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Marine Mammal and Bird Survey
To achieve successful consent for offshore development projects, environmental considerations and potential impacts need to be addressed. Dedicated research is required to assess the potential impacts of an offshore construction and to understand how such a construction is likely to affect the Marine Mammal and Bird population at the site.
EMU Limited is able to supply trained and experienced staff to provide a suite of Marine Mammal and Bird survey services to support successful project development in the offshore sector, e.g. offshore renewable developments, oil and gas developments and seismic surveys.
EMU’s Marine Mammal and Bird team provides the following services:
- Desk-studies to characterise development area and inform survey design
- Data acquisition to generate pre-, during and post-construction data
- Ornithological survey
- Visual marine mammal survey
- Passive acoustic marine mammal survey
Data storage and management Data analysis and interpretation Environmental Statements (ES) and Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)
EMU has selected the best professionals in this field and individuals within EMU’s Marine Mammal and Bird team bring a wealth of expertise in offshore survey and data gathering, project management, data input and management, and data analysis and interpretation.
EMU provides personnel that are:
- JNCC accredited Marine Mammal Observers (MMO)
- Passive Acoustic Monitoring (PAM) Operators
- JNCC accredited in European Seabirds at Sea (ESAS) methodology