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SMRU Consulting @smruc.bsky.social · 17h

We're excited to share that Courtney Ogilvy from SMRU Consulting will be presenting at Marine Renewables Canada 2025!

#MRC2025 #CanadianOffshoreWind #marinescience
#environmentalimpactassessment #renewableenergy

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SMRU Consulting @smruc.bsky.social · 26d

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

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Dr Katherine Whyte @kateywhyte.bsky.social · 27d

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

Line Cordes @linecordes.bsky.social · 27d

Great talk by @philippawright.bsky.social at CWW - fish for thought!

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SMRU Consulting @smruc.bsky.social · 28d

5,000 days monitoring live — thank you to our partners and team for making quieter seas and safer marine life possible!
#ports #internetofthings #underwaternoise #adaptivemonitoring #vesselspeedreduction #whales #dolphins #innovation #oceandata #pnw #pacificnorthwest #environment #offshorewind

SMRU Consulting @smruc.bsky.social · 28d

CABs deployed as cabled arrays, buoys & unmanned surface vehicles

Impact: 1000s of vessels monitored in vessel speed reduction programs: #ECHO, #QuietSound

Tech: Remotely controlled & real-time

Ongoing: Data collected since 2012, powering research, conservation, & smart shipping from 2012–25.

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SMRU Consulting @smruc.bsky.social · 28d

🚨 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

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SMRU Consulting @smruc.bsky.social · Sep 5

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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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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SMRU Consulting @smruc.bsky.social · Aug 21

@noaa.gov
@scrippsocean.bsky.social
@uniofstandrews.bsky.social
@seamammalresearch.bsky.social
#NationalMarineSanctuaries
#UniversityofColorado
#FisheriesandOceansCanada
#MarinePhysicalLaboratory
#NationalMarineSanctuaries
#CaliforniaMarineSanctuaryFoundation
#JASCO
#VancouverFraserPortAuthority

SMRU Consulting @smruc.bsky.social · Aug 20

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

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

pubs.aip.org

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SMRU Consulting @smruc.bsky.social · Aug 20

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...

SMRU Consulting @smruc.bsky.social · Aug 14

Sounds awesome! Is there an archived recording available? Thanks

SMRU Consulting @smruc.bsky.social · Aug 1

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...

Marine Mammal Monitoring: Methods, Technologies and Opportunities for Innovation

www.imarest.org

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SMRU Consulting @smruc.bsky.social · Jul 14

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

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SMRU Consulting @smruc.bsky.social · Jul 11

🐋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

WWF-Canada @wwfcanada.org · Jul 8

🐋 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

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SMRU Consulting @smruc.bsky.social · Jul 9

Funded by the 'Offshore Wind Evidence and Change' programme, lead by the The Crown Estate, Crown Estate Scotland, Scottish Government's Marine Directorate

#OffshoreWind #OWF #PrePAREDProject #OWEC #RenewableEnergy #OffshoreWindFarms #MarineMammal #CumulativeEffects #CEA #EIA

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SMRU Consulting @smruc.bsky.social · Jul 9

This follows on from the release of Report 007. This report, and all project outputs, are available here: owecprepared.org/outputs/

Hear from the author, Rachael Sinclair of SMRU Consulting, followed by a live Q&A.

owecprepared.org

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SMRU Consulting @smruc.bsky.social · Jul 9

📣 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...

Microsoft Virtual Events Powered by Teams

events.teams.microsoft.com

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SMRU Consulting @smruc.bsky.social · Jun 30

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

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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SMRU Consulting @smruc.bsky.social · Jun 5

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...

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

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SMRU Consulting @smruc.bsky.social · Jun 5

Proud to have contributed to the @wwfnederland.bsky.social #BlueCorridors project!

www.linkedin.com/posts/erich-...

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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SMRU Consulting @smruc.bsky.social · May 14

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

SMRU Consulting @smruc.bsky.social · May 9

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