Contractual requirement: MMO & PAM Handbook reference
On repeated requests from clients to deliver a standard of service that is consistent with our MMO & PAM Handbook, OSC now has a contractual requirement for its personnel to read this reference in full prior to field work. OSC only receives 40p per copy sold, so profit is not an ulterior motive, and this […]
Euronoise 2015
OSC have submitted a paper to the 2015 Euronoise conference, which takes place in Maastricht from the 31st May to the 3rd June. OSC’s acoustician (www.jianjiang.co.nz), and first author of the paper, will be attending the conference. The paper is entitled ‘Measurements of underwater conductor hammering noise: compliance with the German UBA limit and relevance […]
Competition: win a copy of the Marine Mammal Observer and Passive Acoustic Monitoring Handbook
To celebrate the release of the ‘Marine Mammal Observer and Passive Acoustic Monitoring Handbook’, which coincided with the 29th European Cetacean Society Conference in Malta, we are giving one lucky winner the chance to get their hands on an author-signed, 1st edition paperback copy. To enter, answer the following question. On the Handbook’s promotional leaflet, […]
OSC-NZ attend Advantage New Zealand Petroleum Summit
OSC-NZ Directors Ian (www.iantodd.co.nz) and Victoria Todd (www.victoriatodd.co.nz) and Erica Morrin are in Auckland currently to attend the Advantage New Zealand Petroleum Summit, which takes place in Auckland from the 29th–31st March. More information on the conference is available on the website www.petroleumsummit.co.nz. Whilst in New Zealand the team are visiting our OSC-NZ office, and […]
OSC attend Advantage New Zealand Petroleum Summit
OSC-NZ Directors Ian (www.iantodd.co.nz) and Victoria Todd (www.victoriatodd.co.nz) and Erica Morrin (www.ericamorrin.co.nz) are in Auckland currently to attend the Advantage New Zealand Petroleum Summit, which takes place in Auckland from the 29th–31st March. More information on the conference is available on the website www.petroleumsummit.co.nz. Whilst in New Zealand the team are visiting our OSC-NZ office, […]
Marine Mammal Observer & Passive Acoustic Monitoring Handbook
Today, OSC are celebrating the publication of their new book, the Marine Mammal Observer & Passive Acoustic Monitoring Handbook. Fresh from the printers, copies arrived at OSC’s office in Dunbar this morning – champagne & cookies all round! The ‘Marine Mammal Observer & Passive Acoustic Monitoring Handbook’ is the ultimate instruction manual for mitigation measures […]
New MMO & PAM training course dates
Ocean Science Consulting Limited (OSC) is running a New Zealand Department of Conservation (DOC) approved Marine Mammal Observer (MMO) and Passive Acoustic Monitoring (PAM) training course. The course includes tuition on key requirements of the Seismic Code, and both theoretical and practical examinations. The ‘Marine Mammal Observer and Passive Acoustic Monitoring Handbook’ (www.marinemammalobserverhandbook.co.uk) forms the […]
MMO & PAM training course – new dates released
Ocean Science Consulting Limited (OSC) is running a Marine Mammal Observer (MMO) and Passive Acoustic Monitoring (PAM) training course, which has been approved by the New Zealand Department of Conservation (DOC), as being consistent with standards in the ‘2013 code of conduct for minimising acoustic disturbance to marine mammals from seismic survey operations’ (the Code). […]
Ocean Science Consulting gains ISO certification
Ocean Science Consulting Ltd (OSC) is pleased to announce that it has been awarded International Organization of Standardization (ISO) certification by Alcumus ISOQAR (a United Kingdom Accreditation Services [UKAS] accredited certification body) for the supply of marine environmental and offshore support services. Certification has been awarded for ISO 9001: 2008 (quality management), ISO 14001: 2004 […]
T-PODs and C-PODs return from the field
All our C-PODs and T-PODs have returned safely from the field and OSC’s 100% POD recovery rate remains intact. All the PODs have been cleaned up, and the remaining data is being downloaded now.