-
Recent Posts
- Albatross: Ocean navigators par excellence.
- Scallop dredging: how we approach marine habitat protection from entirely the wrong direction.
- Nitrogen narcosis, Rapture of the Depths, what do we really know about it?
- Great whites sharks, makos or sailfish, what is the fastest fish?
- The Grind. Is campaigning for it to stop or condemning it on social media hypocritical?
Archives
Categories
Meta
Category Archives: Seabed survey and monitoring
Marine Environmental Impact Assessment
The relevant legislation for Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) in the marine environment can be tricky to keep up with. Within UK waters, licensing is now generally controlled by the Marine Management Organisation (MMO). The requirements for Marine licensing and Environmental … Continue reading
Posted in Seabed survey and monitoring
Tagged diver survey EIA, diver surveys EIA, EIA, EIA Devon, EIA environmental surveys, EIA Exeter, EIA marine surveys, Environmental Impact Assessment, environmental scoping, environmental statement, Environmental Statment, harbor EIA, harbour development EIA, harbour EIA, marine bio-images EIA, marine EIA, marine environmental impact assessemnt, marine environmental scoping, marine environmental statement, marine environmental surveys Cornwall, marine environmental surveys Devon, MMO, MMO EIA, MMO environmental statement, pipeline EIA, port EIA, seabed survey EIA, seabed survey environmental statement, underwater camera survey EIA, windfarm EIA
Comments Off on Marine Environmental Impact Assessment
Remote Camera Surveys
Remote camera surveys – drop down video, towed video and combined video and stills drop-down or towed systems – have been a major component of our underwater survey work for over a decade. Remote camera surveys can often be used … Continue reading
Posted in Seabed survey and monitoring
Tagged drop camera system, drop video survey devon, drop video survey Exeter, drop-down video, drop-down video surveys, marine environmental surveys Cornwall, marine environmental surveys Devon, marine environmental surveys Dorset, marine environmental surveys Hampshire, pipeline corridor camera survey, pipeline corridor camera surveys, pipeline corridor surveys, seabed biotope mapping, seabed habitat mapping, seagrass mapping, seagrass surveys, towed camera survey, towed camera surveys, towed video sled, towed video sledge, underwater camera inspection, underwater camera system, undrwater camera survey devon, Zostera mapping, Zostera surveys
Comments Off on Remote Camera Surveys
How to buy bad science.
Summary Lyme Bay Closed Area was a first for British waters. The very first statutory closed area established for conservation reason, protecting fragile reefs and associated species from the effects of bottom-fishing trawls and scallop dredges. It was a long … Continue reading
Posted in Lyme Bay marine ecology, Seabed survey and monitoring
Tagged bad science, DEFRA Marine Conservation Zones, diver monitoring, England MCZs, Lyme Bay Closed Area, Lyme Bay closed area monitoring, Lyme Bay exclusion zone, Lyme Bay no-take zone, lyme Bay protected area, Lyme Bay Reefs, marine bio-images, marine biological monitoring, Marine Conservation Zones, Marine Protected Areas, MPAs, Natural England Marine Conservation Zones, No take zones
Comments Off on How to buy bad science.
Benthic survey versus monitoring, a comparison of aims and methodologies
The terms survey and monitoring are often used interchangeably when collecting data on the marine environment. More worryingly there is sometimes a blurring of the differences between the aims and methods required for descriptive surveys and data collection as part … Continue reading
Posted in Seabed survey and monitoring
Tagged benthic monitoring, benthic survey, benthic survey versus monitoring, diver monitoring, marine monitoring, photographic monitoring, survey vs monitoring, video monitoring
Comments Off on Benthic survey versus monitoring, a comparison of aims and methodologies
Marine habitat mapping
One of Marine Bio-images’ areas of expertise is Marine Habitat Mapping. We have undertaken a great many mapping studies in the past 20 years, these include biotope mapping of the isle of Scilly sublittoral soft sediments, biotope mapping of the … Continue reading
Posted in Seabed survey and monitoring
Tagged colin munro, Exeter, GIS mapping, marine bio-images, marine biotope mapping, marine biotope mapping services, Marine habitat mapping, marine habitat mapping services
Comments Off on Marine habitat mapping
Lyme Bay Closed Area Monitoring: what we have learned so far.
After almost 18 years of research, campaigning and negotiation, statutory protection for the most vuulnerable reefs in Lyme Bay became a reality in 2008. This was deemed necessary as, despite voluntary agreements, it was apparent the damage to the reefs … Continue reading
Posted in Lyme Bay marine ecology, Seabed survey and monitoring
Tagged bottom trawling impacts, diver monitoring, Lyme Bay Closed Area, Lyme Bay closed area monitoring, Lyme Bay monitoring, Lyme Bay no-take zone, lyme Bay protected area, marine bio-images, Marine Conservation Zones, MCZs, scallop dredging, scallop dredging impacts
Comments Off on Lyme Bay Closed Area Monitoring: what we have learned so far.
Remote video and stills survey and monitoring
Our lightweight drop camera system can be used as a drop video system, drop stills camera system or a combined video and stills camera system. Remote video is very useful for providing a rapid overview of marine habitats and structures … Continue reading
Posted in Seabed survey and monitoring
Tagged combined video and stills system, drop camera, marine bio-images, remote camera system, seabed monitoring, seabed remote survey, seabed survey, towed camera, towed camera system, towed video, underwater combined video and stills, underwater drop video, underwater remote video, underwater towed camera system
Comments Off on Remote video and stills survey and monitoring