uk-investment-opportunities. 

39. Elliott, C., Al-Tabbaa, O., Semeyutin, A. and Tchouamou Njoya, E. 2016. An Economic and Social Evaluation of the UK Subsea Cables Industry. University of Huddersfield. A report commissioned by Subsea Cables UK and The Crown Estate. Available at http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/id/eprint/31526. 

40. Pugh, D. 2008. Socio-economic Indicators of Marine-related Activities in the UK economy. The Crown Estate, 68pp.

41. TeleGeography. not dated. Submarine Cable Map. Available at: https://www.submarinecablemap.com/. 

42. AECOM and ABPmer. 2015. ISLES spatial planning and sustainability appraisal. Irish Scottish links on energy study: ISLES II: Towards implementation. Available at https://www.gov.scot/Publications/2015/02/7308/downloads. 

43. Baxter, J.M., Boyd, I.L., Cox, M., Donald, A.E., Malcolm, S.J., Miles, H., Miller, B., Moffat, C.F.  2011.  Scotland's Marine Atlas: Information for the national marine plan. Marine Scotland, Edinburgh. Available at https://www.gov.scot/Publications/2011/03/16182005/0. 

44. Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. 2018. Plan to enable first UK carbon capture project from the mid 2020s announced at world-first summit. Available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/plan-to-enable-first-uk-carbon-capture-project-from-the-mid-2020s-announced-at-world-first-summit. Accessed on 15/07/2019.

45. Scottish Centre for Carbon Storage (SCCS). 2009. Opportunities for CO2 storage around Scotland: An integrated strategic research study. Report for the Scottish Government. April 2009.

46. ACT Acorn. 2018. ACT Acorn feasibility study. www.actacorn.eu. 

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51. Committee on Climate Change. 2018. Reducing UK emissions, 2018 Progress Report to Parliament. Available at https://www.theccc.org.uk/publication/reducing-uk-emissions-2018-progress-report-to-parliament/. 

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54. ABPmer and ICF. 2018. Study of the socio-economic benefits of marine industries included in the Seabed User and development Group. ABPmer Report No. 3060. 

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57. Scottish Government. 2018. Oil and Gas Production Statistics. Available at: https://www.gov.scot/Resource/0054/00540203.pdf. Accessed 10/10/2018

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63. Awaiting data to include oil and gas pipeline infrastructure

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70. Scottish Government, 2018. Scottish Sea Fisheries Statistics 2017. Available at: https://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Agriculture-Fisheries/PubFisheries. Accessed 22/10/2018.

71. MMO, 2018. UK Sea Fisheries Statistics, 2017. Available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/uk-sea-fisheries-annual-statistics-report-2017. Accessed 22/10/2018.

72. Scottish Government, 2018. Ibid.

73. Scottish Government, 2018. Ibid.

74. Scottish Government. 2012. Offshore Wind Energy in Scottish Waters - Draft Regional Locational Guidance. doi: 10.7489/1686-1

75. Scottish Government, 2018. Scottish Sea Fisheries Statistics 2017. Available at: https://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Agriculture-Fisheries/PubFisheries. Accessed 22/10/2018.

76. NAFC, 2017. Shetland Fisheries Statistics 2016. Ian R. Napier. NAFC Marine Centre, University of the Highlands and Islands. Available at: https://www.nafc.uhi.ac.uk/t4-media/one-web/nafc/research/document/shetland-fisheries-statistics/statistics/Shetland_Fisheries_Statistics_2016.pdf/. Accessed 22/10/18.

77. Scottish Government, 2018. Scottish Sea Fisheries Statistics 2017. Available at: https://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Agriculture-Fisheries/PubFisheries. Accessed 22/10/2018.

78. ibid

79. Marine Scotland, 2018. Scotland’s Marine Economic Statistics. Published by The Scottish Government, October 2018. 77 pages. Available at: https://www.gov.scot/Resource/0054/00542012.pdf. Accessed 22/10/18.

80. Scottish Government, 2018. Ibid.

81. Marine Scotland, 2018. Scotland’s Marine Economic Statistics. Published by The Scottish Government, October 2018. 77 pages. Available at: https://www.gov.scot/Resource/0054/00542012.pdf. Accessed 22/10/18.

82. Marine Scotland, 2018. Ibid.

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87. SPICe, 2018. Salmon farming in Scotland. 13 February 2018, SB 18-12 rev

88. Marine Scotland Science, 2017. Scottish fish farm production survey 2016. Available online at: https://www.gov.scot/Resource/0052/00524803.pdf

89. These figures refer specifically to fish production and do not include the associated processing and marketing activities.

90. Ibis

91. Marine Scotland. 2018. Marine Scotland Science, Scottish Shellfish Farm Production Survey 2017. May 2018. Available at https://www.gov.scot/Topics/marine/Fish-Shellfish/FHI/surveys. 

92. ibid

93. ibid

94. ibid

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108. ibid

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132. ibid

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137. ibid.

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143. ibid

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164. The figures within this column, and throughout the subsequent regional discussions are based upon an assumption of 5MW potential installed capacity per km². The source of this assumption is based on available literature as summarised in: Borrmann, R., Rehfeldt, K., Wallasch, A-K., Luers, S. 2018. Capacity Densities of European Offshore Wind Farms.

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