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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

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

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

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.

🚨 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

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...

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...

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

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

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

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...

Sounds awesome! Is there an archived recording available? Thanks

Marine Mammal Monitoring: Methods, Technologies and Opportunities for Innovation

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...

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

🐋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

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

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.

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📣 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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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

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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...

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

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…

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 by@umweltbundesamt.bsky.social

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Happy Friday! Here are some nice #SRKW vocals our #LimeKiln hydrophone recorded in March.

@thewhalemuseum.bsky.social #HaroStrait

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…

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 by@umweltbundesamt.bsky.social

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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

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...

Check out this fantastic article for an eloquent explanation of our recent publication in @science.org www.acsh.org/news/2025/03...

Great talk by @kateywhyte.bsky.social from @bioss.bsky.social at the SOI today. So 👏 much 👏 data 👏 Such an exciting project! @uniofstandrews.bsky.social

#notaprilfools | Cormac Booth I'm delighted to announce that today is my first day as Managing Director at SMRU Consulting. It's a very exciting time for the company and I'm looking…

Welcome to our new Managing Director, Dr Cormac Booth

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Haventus’ dredging operation at our Ardersier Energy Transition Facility… | Haventus Haventus’ dredging operation at our Ardersier Energy Transition Facility is about to get underway, to ensure our harbour and approach channel are deep and wide…

We're proud to have our CAB Guardians for real-time passive acoustic mitigation monitoring in the Moray Firth.
Here's a video from the recent deployment for Haventus, with SMRU Consulting staff Chloe, Jack & Sam.

www.linkedin.com/posts/havent...

🔊 Paper alert! 🐬🎧
Noise of high-speed vessels 🚤 impairs the #biosonar ability of #harbourporpoises 🐬 - making it more difficult for them to
🤯 sense surroundings,
🧭 navigate and
🐟 hunt prey
within several hundred meters.
🥳Huge contribution to understanding masking effects!
🌐 doi.org/10.1242/jeb....