A marine environmental survey is important in trying to understand the current status of the marine environment and assists sound decision making with respect to the potential impact of any activity in that area.
With over 30 years experience in planning, designing and executing marine environmental surveys, Fugro ERT are well-equipped to design and carry out surveys that suit your needs while meeting regulatory standards.
Fugro ERT provides a comprehensive service combining full environmental survey and analytical capability with data interpretation. This is achieved by our in-house survey team of marine chemists and marine biologists who understand the importance of analytical procedures relevant to the marine environment.
In these surveys we take samples of the sea bed and analyse them for a range of chemical parameters (e.g. hydrocarbons, heavy metals, sediment characterisation). In addition, we identify the species of animals living in the sediment, called macrofauna, and may take water samples to determine which plankton species are present.
The interpretation of data, combined with photographs, means we can present a ‘picture’ of the seabed environment at the time of the survey. In some cases this may be as a biotope or a habitat map.
Once an initial environmental survey has been carried out it can act as a baseline against which further
environmental monitoring surveys
can be compared.
Previous projects have been undertaken in UKCS waters from southern North Sea to the west of Shetland regions, as well as internationally (West Africa, Caspian, Malaysia, Peru), and include:
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Baseline studies (continental shelf and deepwater areas)
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Pre- and post-operational and decommissioning surveys
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Cutting pile assessment
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Outfall studies
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Skilled-eye appraisals
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Intertidal studies
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JNCC/MNCR recording protocols
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Provision of client representatives and scientific support staff
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Provision of marine mammal observers
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Data review, assessment and compilation of data and fully interpretative reports
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