Ecological
Surveys
Subtidal Infaunal
Benthic surveys; Using a range of benthic grabs available (Day,
van Veen, Hamon, Shipek) and a range of Box Corers (Reineck) –
dependant on clients or regulators specification
Intertidal infaunal
surveys; Using a range of corers
Biotope and habitat
mapping surveys
Epifaunal surveys;Generally
a 2-m beam trawl, however, 4-m to 6-m shrimp trawls may be used
if applicable
Fish surveys; A wide
range of gears can be deployed dependent on target species, ground,
user conflicts etc. (Otter, beam (range of sizes), long lining,
static gill and trammel nets (subtidal and intertidal), seine netting.
Fish Impingement
studies
Biological macro-fouling
assessments
Crustacean shellfish
surveys;Parlour pots, fine meshed pots, standard creel's, inkwell
pots, prawn traps
Plankton surveys;
To determine larval fish and or shellfish
Diver surveys; To
carry out biological assessment of sub-surface structures, collection
of seabed cores for faunal analysis, biotope assessments, etc.)
Video Evaluation
of habitat and associated fauna, fish and shellfish assemblages
Physical Surveys
Ground discrimination
surveys (AGDS)
Sidescan sonar surveys
Bathymetric surveys
Water Quality Assessment
Depth profiling of Physico-chemical parameters
Ecotoxicology Assessments
(in house direct assessment of residue, and in situ field evaluation)
Commercial and Recreational
fisheries surveys
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