Victoria Todd supervises marine biology student
OSC’s Victoria Todd is supervising a BSc Marine Biology student’s dissertation currently. The dissertation, which is still in its early stages, involves analysing ROV footage collected around offshore infrastructure. The data will provide insight into the life around these structures, and elucidate potential prey items for porpoises and other top predators. The dissertation will complement […]
Dredging paper accepted for publication in ICES Journal of Marine Science
This week, our paper entitled ‘A review of marine dredging activities on marine mammals’ was accepted for publication in ICES Journal of Marine Science. Authors of the paper are Todd, V. L. G., Todd, I. B., Gardiner, J. C., Morrin, E. C. N., MacPherson, N.A., DiMarzio, N.A., Thomsen, F. The paper aims to expand on […]
Ocean Science Consulting Ltd opens new Asia-Pacific branch in New Zealand
Ocean Science Consulting Ltd is pleased to announce the opening of their new Asia-Pacific regional branch Ocean Science Consulting NZ (Asia Pacific – OSC-NZ). Built around OSC’s core values and benefiting from its extensive experience and expertise, OSC-NZ provides environmental services to marine industries operating in New Zealand and the Asia-Pacific region. Staff are specialised […]
Ocean Science Consulting Ltd opens new Asia-Pacific branch in New Zealand
Ocean Science Consulting Ltd is pleased to announce the opening of their new Asia-Pacific regional branch Ocean Science Consulting NZ (Asia Pacific – OSC-NZ). Built around OSC’s core values and benefiting from its extensive experience and expertise, OSC-NZ provides environmental services to marine industries operating in New Zealand and the Asia-Pacific region. Staff are specialised […]
Victoria and Ian Todd (OSC) collect more data of harbour porpoises feeding around offshore rigs and platforms
The OSC directors are currently aboard another production platform attached to a jack-up rig undertaking drilling. The scientists have collected another POD click detector data set ‘hoaching’ with porpoises around both installations’ legs. Again, more compelling evidence for this amazing rigs-to-reefs habitat for these hungry little marine mammals.
Dunbar SciFest
This weekend (22-23rd May) OSC are attending Dunbar SciFest. The waters around us are home to a diverse range of marine mammals, so this year our stall focuses on the marine mammals of Scotland. What species you can see, where the best viewing spots are, and what the best times to look are. Visit the […]
Ocean Science Consulting NZ DOC-approved MMO & 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 Directors offshore conducting porpoise research
OSC Directors Ian and Victoria Todd are back in the field collecting data from PODs deployed from a production platform attached to a jack-up drilling rig. The PODs have been in situ for months now, and data sets collected so far are filled with porpoises. The data will further enhance research already published by Ian […]
Superpod of dolphins seen around offshore platform in the North Sea
Visual and acoustic evidence for marine mammals around man-made structures is really growing. Ian and Victoria are back offshore, where a superpod of hundreds of dolphins were observed swimming around hydrophones deployed from an offshore oil and gas installation in the North Sea. Spectacular to see. We can’t wait to report these data in a […]
Victoria Todd to give talk for Decom North Sea
Victoria Todd is giving a talk entitled ‘Offshore installations as “dinner gongs” for marine mammals’ at the Subsea UK & Decom North Sea: Lunch & Learn on 17 Apr 2014 in Aberdeen. For more details visit http://lnkd.in/drF2yHa.