Links
This page contains links to relevant organisations and further information that you may find useful. For links to our Partnership members websites please visit the Partnership members page.
Listed below are a number of externally produced reports which are relevant to the Clyde Marine Region.
Frequently used acronyms are listed below.
- AAG - Area Advisory Group
- ABBF - Argyll and Bute Beach Forum
- ASSG - Association of Scottish Shellfish Growers
- BTO - British Trust for Ornithology
- CAR - Controlled Activities Regulations
- CFA - Clyde Fisherman’s Association
- CFP - EU Common Fisheries Policy
- CMAL - Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd
- CMMP - Clyde Marine Mammal Project
- CMR- Clyde Marine Region
- COAST - Community of Arran Seabed Trust
- CPUE - catch per unit effort
- CSHA - Classified Shellfish Harvesting Areas
- DEFRA - Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- EFF - European Fisheries Fund
- FFL - Fishing for Litter
- FSC - Field Studies Council
- GEcP - Good Ecological Potential (under WFD)
- GEcS - Good Ecological Status (under WFD)
- GEnvS - Good Environmental Status (under MSFD)
- GRAB Trust - Group for Recycling in Argyll and Bute
- GRT - Gross Register Tonnage
- HMNB - Her Majesty’s Naval Base
- HMWB - Heavily Modified Water Body
- HWDT - Hebridean Whale and Dolphin Trust
- ICES - International Council for the Exploration of the Sea
- IMO - International Maritime Organization
- INNS - Invasive Non-Native Species
- IPCC - Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
- ISLES - Irish-Scottish Links on Energy Study
- IUCN - International Union for the Conservation of Nature
- JNCC - Joint Nature Conservation Committee
- MAIB - Marine Accidents Investigation Branch
- MASTS - Marine Alliance for Science and Technology for Scotland
- MCA - Maritime and Coastguard Agency
- MCCIP - Marine Climate Change Impacts Partnership
- MCS - Marine Conservation Society
- MLWS – Mean Low Water Springs
- MoD - Ministry of Defence
- MPA - Marine Protected Area
- MRCC - Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centre
- MSFD - Marine Strategy Framework Directive
- MS – Marine Scotland – Directorate of the Scottish Government and is responsible for the integrated management of Scotland's seas
- MS-LOT – Marine Scotland Licensing Operations Team
- MSS – Marine Scotland Science - the scientific Division of Marine Scotland
- NCMPA – Nature Conservation Marine Protected Area
- NCN - National Cycle Network
- NM - Nautical Mile
- NMPi - National Marine Plan interactive
- NNS - Non-native species
- NPF3- National Planning Framework
- N-RIP - National Renewables Infrastructure Plan
- PMF - Priority Marine Feature
- Ramsar - Convention of the international treaty for the conservation and sustainable use of wetlands
- RBMP - River Basement Management Plan
- RET - Road Equivalent Tariff
- RSPB - Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
- RYA - Royal Yacht Association
- SAC - Special Areas of Conservation
- SAMS - Scottish Association for Marine Science
- SEPA - Scottish Environment Protection Agency
- SEARS – Scotland’s Environmental and Rural Services
- SFC - Scottish Funding Council
- SMP - Seabird Monitoring Programme
- SMRTS - Scottish Marine Recreation and Tourism Study
- SNH - Scottish Natural Heritage
- SPA - Special Protection Area
- SPRI - Scottish Pollutant Release Inventory
- SPT - Strathclyde Partnership for Transport
- SRC - Shoreline Response Centre
- SSACN - Scottish Sea Angling Conservation Network
- SSPO - Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation
- SSSI - Site of Special Scientific Interest
- SSTP- Scottish Shark Tagging Programme
- SWPA - Shellfish Water Protected Areas
- THI - Townscape Heritage Initiatives
- UKCP - UK Climate Projections
- UKPCZ - United Kingdom Pollution Control Zone
- UWWT- Urban Waste Water Treatment
- WCRIFG - West Coast Regional Inshore Fisheries Group
- WeBS - Wetlands Bird survey
- WFD - Water Framework Directive
- WWT - waste water treatment
