slr_fisheries_capability statement
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MAIN SLR OFFERING
• Large and experienced team of skilled specialists covering the full range of ecological disciplines.
• Ability to undertake small-scale to large infrastructure surveys.
• Proven track record over two decades in designing and deliveringsignificantprojectsathighprofilelocationswith many years’ experience in consultation and negotiation with SNCOs and non-statutory bodies.
• Proven expert witness on ecological issues.
• Ability to draw upon expertise from other SLR services including terrestrial ecology, landscape, GIS and hydrology.
Fisheries
HOW SLR CAN HELP • Freshwater Fish Community Surveys of rivers, lakes and canals. This survey follows standard Competent Authority (e.g. Environment Agency) procedures and is usually achieved byseinenetting,electrofishingandtrapping.
• Estuarine & Marine Fish Community Surveys of estuaries and coastal habitats. This type of survey usually involves seine netting, trawling or trapping and can be conducted in intertidal or subtidal habitats. These are surveys to assess the species compositionandabundanceoffishpopulations,andassess manyaspectsoffishfunctionalandfeedingbehaviour.
• Eel management & Assessment, Fish Rescues, Fish Stock Manipulation. We also provide protected species surveyse.g.lampreyandshad,fishhealth,predator managementnon-nativespeciesremoval,fishrescuesand fishtranslocation(Section30movement).
• Provision of Fish Entrainment / Impingement & Screening associated with industrial intakes and discharges. Aquatic weed assessment and topographic, bathymetric (depth) and water quality assessments. habitat design, creation and restorationprojectsforlakes,rivers,estuariesandsaltmarsh includingWFDfeasibilitystudiesandprojectmanagement. fishmortalityInvestigations,aerationsolutionsandwater quality investigation.
SLRoffersacompletesuiteoffisherysurveystoinvestigatethenatureoffishpopulationsinarangeoffreshwater,estuarineandmarinesituationsfromsourcetosea.Ourstaffhasover50years’combinedexperienceindeliveringfishpopulationsurveys and provide taxonomic quality assurance to regulators and private companies and can assess angling, performance andsustainabilityoffisheries.
Fish are a vital component of the aquatic environment, and their community structure demonstrates changes caused by naturalevents,environmentalincidentsorphysicalhabitatimprovements.SLRprovidesarangeoffisheriesservicesandadvice.Wehaveanunparalleledknowledgeoffishpopulationdynamics,fishtaxonomyandWaterFrameworkDirective(WFD) compliance.
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Steve CoatesSLR Consulting Ltd+44(0)0413535037
[email protected] www.slrconsulting.com