SRSL - Specialist marine consultancy and survey services

Environmental impact assessment

Fish, Bird and Marine Mammal Surveys, Underwater Noise and Environmental Statement for West Islay Tidal Energy Farm

"SRSL is a key consultant to the West Islay Tidal Energy Project, developing scientifically defensible methodologies for assessing environmental impacts"

Clodagh McGrath - DP Energy Ireland Ltd

Biofouling studies

Review of marine growth on flexible riser systems

"We are extremely satisfied with the quality of work from SRSL, providing a detailed report, including input from their scientific research team, clearly demonstrating their strengths and knowledge in marine habitats"

Steven Forbes - Flexible Riser Consultant - Shell (UK) Ltd

Microbiological monitoring

Shellfish harvesting areas; sanitary surveys, Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science (Cefas)

"As part of the Shellfish Partnership, SRSL makes a key contribution to the provision of sanitary surveys on mainland Scotland and the Western Isles by undertaking hydrographic assessments and shoreline surveys"

Ron Lee - Cefas

Independent evaluation of deep-sea mine tailings placement

At Lihir Gold mine, Misima Gold mine and Ramu Nickel mine in Papua New Guinea

"We appreciate the dedication and quality of service SRSL that has provided to the MRA and value SRSL’s continued assistance to the Government"

Philip Samar - Mineral Resources Authority

Development and production of sea-ice mass balance buoys

"Multiple re-use of the buoys will benefit our research and operational work greatly. Installation was easy and the units provided FMI with the ice-thickness data we needed. Customer support from the SRSL deployment and operations team was also excellent"

Bin Cheng, Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI)

Offshore environmental baseline survey

Dounreay nuclear power plant decommissioning and restoration plan

"SRSL have demonstrated a high commitment to maintaining scientific rigour in all their work....UKAEA consider them to be a respected contractor, providing a valuable service"

Marc Murray - Executive Assistant to the Dounreay Director

Phytoplankton monitoring

Presence of toxin-producing plankton in shellfish production areas in Scotland

"SRSL assist the Food Standards Agency in Scotland in discharging our responsibilities by analysing and reporting on water samples provided from 36 monitoring points"

Marjorie Kennie - Food Standards Agency