IWDG Consulting are carrying out marine mammal monitoring as part of the AFLOWT project funded by SEAI. The project hopes to deploy a full-scale Floating Offshore Wind Device in 2023, subject to planning and environmental assessment. We are carrying out Static Acoustic Monitoring and photo-id of bottlenose dolphins. We took the opportunity this week to […]

The IWDG are pleased to have won the tender to provide a marine mammal observer on three fisheries acoustic surveys this year. The surveys include Blue Whiting in March 2021, WESPAS during June and July and the Celtic Sea Herring Acoustic Survey in October. These surveys are annual stock assessment surveys and cover a huge […]

Meadhbh Quinn is one of IWDG Consulting leading MMOs. She has been working with us for many years and currently works on the Dublin port ABR Capital Dredging Programme and the AFLOWT project. She was recently featured by the Women Offshore Foundation, also known as Women Offshore​, which is an online organization and resource center […]

IWDG Consulting have started fieldwork in North Mayo as part of the AFLOWT project. Commissioned by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) to deliver the marine mammal component of AFLOWT (https://www.nweurope.eu/projects/project-search/aflowt-accelerating-market-uptake-of-floating-offshore-wind-technology/), the IWDG are contracted to: i) collate all background data on the site ii) carry out a gap analysis iii) establish baseline indices […]

IWDG have been contracted by Energia to carry out 24 months visual and acoustic marine mammal monitoring as part of site surveys for a proposed offshore windfarm off Helvick Head. surveys, Techniques include distance sampling during dedicated marine mammal surveys, VP land-based watches and Static Acoustic Monitoring at 5 sites.  This is the second large offshore […]