Season kicks off
Ocean Science Consulting’s field season kicked-off unusually early, with unprecedented demand for services and personnel. Staff were also busy during Christmas and New Year, with projects on sound level and frequency measurement of conductor hammering from exploration drilling rigs, Marine Mammal Observation and Passive Acoustic Monitoring from seismic vessels.
Advisors to the New Zealand Government
Ocean Science Consulting staff have been advising the New Zealand Government on guidelines for Passive Acoustic Monitoring of cetaceans (www.doc.govt.nz). “The New Zealand government is currently reviewing guidance for minimising acoustic disturbance to marine mammals from seismic survey operations, and is soon to publish a new Code of Conduct. This process has relied heavily on […]
Sperm Whale Footage
On 17th March 2006, we obtained amazing footage of a sperm whale from a contact in the oil and gas exploration industry. Since then, this footage has generated considerable interest from various scientific and media organisations. The footage was taken at 900m from an ROV working in the Gulf of Mexico and shows a sperm […]
Who and what is Ocean Science Consulting Ltd?
First and foremost, we are a team of PhD-qualified marine biologists, oceanographers, marine engineers and underwater acousticians. As former research scientists in academia, we turned to industry to fund various aspects of our research. We were incorporated in 2004, under the name Appin Scientific and, in 2007 changed our name to reflect our main activities […]
Ocean Science Consulting acquires new premises
Ocean Science Consulting recently acquired new business premises at Spott Road, Dunbar, in the south east of Scotland, beside the North Sea coast. The new premises comprise offices, >600 m2 warehouse facilities, and 2.3 acres of land, at the heart of Dunbar’s thriving industrial estate. The offices are required to accommodate our ever-expanding team of […]
Ocean Science Consulting acquires research vessel
Ocean Science Consulting has acquired an 8m survey vessel called “Porpoise”, which is Marine Coastguard Agency (MCA) coded to Category Three (20 miles from any safe haven day or night) for a crew of seven. Porpoise is ideal for coastal survey work (such as windfarm and pipeline inspections) and equipment testing and trials (such as […]
Galapagos conservation
Dr. Todd gives fund-raising talk for Galapagos conservation in Cambridge alongside her old friends, Galapagos native and Director of Technical Assistance, Felipe Cruz and Dr Sarah Darwin, Charles Darwin’s great-great grand-daughter. View article
Office Rennovations
OSC’s offices are currently being refurbished – painting, lighting, new floors, new furniture, new restrooms etc – so perhaps the personnel will be invited to a “house-warming” party with drinks on the Directors…
High Demand
OSC’s busiest field-season is well under way, and our Marine Mammal Observers (MMOs), Passive Acoustic Monitoring (PAM) Operators and hydrophone equipment is currently deployed on several international projects…which corner of the globe next is anyone’s guess.
Recruitment Campaign
OSC has completed a very successful recruitment campaign, which attracted >400 applicants! The interview panel is still recovering from exhaustion…but another recruitment campaign is planned in the near-future. Watch this space (also on Facebook, Twitter, StumbleUpon and Digg) and we will let you know when the next campaign is planned.