Dear Colleagues,
Seiche Training
will be delivering their Protected Species Observer (PSO) course, Passive Acoustic Monitoring (PAM) and Passive Acoustic Monitoring Level 2 (PAM L2) course at:
-Nicholls State University, Thibodaux, Louisiana, US
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PSO –October 30-31, PAM-November 1-3.
-Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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PSO – November 7-8, PAM-November 9-11, PAM L2-November 12-14.
-Boston
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
underwater, 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 PAM Level 2 course builds on Seiche’s PAM Level 1 course where delegates will have experience working in the field and would have completed PAM training.
The course will look at troubleshooting hardware and software, drawing on Seiche’s extensive experience of in-field support. It moves on to explore advanced PAMGuard configuration and settings for
identifying marine mammal species. The course will finish with practical sessions on analysing acoustic for the presence of marine mammals and for localising detections using various software programmes, such as PAMGuard viewer and mix mode and Raven Lite.
If you would like a course brochure, require more info or wish to book, please contact
training@seiche.com
