Speakers
Consenting & Licensing
When activities require a Marine mammal observer, typically some form of an assessment would be required to consider potential impacts on marine mammals and to identify what mitigation may be required, often following relevant legislation and/or guidance. In some cases a qualitative approach may be suitable, and in others a more robust quantitative assessment, which may require population consequences of disturbance modelling and underwater noise modelling, may be more appropriate. The presentation gives a high-level overview of how we approach such assessments considering key factors such as the activities planned, the location, and the jurisdiction