Marine science
SLR offers comprehensive project support for marine environmental projects across a broad range of sectors and service areas.
The SLR Marine Science team provides high quality, tailored yet cost effective marine environmental scientific consulting and advisory solutions.
How can we help?
Whether it be temperate offshore waters, tropical seas, or coastal estuaries, our staff have the necessary expertise in scientific design, impact assessment, regulatory requirements, stakeholder engagement, monitoring, and management to offer our clients quality service from project inception through to the final report.
Our approach to delivery is designed to ensure project success by mitigating the significant risks inherent with working in the marine environment. Most importantly, we work with our clients and genuinely believe effective relationships are the cornerstone of successful projects.
SLR’s Marine Science team offers a broad range of services:
- Environmental and Regulatory Advice
- Environmental and Social Impact
- Assessments
- Ecological Risk Assessments
- Oceanographic Monitoring
- Underwater Noise Modelling and Monitoring
- Baseline Marine Ecological Data Collection
- Benthic Habitat Surveys and Mapping
- Water and sediment Quality Monitoring
- Environmental Management Plans
- Offshore Environmental Plans (EPs)
- Oil Spill Response Planning
- Marine Fauna Surveys
- Dredging and Dredged Material Management Plans
- Approval / Consent Facilitation
- Stakeholder engagement
Our industries:
- Oil and Gas (exploration, production and decommissioning)
- Ports and Harbours
- Fisheries and Aquaculture
- Government (policy and regulatory)
- Renewable Energy (offshore wind)
- Pipeline and seabed cable operators
Our team includes
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Jonathan Vallarta
Principal Acoustical Consultant
Dr. Jonathan Vallarta has seventeen years of experience in underwater acoustics in a wide range of positions including teaching, design, project management, acoustic consulting and collaborative research. He has considerable experience providing training courses in fundamentals of underwater noise and monitoring techniques. In 2018, his expertise was recognized as an invited panelist and Mexican advisor at the United Nations in New York.
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Dan Govier
Technical Discipline Manager
Over the last few years, Dan has specialised in the offshore marine environment, specifically regarding the oil and gas industry. He has extensive knowledge and understanding of the EEZ Act, Resource Management Act, Maritime Transport Act, Marine Protection Rules, Department of Conservations Code of Conduct for Minimising Acoustic Disturbance of Marine Animals, Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act (OPGGS Act) 2006 and the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act, where he is considered one of the most experienced and respected consultants within New Zealand.
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Justin Eickmeier
Consulting Scientist
In addition to underwater acoustics projects, Justin has supported the wider SLR acoustics group in a signal processing / data analyst role. Justin’s background in oceanography, ocean engineering and instrumentation is complemented by his substantial experience in underwater acoustics. His technical skills include underwater noise propagation modelling and prediction, measurement and monitoring, data processing and analysis, impact assessment, mitigation and control.
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Andrew Costen
Principal Consultant
Andrew is SLR’s Marine Science technical lead in Australia. He has over 25 years’ experience working for specialist science and engineering consultancies and state and commonwealth Government environmental management agencies.
Projects
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Yarra River Dredging – Assessment and Approvals
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Dredging and Dredged Material Management - Western Port
Location: Australia
Regulatory Approvals - Offshore Exploration Drilling Programme
Location: New Zealand
