Dredging impacts on marine mammals
We recently had our review paper ‘A review of impacts of marine dredging activities on marine mammals’ accepted for publication in ICES Journal of Marine Science. Marine dredging is an excavation activity carried out worldwide by many industries. Concern about the impact dredging has on marine life, including marine mammals (cetaceans, pinnipeds and sirenians) exists, […]
OSC-NZ attend the New Zealand Petroleum Summit
OSC-NZ is in Auckland this week attending the New Zealand Petroleum Summit from 30th September to 2nd October. More information on the event can be found here, http://www.petroleumsummit.co.nz.
Ocean Science Consulting NZ DOC-approved MMO and PAM training course
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). […]
OSC-NZ on Linked In
OSC-NZ is now on Linked In. Follow our page to stay up to date with all OSC-NZ news and events, www.linkedin.com/company/ocean-science-consulting-nz-asia-pacific-ltd.
Marine mammals and man-made structures
Recent research has demonstrated that harbour (Phoca vitulina) and grey (Halichoerus grypus) seals target wind turbines and pipelines as foraging locations (Russell et al. (2014); http://bit.ly/1rKXHR4). This research is in agreement with Ocean Science Consulting’s (OSC) on going rigs-to-reefs research around offshore installations in the North Sea. Results so far have indicated that harbour porpoises […]
OSC’s research featured in Wintershall’s newsletter, Platform
For the past decade, OSC’s Ian and Victoria Todd have been studying harbour porpoises around platforms and drilling rigs. Last month this research featured in Wintershall’s newsletter, Platform. Read the article in Dutch or English here, Platform 37 – Dutch Platform 37 – English.
Happy Birthday OSC
OSC is celebrating its tenth birthday in 2014. It has been a truly remarkable 10 years, which we have tried to summarise in the form of our first company newsletter, available to download here – OSC 10th anniversary newsletter.
OSC’s Spott Road nature reserve
Exciting things are happening at our Spott Road premises in Dunbar. Workers have been busy over the past few weeks transforming our nature reserve. We hope to encourage as much wildlife as possible into our reserve, so part of the pond will be devoted to nature, but it is also a place to test equipment, […]
More summer footage of minke whale swimming around an offshore platform in the North Sea
A few weeks ago, another minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) was observed swimming around an offshore production platform in the North Sea. The footage (http://youtu.be/klIRuVtEycg) shows a solitary whale swimming slowly, spending around 15 min around the platform before moving on. This footage is the second collected this year (www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hc2tUDyqC7A), which shows that these offshore installations […]
Erica Morrin made Director of OSC-NZ
Ocean Science Consulting’s (OSC; www.osc.co.uk) marine science consultant, Erica Morrin is now a Director of OSC-NZ. Erica Morrin will work alongside Directors Dr Victoria Todd and Ian Todd.