3-D NAIZ

3-Dimensional Non-Automatic Initiation Zone

AA

Appropriate Assessment

ABP

Association of British Ports

AC

Alternating Current

ACP

Airspace Change Proposal

A.D.

Anno Domini

AD

Air Defence

ADD

Acoustic Deterrent Device

ADR

Air Defence Radar

AEZ

Archaeological Exclusion Zone

AfL

Agreement for Lease

AEoI

Adverse Effect on Integrity [of European sites]

AHLV

Area of High Landscape Value

AIS

Automatic Identification System

ALARP

As Low As Reasonably Practicable

AL1

Action Level 1

AL2

Action Level 2

ALB

All-weather Lifeboat

amsl

Above Mean Sea Level

ANMP

Aid to Navigation Management Plan

ANO

Air Navigation Order

ANSI

American National Standards Institute

AOD

Above Ordnance Datum

AONB

Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty

AQS

Air Quality Standards

ARPA

Automatic Radar Plotting Aid

ASA

Acoustic Society of America

ASACS

Air Surveillance and Control System

ASL

Above Sea Level

ATBA

Area To Be Avoided

ATC

Air Traffic Control

AtoN

Aid to Navigation

ATS

Air Traffic Services

AW189

AgustaWestland 189

BACI

Before-After-Control-Impact

BAP

Biodiversity Action Plan

BBWFL

Berwick Bank Wind Farm Limited

B.C.

Before Christ

BDMPS

Biologically Defined Minimum Population Scales

BEIS

Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

BERR

Department for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform

BIS

British Ice Sheet

BMML

Brown and May Marine Ltd

BODC

British Oceanographic Data Centre

BOWL

Beatrice Offshore Windfarm Ltd

B.P.

Before Present

BPM

Best Practicable Means

BRES

Business Register and Employment Survey

BSI

British Standards Institute

BT

British Telecom

BTO

British Trust for Ornithology

BVGA

BVG Associates

C14

Radiocarbon Dating

CA

Cruising Association

CAA

Civil Aviation Authority

CAFS

Cleaner Air for Scotland

CaP

Cable Protection Plan

CAP

Civil Aviation Publication

CAPEX

Capital Expenditure

CBA

Cost Benefit Analysis

CBRA

Cable Burial Risk Assessment

CCC

Committee on Climate Change

CCS

Carbon Capture Storage

CCTV

Closed Circuit Television

CD

Chart Datum (generally defined as LAT)

CDM

Construction (Design and Management)

CEA

Cumulative Effect Assessment

Cefas

Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science

CEH

Centre for Ecology and Hydrology

CEMP

Construction Environmental Management Plan

CES

Crown Estate Scotland

CES MU

Coastal East Scotland MU

CfD

Contracts for Difference

CFP

Common Fisheries Policy

CFWG

Commercial Fisheries Working Group

CGNS

Celtic and Greater North Seas

CGOC

Coastguard Operations Centre

CGNS MU

Celtic and Greater North Sea MU

CHIA

Cultural Heritage Impact Assessment

CHIRP

Confidential Human Factors Incident Reporting Programme

CI

Confidence Interval

CIEEM

Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management

CIRIA

Construction Industry Research and Information Association

CITES

Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species

CJEU

The Court of Justice of the European Union

CL

Confidence Limit

CLM

Community Liaison Manager

CMACS

Centre for Marine and Coastal Studies

CMS

Construction Method Statement

CNSFTC

Central North Sea Fibre Telecommunications Company

CO

Carbon Monoxide

CO2

Carbon Dioxide

CoCP

Code of Construction Practice

CODA

Cetacean Offshore Distribution and Abundance

COLREGs

Convention on International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea

COP

Conference of the Parties

CoS

Chamber of Shipping

COSHH

Control of Substances Hazardous to Health

COWRIE

Collaborative Offshore Wind Energy Research into the Environment

CP

Construction Programme

CPA

Closest Point of Approach

CPS

Cable Protection System

CPT

Cone Penetration Test

CRM

Collision Risk Modelling

CRoW

Countryside and Rights of Way

cSAC

Candidate Special Area of Conservation

CSIP

Cable Specification and Installation Plan

CSL

Consulting Services Limited

CSQG

Canadian Sediment Quality Guidelines

CTV

Crew Transfer Vessel

D

Density

DAERA

Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs

DBT

Dibutyltin

DC

Direct Current

DCO

Development Consent Order

DDM

Degree Decimal Minutes

DDSFB

Dee District Salmon Fishery Board

DDV

Drop Down Video

DECC

Department of Energy and Climate Change

DECEX

Decommissioning expenditure

DEFRA

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

DEVEX

Development expenditure

DF

Direction Finding

DfT

Department for Transport

DGC

Defence Geographic Centre

DHI

Danish Hydraulic Institute

dML

Deemed Marine Licence

DMRB

Design Manual for Roads and Bridges

DO

Dissolved Oxygen

DoD

Department of Defence

DOENI

Department of the Environment Northern Ireland

DOSITS

Discovery of Sound in the Sea

DP

Dynamic Positioning

DSC

Digital Selective Calling

DSLP

Development Specification and Layout Plan

DTI

Department of Trade and Industry

DW

Deep Water

DWT

Dead Weight Tonnage

EC

European Commission

ECF

Energy Conversion Factors

EcIA

Ecological Impact Assessment

ECMA

East Coast Management Area

ECML

East Coast Main Line

ECMWF

European Centre for Medium-range Weather Forecast

ECOMMAS

East Coast Marine Mammal Acoustic Study

ECoW

Environmental Clerk of Works

ECOWind

Ecological Consequences of Offshore Wind

ECW

Ecological Clerk of Works

eDNA

Environmental Deoxyribonucleic Acid

EEA

European Economic Area

EEZ

Exclusive Economic Zone

EGPS

Electricity Generation Policy Statement

EIA

Environmental Impact Assessment

EIAR

Environmental Impact Assessment Report

EIS

Environmental Impact Statement

EL

Eastern Link

ELC

East Lothian Council

EMEC

European Marine Energy Centre

EMFs

Electromagnetic Fields

EMODnet

European Marine Observation and Data Network

EMP

Environmental Management Plan

EMR

Electricity Market Reform

ENE

East North East

EOD

Explosive Ordnance Disposal

EOWDC

European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre

EPA

Environmental Protection Agency

EPS

European Protected Species

EQSD

Environmental Quality Standards Directive

ERCoP

Emergency Response Cooperation Plan

ERL

Effects Range Low

ERP

Emergency Response Plan

ES

Executive Summary

ES MU

East Scotland MU

ESAs

Environmentally Sensitive Areas

ESAS

European Seabirds at Sea

ESCA

European Subsea Cables Association

ESIA

Environmental and Social Impact Assessment

ESO

Electricity System Operator

ESRI

Environmental Systems Research Institute

ETRS89

European Terrestrial Reference System 1989

EU

European Union

EUNIS

European University Information Systems

FAI

Fraser of Allander Institute

FAME

Future of the Atlantic Marine Environment

FCS

Favourable Conservation Status

FDSFB

Forth District Salmon Fisheries Board

FeAST

Feature Activity Sensitivity Tool

FEED

Front-End Engineering Design

FEPA

Food and Environmental Protection Act

FEPODWT

Fife Energy Park Offshore Demonstration Wind Turbine

FFBC

Firth of Forth Banks Complex

FIR

Fisheries Industry Representatives

FL

Flight Level

FLO

Fisheries Liaison Officer

FLOWW

Fishing Liaison with Offshore Wind and Wet Renewables Group

fm

Flexible Mesh

FMA

Fishermen's Mutual Association

FMMS

Fisheries Management and Mitigation Strategy

FoT

Firth of Tay

FPSO

Floating Production Storage and Offloading

FSA

Formal Safety Assessment

FTCFWG

Forth and Tay Commercial Fisheries Working Group

FTE

Full-time Equivalent

FTOWDG

The Forth and Tay Offshore Wind Developers Group

FU

Functional Unit

FVCOM

Finite Volume Community Ocean Model

GB

Great Britain

GDL

Garden and Designed Landscape

GDP

Gross Domestic Product

GEBCO

General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans

GES

Good Environmental Status

GHG

Greenhouse Gas

GIS

Geographic Information System

GLA

General Lighthouse Authority

GLVIA

Guidelines for Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment

GMDSS

Global Maritime Distress and Safety System

GPS

Global Positioning System

GRP

Glass Reinforced Plastic

GSA

Geophysical Survey Area

GSD

Ground Sample Distance

GSM

Global System for Mobile communication

GT

Gross Tonnage

GVA

Gross Value Added

HACCP

Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point

HAT

Highest Astronomical Tide

HDD

Horizontal Directional Drilling

HDPE

High-Density Polyethylene

HE

Historic England

HER

Historic Environment Record

HES

Historic Environment Scotland

HF

High Frequency (Cetaceans)

HFoV

Horizontal Field of View

Hg

Mercury

HJA

Hardisty Jones Associates

HLV

Heavy Lift Vessels

HMCG

His Majesty’s Coastguard

HMRs

Helicopter Main Routes

HNR

Holistic Network Review

HOW

Hornsea Offshore Wind

HPDI

Highest Posterior Density Intervals

HRA

Habitats Regulation Appraisal

HSE

Health and Safety Executive

HSWA

Health and Safety at Work etc Act

HV

High Voltage

HVAC

High Voltage Alternating Current

HVDC

High Voltage Direct Current

HW

High Water

HWM

High Water Mark

HWS

Hazard Warning Signals

IALA

International Association of Marine Aids to Navigation and Lighthouse Authorities

IAMMWG

Inter Agency Marine Mammal Working Group

IAQM

Institute of Air Quality Management

IBA

Important Bird Area

IBTS

International Bottom Trawl Survey

ICAO

International Civil Aviation Organization

ICCI

In-Combination Climate Impact

ICE

Inventory of Carbon and Energy

ICES

International Council for the Exploration of the Sea

ICOL

Inch Cape Offshore Limited

ICPC

International Cable Protection Committee

IDP

Intermediate Delivery Port

iE

Induced Electrical Field

IEFs

Important Ecological Features

IEMA

Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment

IEP

Industry Evidence Programme

IFG

Inshore Fishing Group

IFO

Intermediate Fuel Oil

IFP

Instrument Flight Procedures

IHLS

International Herring Larvae Survey

IHO

International Hydrographic Organisation

ILB

Inshore Lifeboat

ILO

International Labour Organization

IMC

Instrument Meteorological Conditions

IMCA

International Marine Contractors Association

IMO

International Maritime Organisation

INCA

Industry Nature Conservation Agency

INIS

Invasive Non-Indigenous Species

INNS

Invasive Non-Native Species

INNSMP

Invasive Non-Native Species Management Plan

IPCC

International Panel on Climate Change

iPCoD

Interim Population Consequences of Disturbance Model

IPS

Intermediate Peripheral Structure

IR

Infrared

IROPI

Imperative Reasons of Overriding Public Interest

ITL1

International Territorial Level 1

ITPE

ITPEnergised

ITT

Invitation to Tender

IUCN

International Union for Conservation of Nature

JCP

The Joint Cetacean Protocol

JIP

Joint Industry Programme

JNCC

Joint Nature Conservation Committee

JRC

Joint Radio Company

JRCC

Joint Rescue Coordination Centre

KIS-ORCA

Kingfisher Information Service – Offshore Renewables and Cable Awareness

KP

Kilometre Point

LAT/mLAT

Lowest Astronomical Tide/meters relative to Lowest Astronomical Tide

LCCC

Low Carbon Contracts Company

LCI

Lower Confidence Interval

LCoE

Levelised Cost of Energy

LCT

Landscape Character Type

LF

Low Frequency (Cetaceans)

LIDAR

Light Detection and Ranging

LLA

Local Landscape Area

LMP

Lighting and Marking Plan

LNR

Local Nature Reserve

LNtM

Local Notifications to Mariners

LOA

Length Overall

LSE

Likely Significant Effect

Ltd

Limited

LVIA

Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment

LW

Low Water

LWM

Low Water Mark

MAA

Military Aviation Authority

MAIB

Marine Accident Investigation Branch

MarESA

Marine Evidence based Sensitivity Assessment

MARIN

Maritime Institute Netherlands

MaRS

Marine Resource System

MarLIN

Marine Life Information Network

MARPOL

The International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships

MAU

Marine Analytical Unit

MBES

Multibeam Echo Sounder

MBL

Marr Bank Wind Limited

MCA

Maritime and Coastguard Agency

MCAA

Marine and Coastal Access Act

MCC

Marine Coordination Centre

MCCIP

Marine Climate Change Impacts Partnership

MCEU

Marine Consents and Environment Unit

MCO

Marine Conservation Order

MCRS

Minimum Conservation Reference Sizes

MDS

Multi-Dimensional Scaling

MEDIN

Marine Environmental Data Information Network

MEPC

Marine Environment Protection Committee

Met

Meteorological

MF

Medium Frequency (Cetaceans)

MFE

Mass Flow Excavation

MGN

Marine Guidance Note

MGO

Marine Gas Oil

MHWN

Mean High Water Neaps

MHWS

Mean High Water Springs

ML

Marine Licence

MLWN

Mean Low Water Neaps

MLWS

Mean Low Water Springs

MMMP

Marine Mammal Mitigation Protocol

MMMU

Marine Mammal Management Units

MMO

Marine Management Organisation

MNCR

Marine Nature Conservation Review

MoD

Ministry of Defence

MORL

Moray Offshore Renewables Limited

MP

Members of Parliament

MPA

Marine Protected Area

MPCP

Marine Pollution Contingency Plan

MPS

Marine Policy Statement

MRCC

Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre

MRSC

Maritime Rescue Sub Centre

MRT

Multi-Radar Tracker

MS

Marine Scotland

MSA

Minimum Safe Altitude

MSC

Marine Stewardship Council

MSI

Maritime Safety Information

MSL

Mean Sea Level

MS-LOT

Marine Scotland Licensing Operations Team

MSP

Marine Policy Statement

MSS

Marine Scotland Science

MT

Mud Transport

MU

Management Unit

MV

Medium voltage

MZ

Mitigation Zone

N/A

Not Applicable

NAFC

North Atlantic Fisheries College

NAS

Noise Abatement Systems

NATS

National Air Traffic Services

NAVAREA

Navigation Area

NAVTEX

Navigational Telex

NBN

National Biodiversity Network

ncMPA

Nature Conservation Marine Protected Area

NCP

National Contingency Plan

NDC

Nationally Determined Contribution

NECD

National Emission Ceilings Directive

NEPS

National Electrofishing Programme for

NERC

The Natural Environment Research Council

NECRIFG

North and East Coast Regional Inshore Fisheries Group

NEQ

Net Explosive Quantity

NERL

National Air Traffic Services En-Route PLC

NGESO

National Grid’s Electricity System Operator

NGET

National Grid Electricity Transmission

NGR

National Grid Reference

NH3

Ammonia

NIFCA

Northumberland Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority

NIS

Natura Impact Statement

NLB

Northern Lighthouse Board

NLOG

Netherlands Oil and Gas

NMBAQC

North East Atlantic Marine Biological Analytical Quality Control Scheme

NMFS

National Marine Fisheries Service

NMP

National Marine Plan

NMPi

National Marine Plan Interactive

NMRS

National Monuments Record Scotland

NMVOC

Non-methane Volatile Organic Compounds

NnG

Neart Na Gaoithe

NNR

National Nature Reserve

NNW

North North-West

NO

Nitrous Oxide

NOAA

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

NO2

Nitrogen Dioxide

NOx

Nitrogen Oxide

NOTAM

Notice to Airmen

NPF

National Planning Framework

NPL

National Physical Laboratory

NPS EN

National Policy Statement Energy

NPS

National Policy Statement

NPS EN-1

National Policy Statement for Energy

NRA

Navigational Risk Assessment

NRHE

National Record of the Historic Environment

NRW

Natural Resources Wales

NSIP

Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects

NS MU

North Sea MU

NSP

Navigational Safety Plan

NSVMP

Navigational Safety and Vessel Management Plan

NtM

Notice to Mariners

NTS

Non-Technical Summary

NVZ

Nitrate Vulnerable Zone

OASIS

Online Access to the Index of Archaeological Investigations

OCA

Other Marine Carnivores in Air

OCW

Other Marine Carnivores in Water

OD

Ordnance Datum

OEL

Ocean Ecology Ltd

OESEA

Offshore Energy Strategic Environmental Assessment

OFLO

Offshore Fisheries Liaison Officer

OFTO

Offshore Transmission Owner

OGA

Oil and Gas Authority

OGP

Oil and Gas Producers

OMS

Operation, Maintenance and Service

ONS

Office for National Statistics

OPEX

Operational Expenditure

ORJIP

Offshore Renewables Joint Industry Programme

OREI

Offshore Renewable Energy Installations

OS

Ordnance Survey

OSL

Optically Stimulated Luminescence

OSP

Offshore Substation Platform

OSPAR

Oslo-Paris

OTA

Offshore Transmission Asset

OWEC

Offshore Wind Evidence and Change Programme

OWIC

Offshore Wind Industry Council

OWIG

Offshore Wind Industry Group

OWPS

Offshore Wind Policy Statement

P.A.

Per Annum

PAC

Pre-Application Consultation

PAD

Protocol for Archaeological Discoveries

PAH

Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons

PAM

Passive Acoustic Monitoring

PAYE

Pay As You Earn

PCA

Phocid Carnivores in Air

PCB

Polychlorinated Biphenyl

PCW

Phocid Carnivores in Water

PDE

Project Design Envelope

PE

Parabolic Equation

PEL

Probable Effect Levels

PEMP

Project Environmental Monitoring Plan

PEXA

Practice and Exercise Area

PIA

Project Identification and Approval

PIANC

Permanent International Association of Navigation Congresses

PINS

Planning Inspectorate

PLA

Port of London Authority

PLL

Potential Loss of Life

PLONOR

Poses Little or No Risk

PM

Particulate Matter

PMF

Priority Marine Feature

PNT

Positioning, Navigation and Timing

PO

Producer Organisation

POB

Persons on Board

POLREP

Pollution Report

POs

Plan Options

POP

Persistent Organic Pollutants

PPE

Personal Protection Equipment

PPP

Pollution Prevention Plan

PrePARED

Predators + Prey Around Renewable Energy Developments

PS

Piling Strategy

PSA

Particle Size Analysis

pSAC

Possible Special Areas of Conservation

pSPA

Proposed Special Protection Area

PSRs

Primary Surveillance Radars

PT

Particle Tracking

PTS

Permanent Threshold Shift

PVA

Population Viability Analysis

PW

Pinnipeds in Water

Q1-4

Quarter 1-4

QA

Quality Assurance

QHSE

Quality, Health, Safety, and Environment

RA

Retained Archaeologist

Racon

Radar Beacon

Radar

Radio Detection and Ranging

RAF

Royal Air Force

RAG

Red, Amber, Green

RAM

Restricted in their Ability to Manoeuvre

RAMS

Risk Assessment Method Statement

RAP

Renewables Action Plan

RAPi

Recognised Air Picture

RBMP

River Basin Management Plan

RCAHMS

Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland

RCCA

Regional Coastal Character Areas

RCP

Representative Concentration Pathway

RES

Renewable Energy Strategy

REZ

Renewable Energy Zone

RIAA

Report to Inform Appropriate Assessment

RIB

Rigid Inflatable Boat

RIFG 

Regional Inshore Fisheries Group 

RL

Received Level

RLOS

Radar-line-of-sight

RMNC

Review of Marine Nature Conservation

RMPs

Regional Marine Plans

RMS

Root Mean Square

RNLI

Royal National Lifeboat Institution

RNLN

Royal Netherland Navy

RNMI

Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute

ROCs

Renewables Obligation Certificates

ROI

Republic Of Ireland

Ro-Ro

Roll-On/Roll-Off

ROV

Remotely Operated Vehicle

RoW

Receiver of Wreck

RPS

RPS Energy Consultants Ltd

RRED

Revised Renewable Energy Directive

RRH

Remote Radar Head

RSMP

Regional Seabed Monitoring Programme

RSPB

Royal Society for the Protection of Birds

RTC

River Tweed Commission

RYA

Royal Yachting Association

SACs

Special Areas of Conservation

SALSA

Spatially Adaptive Local Smoothing Algorithm

SAM

Static Acoustic Monitoring

SAR

Search and Rescue

SAS

Surfers Against Sewage

SBC

Scottish Borders Council

SBES

Single Beam Echo Sounder

SBP

Sub-Bottom Profiler

SCADA

Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition

SCANS

Small Cetaceans in the European Atlantic and North Seas

SCI

Site of Community Importance

sCRM

Stochastic Collision Risk Modelling

SCOS

Special Committee on Seals

SD

Standard Deviation

SDS

Safety Data Sheet

Se

Selenium

SEA

Strategic Environmental Assessment

SEAR

Safety and Environmental Awareness Report

SEARS

Scottish Environment and Rural Services

SEI

Supporting Environmental Information

SEL

Sound Exposure Level

SELcum

Cumulative Sound Exposure Level

SELss

Sound Exposure Level Single Strike

SEM

Stakeholder Engagement Manager

SEPA

Scottish Environment Protection Agency

SFF

Scottish Fishermen's Federation

SF6

Sulphur Hexafluoride

SG

Supplementary Guidance

SI

Serious Injury

SIC

Standard Industrial Classification

SIC07

Standard Industrial Classification 2007

SIMPER

Similarity Percentages

SIMPROF

Similarity Profile

SL

Source Level

SLA

Special Landscape Area

SLVIA

Seascape Landscape Visual Impact Assessment

SMA

Seal Management Area

SMP

Sectoral Marine Plans

SMR

Scottish Marine Region

SMRU

Sea Mammal Research Unit

SMS

Safety Management System

SMWWC

Scottish Marine Wildlife Watching Code

SNCBs

Statutory Nature Conservation Bodies

SNH

Scottish National Heritage (now NatureScot)

SNMP

Scottish National Marine Plan

SOLAS

International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea

SONAR

Sound Navigation Ranging

SOP

Standard Operating Procedure

SOPEP

Ship-board Oil Pollution Contingency Plan

SoS

Secretary of State

SOV

Service Operations Vessel

SOWEC

Scottish Offshore Wind Energy Council

SPA

Special Protection Area

SPEN

Scottish Power Energy Networks

SPL

Sound Pressure Level

SPLpk

Peak Sound Pressure Level

SPM

Suspended Particulate Matter

SPMP

Scour Protection Management Plan

SPP

Scottish Planning Policy

SPS

Significant Peripheral Structures

SPT

Scottish Power Transmission

SPVA

Service Personnel and Veterans Agency

SSC

Suspended Sediment Concentration

SSE

South South-East

SSER

SSE Renewables

SSR

Secondary Surveillance Radar

SSS

Side Scan Sonar

SSSI

Site of Special Scientific Interest

SST

Sea Surface Temperature

ST

Sand Transport

STEM

Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics

STW

Scottish Territorial Waters

SW

Spectral Wave

SWEL

Seagreen Wind Energy Limited

SWFPA

Scottish White Fish Producers Association

SWMP

Site Waste Management Plan

TAC

Total Allowable Catch

TAEZ

Temporary Archaeological Exclusion Zone

TBT

Tributyltin

T&CP

Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997

TCA

Trade and Cooperation Agreement

TCE

The Crown Estate

TEL

Threshold Effect Level

THC

Total Hydrogen Content

TL

Transmission Loss

TMZ

Transponder Mandatory Zone

TNT

Trinitrotoluene

TOC

Total Organic Carbon

TOPA

Technical and Operational Assessment

TOTEX

Total Expenditure

TP

Transition Piece

TSS

Total Suspended Solids

TTS

Temporary Threshold Shift

TTWA

Travel to Work Area

TV

Television

UHF

Ultra-High Frequency

UHRS

Ultra-High Resolution Seismic

UK

United Kingdom

UK IAIP

UK Integrated Aeronautical Information Package

UKAS

United Kingdom Accreditation Service

UKBAP

UK Biodiversity Action Plan

UKCP

United Kingdom Climate Projections

UKCS

United Kingdom Continental Shelf

UKFEN

UK Fisheries Economic Network

UKHO

United Kingdom Hydrographic Office

UKOOA

United Kingdom Offshore Operators Association Ltd

UN

United Nations

UNCLOS

United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea

UNECE

United Nations Economic Commission for Europe

UNFCCC

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

UPI

Upper Confidence Interval

UPS

Uninterruptible Power Supply

US

United States

USBL

Ultra-Short Baseline

USV

Unmanned Surface Vessels

UXO

Unexploded Ordnance

VFR

Visual Flight Rules

VHF

Very High Frequency

VMC

Visual Meteorological Conditions

VMP

Vessel Management Plan

VMS

Vessel Monitoring System

VOC

Volatile Organic Compounds

VTS

Vessel Traffic Service

WDC

Whale and Dolphin Conservation

WFD

Water Framework Directive

WGS84

World Geodetic System 1984

WMP

Waste Management Plan

WNoO

Weekly Notice of Operations

WSI

Written Scheme of Investigation

WSW

West South-West

WWT

Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust

XLPE

Cross-Linked Polyethylene

ZAP

Zone Appraisal and Planning

ZDA

Zone Development Agreement

ZOI

Zone of Influence

ZTV

Zone of Theoretical Visibility.