Glossary

B

BLANO Federal Länder Working Committee on the North and Baltic Seas.

BSH Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency, Bundesamt für Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie.

Benthos Benthos is the community of organisms that live on, in, or near the seabed, also known as the benthic zone.

E

EEZ Exclusive Economic Zone.

EIA Environmental Impact Assessment.

H

HELCOM Helsinki Commission: Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission.

I

ICES International Council for the Exploration of the Sea.

M

MARLIN Marine Life Investigator.

MSFD EU - Marine Strategy Framework Directive.

N

Neobiota An introduced species, alien species, foreign species, non-indigenous species, or non-native species outside its native distributional range, but which has arrived there by human activity, directly or indirectly.

O

OSPAR Commission Commission for the protection of the marine environment of the North-East Atlantic.

OWF Offshore wind farm.

S

SEA Strategic Environmental Assessment.