| ACs | Advisory Councils
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| ACCSEAS | Accessibility for Shipping, Efficiency Advantages and Sustainability
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| ACER | Agency for the Co-operation of Energy Regulators
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| BaltSeaPlan | The 2009-12 Baltic Sea Plan that accompanied the EU Maritime Policy
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| BMVI | German Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure
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| CFP | Common Fisheries Policy
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| Cefas | Centre for Fisheries and Aquaculture Science
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| COSLA | Convention of Scottish Local Authorities
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| EEA | European Environment Agency
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| EMODnet | European Marine Observatory Data network
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| EWEA | European Wind Energy Association
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| FLOWW | Fishing Liaison with Offshore Wind and Wet Renewables Group
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| GES | Good Environmental Status
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| ICES | The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea
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| IMO | International Maritime Organisation
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| INSITE | Influence of man-made Structures In The Ecosystem
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| INTERREG IVC | The EU's Interregional Cooperation Programme
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| LEP | Local Enterprise Partnership
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| MASPNOSE | Maritime Spatial Planning in the North Sea Project
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| MEDIN | Marine Environmental Data and Information Network
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| MMO | Marine Management Organisation
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| MPAs | Marine Protected Areas
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| MPS | Marine Policy Statement
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| MSFD | Marine Strategy Framework Directive
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| MSPD | Maritime Spatial Planning Directive
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| NEED | Northern European Energy Dialogue
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| NFFO | National Federation of Fishermen's Organisations
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| NGOs | Non-Governmental Organisations
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| NSC | North Sea Commission
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| NSCOGI | North Seas Countries' Offshore Grid Initiative
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| NSRP | North Sea Region Programme
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| OSPAR | Oslo and Paris Conventions (The Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic)
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| RACs | Regional Advisory Councils
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| RSPB | Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
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| SAMS | The Scottish Association for Marine Science
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| SFF | Scottish Fishermen's Federation
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| STECF | Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries
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| SUDG | Seabed User and Developer Group
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| TFEU | Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union
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| VECTORS | Vectors of Change in Oceans and Seas Marine Life, Impact on Economic Sectors
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| WWF | World Wide Fund for Nature
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