Marine Spatial Planning Conference - Portland

Daniel Brutto of MESL attended a conference on Marine Spatial Planning which is to be held in Portland, Weymouth in October. The development of a marine planning system is one of the central aspects of the forthcoming Marine Bill and keeping track of these changes to regulatory processes is of the utmost importance to consultancies such as ours.

MESL are awarded contract by Natural England MPA

Meeting the MPA network design principle of viability – feature specific recommendations for species and habitats of conservation importance

Regeneration of our Fisheries

Some good news from Ewen Callaway of New Scientist who has recently written an article outlining the fact that it is not all bad news in the fishing industry and results from a recent survey show some signs of regeneration. 

Marine and Coastal Access Bill

Dr Lindsay Seiderer and Daniel Brutto attended the Marine and Coastal Access Bill:  Implementation of Licensing and Enforcement stakeholder forum held by Defra on 9th September. MESL saw the meeting as an opportunity to ensure that a marine ecological consultancy is involved in shaping the future marine licensing process. This will enable us to help maximise potential gains for both our clients and the marine environment.

Applying for a vacancy at MESL

Posted Fri, 2009-06-26 16:47

If you are interested in working for MESL then please send your CV together with a covering letter to marine@seasurvey.co.uk who will keep your details on file and contact you if a suitable position becomes available.

Our vacancies are advertised on www.environmentjob.co.uk

 

No agencies - thank you.

Following the success of recent years MESL is expanding

  • We recently secured new premises adjacent to our old office in Bath
  • In our purpose built laboratory we have space for ten permanent taxonomists and twelve further office staff
  • To fill our new premises we have also increased our staffing levels with the addition of a geophysicist as well as new graduate taxonomists.

MESL are currently working on a diverse array of research projects

 A large part of our work centres on primary research into the impact of major industrial projects, including dredging and marine aggregate mining on benthic biological and fisheries resources.  Here are some of our current research projects:-

Reports

The following published reports are available here in PDF version. Recoverability of Sabellaria spinulosa following Aggregate Extraction Benthic Recoverability Research Report

Impacts of dredging and associated overboard screening on marine benthic communities, 2003/2004

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MIRO funded research project assessing the impacts of dredging and associated overboard screening on marine benthic communities. This project included a detailed study of the settlement profiles and 'footprint' of discharged materials using conventional water sampling, ADCP and seabed mounted water samplers. Seabed topography, bathymetry, surface sediment structure and particle size analysis was also studied in great detail to be examined in relation to biological community structure.

ALSF Annual Review, October 2006

Download ALSF Annual Review, October 2006

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