MMO & PAM training course – new dates released
Ocean Science Consulting Limited (OSC) is running a Marine Mammal Observer (MMO) and Passive Acoustic Monitoring (PAM) training course, which has been approved by the New Zealand Department of Conservation (DOC), as being consistent with standards in the ‘2013 code of conduct for minimising acoustic disturbance to marine mammals from seismic survey operations’ (the Code). […]
More summer footage of minke whale swimming around an offshore platform in the North Sea
A few weeks ago, another minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) was observed swimming around an offshore production platform in the North Sea. The footage (http://youtu.be/klIRuVtEycg) shows a solitary whale swimming slowly, spending around 15 min around the platform before moving on. This footage is the second collected this year (www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hc2tUDyqC7A), which shows that these offshore installations […]
Victoria and Ian Todd (OSC) collect more data of harbour porpoises feeding around offshore rigs and platforms
The OSC directors are currently aboard another production platform attached to a jack-up rig undertaking drilling. The scientists have collected another POD click detector data set ‘hoaching’ with porpoises around both installations’ legs. Again, more compelling evidence for this amazing rigs-to-reefs habitat for these hungry little marine mammals.
Ocean Science Consulting NZ DOC-approved MMO & PAM training course
Ocean Science Consulting Limited (OSC) is running a Marine Mammal Observer (MMO) and Passive Acoustic Monitoring (PAM) training course, which has been approved by the New Zealand Department of Conservation (DOC), as being consistent with standards in the ‘2013 code of conduct for minimising acoustic disturbance to marine mammals from seismic survey operations’ (the Code). […]
New Zealand marine mammals & the code of conduct
The waters around New Zealand are home to a diverse range of marine mammals. Some of the most common cetaceans (whales, dolphins and porpoises) include Hector’s dolphins (Cephalorhynchus hectori hectori) Maui’s dolphins (C. h. maui), killer whales (Orcinus orca), bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus), dusky dolphins (Lagenorhynchus obscurus), common dolphins (Delphinus delphis), humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae), […]
Marine Mammal Observer and Passive Acoustic Monitoring Handbook
Second edition now available. This post refers to the first edition, published in 2015. The second edition of the Marine Mammal Observer and Passive Acoustic Monitoring Handbook was published by OSC Publishing House® in September 2026: find out more and order a copy. Excitement is mounting in the office as publication of our new book […]