MMS
Minerals Management Service
Mmt
Millions of metric tons
MPA
Marine protected area, Magnuson-Stevens Act
MSAC
Marine Special Area of Conservation
MSFD
Marine Strategy Framework Directive
MSP
Marine Spatial Planning
mt
Metric tonnes
MTBF
Mean Time Between Failure
MTTR
Mean Time To Repair
MUPs
Multi-Use Platforms
MW
Megawatt
MWh
Megawatt hour
MYM
Multi-Year Maintenance
N
Nitrogen
NASA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NE
Natural England
NFL
Naue® Fleece
NGO
Non-governmental organisation
NIMBY
“Not In My Back Yard”
nm
Nautical miles
NMFS
National Marine Fisheries Service
no.
Number
NOAA
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOC
National Ocean Council
NODV
Northeast Ocean Data Viewer
NPDES
National Pollution Discharge Elimination System
NPV
Net present values
NSGLC
National Sea Grant Law Center
NTC
Nutrient trading credit
O
Origin
OCS
Outer Continental Shelf
ODC
Ocean Discharge Criteria
ODAS
Ocean Data Acquisition System
OIE
World Organization for Animal Health
OFW
Offshore wind farms
O&M
Operation & Maintenance
OOA
Open Ocean Aquaculture
OPEX
Operational expenditures
OSPAR
Oslo-Paris Commission
OTEC
Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion
OWA
Ordered Weighted Average approach
OWEC
Offshore wind energy converters
OWF
Offshore wind farm
OWMF
Offshore wind-mussel farm
q
Density of water
xx
Abbreviations