SMRU Consulting
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We are a world leading marine mammal consultancy with an unrivalled reputation for providing innovative, robust, and environmentally sound solutions in the marine environment.
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Next month, Dr Jason Wood will be presenting at Marine Renewables Canada #MRC2025 on "Benefits of Real Time Passive Acoustic Monitoring for Mitigation", which will explore case studies in which our #CoastalAcousticBuoys have been used for marine mammal #mitigation #monitoring ...
October 29, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Next month, Dr Jason Wood will be presenting at Marine Renewables Canada #MRC2025 on "Benefits of Real Time Passive Acoustic Monitoring for Mitigation", which will explore case studies in which our #CoastalAcousticBuoys have been used for marine mammal #mitigation #monitoring ...
Today, Cormac Booth will be presenting to the National Physical Laboratory (#NPL) #Underwater #Sound #Forum in London on lessons learned from the last 15 years of #underwaternoise and #marinemammal monitoring with CAB.
#realtime #EnvironmentalMonitoring #SmartSensors #Innovation #GreenTech
#realtime #EnvironmentalMonitoring #SmartSensors #Innovation #GreenTech
October 29, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Today, Cormac Booth will be presenting to the National Physical Laboratory (#NPL) #Underwater #Sound #Forum in London on lessons learned from the last 15 years of #underwaternoise and #marinemammal monitoring with CAB.
#realtime #EnvironmentalMonitoring #SmartSensors #Innovation #GreenTech
#realtime #EnvironmentalMonitoring #SmartSensors #Innovation #GreenTech
Exciting opportunity: please join SMRU Consulting and Ørsted for a webinar on Tuesday, 4th Nov, to run through the findings of the recently completed 'IDEAS' project (Improving cetacean Density Estimation from digital Aerial Surveys).
Want to know more about digital aerial survey data and cetaceans? SMRU Consulting and Ørsted are hosting a webinar on Tue 4th Nov to run through the findings of the recently completed 'IDEAS' ...
Want to know more about digital aerial survey data and cetaceans? SMRU Consulting and Ørsted are hosting a webinar on Tue 4th Nov to run through the findings of the recently completed 'IDEAS' project ...
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October 24, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Exciting opportunity: please join SMRU Consulting and Ørsted for a webinar on Tuesday, 4th Nov, to run through the findings of the recently completed 'IDEAS' project (Improving cetacean Density Estimation from digital Aerial Surveys).
We're excited to share that Courtney Ogilvy from SMRU Consulting will be presenting at Marine Renewables Canada 2025!
#MRC2025 #CanadianOffshoreWind #marinescience
#environmentalimpactassessment #renewableenergy
#MRC2025 #CanadianOffshoreWind #marinescience
#environmentalimpactassessment #renewableenergy
October 8, 2025 at 4:01 PM
We're excited to share that Courtney Ogilvy from SMRU Consulting will be presenting at Marine Renewables Canada 2025!
#MRC2025 #CanadianOffshoreWind #marinescience
#environmentalimpactassessment #renewableenergy
#MRC2025 #CanadianOffshoreWind #marinescience
#environmentalimpactassessment #renewableenergy
Our PhD candidate, @philippawright.bsky.social, at #CWW2025 (Wind energy &vWildlife impacts) on the #PrePARED project:🐟Fish for thought: The nutritional quality of prey species with a developing offshore wind landscape
@uniofstandrews.bsky.social
Learn more about PrePARED here: owecprepared.org
@uniofstandrews.bsky.social
Learn more about PrePARED here: owecprepared.org
September 12, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Our PhD candidate, @philippawright.bsky.social, at #CWW2025 (Wind energy &vWildlife impacts) on the #PrePARED project:🐟Fish for thought: The nutritional quality of prey species with a developing offshore wind landscape
@uniofstandrews.bsky.social
Learn more about PrePARED here: owecprepared.org
@uniofstandrews.bsky.social
Learn more about PrePARED here: owecprepared.org
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Very proud to supervise the brilliant work @philippawright.bsky.social is doing as part of her PhD. 🌟
If you're at CWW, and are interested in the nutritional quality of fish 🐟 around offshore wind farms, reach out to Philippa!
@seamammalresearch.bsky.social @smruc.bsky.social @bioss.bsky.social
If you're at CWW, and are interested in the nutritional quality of fish 🐟 around offshore wind farms, reach out to Philippa!
@seamammalresearch.bsky.social @smruc.bsky.social @bioss.bsky.social
Great talk by @philippawright.bsky.social at CWW - fish for thought!
September 11, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Very proud to supervise the brilliant work @philippawright.bsky.social is doing as part of her PhD. 🌟
If you're at CWW, and are interested in the nutritional quality of fish 🐟 around offshore wind farms, reach out to Philippa!
@seamammalresearch.bsky.social @smruc.bsky.social @bioss.bsky.social
If you're at CWW, and are interested in the nutritional quality of fish 🐟 around offshore wind farms, reach out to Philippa!
@seamammalresearch.bsky.social @smruc.bsky.social @bioss.bsky.social
🚨 Milestone Alert! Last week, our CAB systems surpassed 5,000 days of listening beneath the waves — tracking whales, vessels, and more throughout the Pacific Northwest!
#CoastalAcousticBuoy
#CoastalAcousticBuoy
September 10, 2025 at 12:50 PM
🚨 Milestone Alert! Last week, our CAB systems surpassed 5,000 days of listening beneath the waves — tracking whales, vessels, and more throughout the Pacific Northwest!
#CoastalAcousticBuoy
#CoastalAcousticBuoy
Check out our latest blog post!
➡️ On using our Coastal Acoustic Buoys for the real-time passive acoustic mitigation monitoring of dolphins during a port's dredging campaign in the north of Scotland.
#passiveacoustics #CAB #mitigationmonitoring
#ArdersierPort
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➡️ On using our Coastal Acoustic Buoys for the real-time passive acoustic mitigation monitoring of dolphins during a port's dredging campaign in the north of Scotland.
#passiveacoustics #CAB #mitigationmonitoring
#ArdersierPort
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Real-time Passive Acoustic Mitigation Monitoring during Ardersier Port Expansion — SMRU Consulting
SMRU Consulting’s Coastal Acoustic Buoys (CABs) have been busy listening for dolphins in the Scottish Highlands… Haventus has been leading the redevelopment of the Port of Ardersier, near Inverne...
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September 5, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Check out our latest blog post!
➡️ On using our Coastal Acoustic Buoys for the real-time passive acoustic mitigation monitoring of dolphins during a port's dredging campaign in the north of Scotland.
#passiveacoustics #CAB #mitigationmonitoring
#ArdersierPort
www.smruconsulting.com/blog/real-ti...
➡️ On using our Coastal Acoustic Buoys for the real-time passive acoustic mitigation monitoring of dolphins during a port's dredging campaign in the north of Scotland.
#passiveacoustics #CAB #mitigationmonitoring
#ArdersierPort
www.smruconsulting.com/blog/real-ti...
Hot off the press: "A call for comparable measurements of underwater radiated noise related to vessel speed reduction programs" in @asa-news.bsky.social
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#VSR #URN
pubs.aip.org/asa/jel/arti...
#VSR #URN
A call for comparable measurements of underwater radiated noise related to vessel speed reduction programs
Marine vessels are mandated or requested to reduce speed to meet operational, economic, and conservation goals. Vessel speed reduction (VSR) is a key strategy i
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August 20, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Hot off the press: "A call for comparable measurements of underwater radiated noise related to vessel speed reduction programs" in @asa-news.bsky.social
pubs.aip.org/asa/jel/arti...
#VSR #URN
pubs.aip.org/asa/jel/arti...
#VSR #URN
PrePARED webinar now recorded online!
➡️ Report 007, "Challenges & Solutions for Offshore Wind Farm Cumulative Effects Assessments for Marine Mammals" by SMRU Consulting's Rachael Sinclair.
#PrePAREDProject #OWEC #CrownEstateScotland
owecprepared.org/outputs/
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dXQ...
➡️ Report 007, "Challenges & Solutions for Offshore Wind Farm Cumulative Effects Assessments for Marine Mammals" by SMRU Consulting's Rachael Sinclair.
#PrePAREDProject #OWEC #CrownEstateScotland
owecprepared.org/outputs/
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dXQ...
August 20, 2025 at 12:38 PM
PrePARED webinar now recorded online!
➡️ Report 007, "Challenges & Solutions for Offshore Wind Farm Cumulative Effects Assessments for Marine Mammals" by SMRU Consulting's Rachael Sinclair.
#PrePAREDProject #OWEC #CrownEstateScotland
owecprepared.org/outputs/
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dXQ...
➡️ Report 007, "Challenges & Solutions for Offshore Wind Farm Cumulative Effects Assessments for Marine Mammals" by SMRU Consulting's Rachael Sinclair.
#PrePAREDProject #OWEC #CrownEstateScotland
owecprepared.org/outputs/
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dXQ...
Great to see our Coastal Acoustic Buoys, (CAB Guardian & CAB Sentinels) included in this review of cutting edge tech for marine mammal monitoring by Institute of Marine Engineering, Science & Technology (@imarest.bsky.social ) & DEFRA
www.imarest.org/resource/mar...
www.imarest.org/resource/mar...
Marine Mammal Monitoring: Methods, Technologies and Opportunities for Innovation
www.imarest.org
August 1, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Great to see our Coastal Acoustic Buoys, (CAB Guardian & CAB Sentinels) included in this review of cutting edge tech for marine mammal monitoring by Institute of Marine Engineering, Science & Technology (@imarest.bsky.social ) & DEFRA
www.imarest.org/resource/mar...
www.imarest.org/resource/mar...
Happy World Orca Day everyone! We have just picked up SRKW on our Lime Kiln hydrophone as of 12:07 p.m. and the Haro Strait and Boundary Pass voluntary ship Slowdowns are now in effect!
#WorldOrcaDay #SRKW #ECHOProgram
#WorldOrcaDay #SRKW #ECHOProgram
July 14, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Happy World Orca Day everyone! We have just picked up SRKW on our Lime Kiln hydrophone as of 12:07 p.m. and the Haro Strait and Boundary Pass voluntary ship Slowdowns are now in effect!
#WorldOrcaDay #SRKW #ECHOProgram
#WorldOrcaDay #SRKW #ECHOProgram
🐋Proud to have contributed to this independent science panel on #SRKW recovery, alongside colleagues from @raincoast.org @georgiastraitbc.bsky.social @seadocsociety.bsky.social @nrdc.org @oceansinitiative.org @wwfcanada.org @davidsuzukifdn.bsky.social @ubcoceans.bsky.social @sfuscience.bsky.social
🐋 Southern resident killer whales are on track to extinction BUT recovery is still possible.
A new report by an independent science panel of 31 experts across Canada & the U.S. identifies 26 key actions to reverse their decline & enable their recovery.
🔗 View the full report here: bit.ly/44iH5Ia
A new report by an independent science panel of 31 experts across Canada & the U.S. identifies 26 key actions to reverse their decline & enable their recovery.
🔗 View the full report here: bit.ly/44iH5Ia
July 11, 2025 at 11:56 AM
🐋Proud to have contributed to this independent science panel on #SRKW recovery, alongside colleagues from @raincoast.org @georgiastraitbc.bsky.social @seadocsociety.bsky.social @nrdc.org @oceansinitiative.org @wwfcanada.org @davidsuzukifdn.bsky.social @ubcoceans.bsky.social @sfuscience.bsky.social
📣 PrePARED WEBINAR 📣
The Predators & Prey Around Renewable Energy Developments (#PrePARED) project is hosting a webinar on the Challenges & Solutions for Offshore Wind Farm Cumulative Effects Assessments for Marine Mammals.
🗓️ Tue 15 Jul, 12-12:30 (BST)
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The Predators & Prey Around Renewable Energy Developments (#PrePARED) project is hosting a webinar on the Challenges & Solutions for Offshore Wind Farm Cumulative Effects Assessments for Marine Mammals.
🗓️ Tue 15 Jul, 12-12:30 (BST)
events.teams.microsoft.com/event/c2565c...
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July 9, 2025 at 1:03 PM
📣 PrePARED WEBINAR 📣
The Predators & Prey Around Renewable Energy Developments (#PrePARED) project is hosting a webinar on the Challenges & Solutions for Offshore Wind Farm Cumulative Effects Assessments for Marine Mammals.
🗓️ Tue 15 Jul, 12-12:30 (BST)
events.teams.microsoft.com/event/c2565c...
The Predators & Prey Around Renewable Energy Developments (#PrePARED) project is hosting a webinar on the Challenges & Solutions for Offshore Wind Farm Cumulative Effects Assessments for Marine Mammals.
🗓️ Tue 15 Jul, 12-12:30 (BST)
events.teams.microsoft.com/event/c2565c...
Check out our new Notes from the field blog post about deploying 30 PAM moorings at the Dogger Bank Wind Farm!
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#Fieldwork #PAM #OffshoreWind
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#Fieldwork #PAM #OffshoreWind
Notes from the field – 30th June 2025 — SMRU Consulting
In early March almost half of the St. Andrews-based Sea Mammal Research Unit (SMRU) Consulting team were away from the office on field-related work. In one effort we had a team of four in Cromarty set...
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June 30, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Check out our new Notes from the field blog post about deploying 30 PAM moorings at the Dogger Bank Wind Farm!
www.smruconsulting.com/blog/notes-f...
#Fieldwork #PAM #OffshoreWind
www.smruconsulting.com/blog/notes-f...
#Fieldwork #PAM #OffshoreWind
New output from the ONR/LMR-funded #ACCURATE project by @popigk.bsky.social in @asa-news.bsky.social
#passiveacoustics #densityestimation #beampattern #biosonar
@uniofstandrews.bsky.social @seamammalresearch.bsky.social
@au.dk #CREEM #JASA
doi.org/10.1121/10.0...
#passiveacoustics #densityestimation #beampattern #biosonar
@uniofstandrews.bsky.social @seamammalresearch.bsky.social
@au.dk #CREEM #JASA
doi.org/10.1121/10.0...
Sensitivity of density estimates to off-axis beam pattern assumptions in deep-diving odontocetes
Density estimation from passive acoustic monitoring requires knowledge of the sound production rates and signal characteristics of animal calls. This study expl
doi.org
June 5, 2025 at 9:00 AM
New output from the ONR/LMR-funded #ACCURATE project by @popigk.bsky.social in @asa-news.bsky.social
#passiveacoustics #densityestimation #beampattern #biosonar
@uniofstandrews.bsky.social @seamammalresearch.bsky.social
@au.dk #CREEM #JASA
doi.org/10.1121/10.0...
#passiveacoustics #densityestimation #beampattern #biosonar
@uniofstandrews.bsky.social @seamammalresearch.bsky.social
@au.dk #CREEM #JASA
doi.org/10.1121/10.0...
Proud to have contributed to the @wwfnederland.bsky.social #BlueCorridors project!
www.linkedin.com/posts/erich-...
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Bringing whale superhighways to life: WWF and a global coalition of… | Erich Hoyt | 11 comments
Bringing whale superhighways to life: WWF and a global coalition of leading scientists, civil society, governments, and tech innovators have launched BlueCorridors.org—a new digital platform combining...
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June 5, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Proud to have contributed to the @wwfnederland.bsky.social #BlueCorridors project!
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www.linkedin.com/posts/erich-...
New report on cumulative effects assessments (CEAs) by Rachael Sinclair for the #PrePAREDProject. Here, we recommend guidance for the standardization of CEAs, in order to make them more representative, comparable, thus enabling a more streamlined consenting process.
owecprepared.org/wp-content/u...
owecprepared.org/wp-content/u...
owecprepared.org
May 14, 2025 at 2:41 PM
New report on cumulative effects assessments (CEAs) by Rachael Sinclair for the #PrePAREDProject. Here, we recommend guidance for the standardization of CEAs, in order to make them more representative, comparable, thus enabling a more streamlined consenting process.
owecprepared.org/wp-content/u...
owecprepared.org/wp-content/u...
Looking forward to attending this hosted by the #PrePAREDProject (Predators and Prey Around Renewable Energy Developments) team on Wednesday 21 May from 12 - 12:30pm GMT+1. You can register here: rb.gy/gav951
#offshorewind #renewables #thecrownestate @exeter.ac.uk
#offshorewind #renewables #thecrownestate @exeter.ac.uk
May 9, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Looking forward to attending this hosted by the #PrePAREDProject (Predators and Prey Around Renewable Energy Developments) team on Wednesday 21 May from 12 - 12:30pm GMT+1. You can register here: rb.gy/gav951
#offshorewind #renewables #thecrownestate @exeter.ac.uk
#offshorewind #renewables #thecrownestate @exeter.ac.uk
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New paper:
Darias-O'Hara et al. "Behavioural response thresholds for the assessment of noise impact on Antarctic marine mammal species", Marine Policy.
@uniofstandrews.bsky.social @au.dk @seamammalresearch.bsky.social
Funded [email protected]
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Darias-O'Hara et al. "Behavioural response thresholds for the assessment of noise impact on Antarctic marine mammal species", Marine Policy.
@uniofstandrews.bsky.social @au.dk @seamammalresearch.bsky.social
Funded [email protected]
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Behavioural response thresholds for the assessment of noise impact on Antarctic marine mammal species
Increasing levels of anthropogenic noise in our oceans is concerning, especially in Antarctic waters where marine mammals are more naïve to sound sour…
www.sciencedirect.com
May 2, 2025 at 11:42 AM
New paper:
Darias-O'Hara et al. "Behavioural response thresholds for the assessment of noise impact on Antarctic marine mammal species", Marine Policy.
@uniofstandrews.bsky.social @au.dk @seamammalresearch.bsky.social
Funded [email protected]
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Darias-O'Hara et al. "Behavioural response thresholds for the assessment of noise impact on Antarctic marine mammal species", Marine Policy.
@uniofstandrews.bsky.social @au.dk @seamammalresearch.bsky.social
Funded [email protected]
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Happy Friday! Here are some nice #SRKW vocals our #LimeKiln hydrophone recorded in March.
@thewhalemuseum.bsky.social #HaroStrait
@thewhalemuseum.bsky.social #HaroStrait
May 2, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Happy Friday! Here are some nice #SRKW vocals our #LimeKiln hydrophone recorded in March.
@thewhalemuseum.bsky.social #HaroStrait
@thewhalemuseum.bsky.social #HaroStrait
New paper:
Darias-O'Hara et al. "Behavioural response thresholds for the assessment of noise impact on Antarctic marine mammal species", Marine Policy.
@uniofstandrews.bsky.social @au.dk @seamammalresearch.bsky.social
Funded [email protected]
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Darias-O'Hara et al. "Behavioural response thresholds for the assessment of noise impact on Antarctic marine mammal species", Marine Policy.
@uniofstandrews.bsky.social @au.dk @seamammalresearch.bsky.social
Funded [email protected]
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Behavioural response thresholds for the assessment of noise impact on Antarctic marine mammal species
Increasing levels of anthropogenic noise in our oceans is concerning, especially in Antarctic waters where marine mammals are more naïve to sound sour…
www.sciencedirect.com
May 2, 2025 at 11:42 AM
New paper:
Darias-O'Hara et al. "Behavioural response thresholds for the assessment of noise impact on Antarctic marine mammal species", Marine Policy.
@uniofstandrews.bsky.social @au.dk @seamammalresearch.bsky.social
Funded [email protected]
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Darias-O'Hara et al. "Behavioural response thresholds for the assessment of noise impact on Antarctic marine mammal species", Marine Policy.
@uniofstandrews.bsky.social @au.dk @seamammalresearch.bsky.social
Funded [email protected]
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Hello J63!!
Earth Day was extra special this year! In addition to kicking off the first day of Storming the Sound with Salmon, members of the Orca Conservancy team got first looks at the newest calf in J Pod, J63!
📷 J40 with new calf J63 - taken by @intertidalkendy.bsky.social
Earth Day was extra special this year! In addition to kicking off the first day of Storming the Sound with Salmon, members of the Orca Conservancy team got first looks at the newest calf in J Pod, J63!
📷 J40 with new calf J63 - taken by @intertidalkendy.bsky.social
April 25, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Hello J63!!
Earth Day was extra special this year! In addition to kicking off the first day of Storming the Sound with Salmon, members of the Orca Conservancy team got first looks at the newest calf in J Pod, J63!
📷 J40 with new calf J63 - taken by @intertidalkendy.bsky.social
Earth Day was extra special this year! In addition to kicking off the first day of Storming the Sound with Salmon, members of the Orca Conservancy team got first looks at the newest calf in J Pod, J63!
📷 J40 with new calf J63 - taken by @intertidalkendy.bsky.social
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Check out this fantastic article for an eloquent explanation of our recent publication in @science.org www.acsh.org/news/2025/03...
When Breath Fails: The Deep Difference Between Seals and SEALS
What do elite Navy SEALS, world-class free-divers, and marine mammals have in common? They all push the limits of breath-hold endurance—yet only one group evolved with the right warning system to avoi...
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March 27, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Check out this fantastic article for an eloquent explanation of our recent publication in @science.org www.acsh.org/news/2025/03...
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Great talk by @kateywhyte.bsky.social from @bioss.bsky.social at the SOI today. So 👏 much 👏 data 👏 Such an exciting project! @uniofstandrews.bsky.social
April 3, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Great talk by @kateywhyte.bsky.social from @bioss.bsky.social at the SOI today. So 👏 much 👏 data 👏 Such an exciting project! @uniofstandrews.bsky.social