Dear Colleagues,

 

Seiche Training will be delivering their Protected Species Observer (PSO) course and Passive Acoustic Monitoring (PAM) course in the US and Canada

• PSO –August 5-6 ,Boston, US
• PSO – August 12-13,Newfoundland, Canada
• PAM-August 7-9, Boston, US
• PAM – August 14-16, Newfoundland, Canada

This PSO training BOEM (Bureau of Ocean Energy Management) compliant to provide Protected Species Observer certification for seismic surveys and is accepted in various other industries and regions where mitigation for marine mammals is needed. PSO’s monitor for marine mammals and sea turtles and advise on the measures required to reduce impacts to the animals worldwide. The PSO course looks at Noise in the ocean, the regulations for minimising risks to marine mammals during industrial activities, Types of dredging, marine mammal identification and documenting animal behaviour, data collection and report writing.

The PAM course includes an introduction into sound in water, looking at how sound propagates, marine mammal vocalisations, using PAMGuard, with hands on practical sessions and hardware set up, installing and deploying the equipment on a vessel, as the PAM course will include a boat trip to provide experience in locating and identifying protected species at sea, as well as practice in methods for distance estimation.

The PSO course is 380 US Dollar, 515 Can Dollar, and the PAM course is 800 US Dollar, 1080 Can dollar

 

If you would like a course brochure, require more info or wish to book, please contact trainng@seiche.com