The Irish Whale and Dolphin Group is pleased to announce

Baseline Data and Noise Mitigation Workshop for ECS 2025 in Ponta Delgada May 12.

12F2 Examining standards of baseline data acquisition for EIA and mitigation for offshore construction under the EU Habitats Directive.

Key attendees:

Baseline – morning session

Patrick Lyne patrick.lyne@iwdg.ie (Officer IWDG)

Michele Manghi (Founder and Owner of Nauta Scientific)

Jakob Tougaard (Senior Scientist at Aarhus University, Dept. of Bioscience)

Christ de Jong* (Senior Consultant Underwater Acoustics at TNO)

 

Talks to be followed by break-out groups to identify criteria for baseline data and justification for such criteria and finishing with a plenary session.

 

Mitigation – afternoon session

              Stephen Comerford  Guideline for underwater noise stephen.comerford@iwdg.ie (ORE Marine Biodiversity Officer IWDG)

Michael Daehne* (Federal Agency for Nature Conservation)

Ross Culloch (Associate Director Head of Marine Mammal Consultancy APEM)

Tim Taugnitz* (GEOSTOR)(Meersmuseum)

 

Talks to be followed by break-out groups to identify criteria for mitigation and justification for such criteria and finishing with a plenary session.

 

* Talks to be delivered by video currently

 

To register for the Workshop see https://www.europeancetaceansociety.eu/workshops-36

Look forward to seeing you there