Environmental support to a diverse range of industry sectors

Carcinus provides key environmental services to the renewable energy sector for projects including offshore wind, tidal energy and wave energy developments. Our services including site selection and feasibility, baseline ecological characterisation surveys, Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) - scoping and assessment, Habitats Regulations Appraisal (HRA) and post-consent monitoring.

Our consultants have extensive experience in relation to the consenting, licensing and planning requirements of Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (NSIPs) and smaller energy generation schemes and can support clients throughout the project life from feasibility, through the Development Consent Order (DCO) process and beyond to post-consent requirements. We maintain close working relationships with environmental regulators and Government agencies and provide expert advice to our clients to ensure their projects are compliant with relevant regulation. We regularly undertake regulatory and stakeholder consultation on behalf of our clients and have provided client support at public enquiries and examinations.

Our survey teams undertake ecological and environmental surveys in support of renewable energy developers. Our surveys are planned to ensure regulatory approval, utilising industry best-practice and the latest technologies. All our aquatic ecologists and environmental surveyors have proven experience of delivering surveys within offshore, coastal and freshwater locations and are fully trained to operate safely and efficiently within these environments.

During their careers, our staff have been involved at a technical and/or EIA project management role within the following high profile renewable projects:

• Hornsea Round 3 offshore wind farm - Zone Characterisation (ZoC), Zone Appraisal Methodology (ZAM) and Zone Environmental Assessment (ZEA)
• Hornsea offshore wind farm Project One - scoping, preliminary environmental information report and baseline characterisation stages
• Navitus Bay offshore wind farm
• Neart Na Gaoithe offshore wind farm
• Methil offshore wind demonstrator project
• Site selection support for floating offshore wind turbine demonstrator project
• Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon
• Cardiff Tidal Lagoon

Our environmental consultants and survey staff are ready to help you with any aspect of your renewable energy project, please contact us to discuss your requirements.

Carcinus provides expert ecological and environmental advice to the UKs nuclear industry with specialisms in relation to the entrainment and impingement of fish at cooling water intakes, the effects of thermal discharges and the ecological impacts associated with these. In addition, our staff have expertise in relation to water and sediment chemistry and the effects of biofouling on cooling water systems.

Our staff have been involved at a technical and/or EIA project management role within 4 UK new nuclear build (NNB) development projects.

Our environmental consultants and survey staff are ready to help you with any aspect of your nuclear energy project, please contact us to discuss your requirements.

Our ecological and environmental surveyors have in-depth experience of supporting the Oil & Gas industry, having delivered survey and consultancy services over many years.

We provide specialist environmental survey, reporting and project management support to the sectors leading service providers. All our survey personnel are fully accredited and trained and fully understand the working dynamic of life aboard an offshore survey vessel and the requirements of delivering high quality survey services within often challenging environments.

Carcinus offers multidisciplinary staff with extensive experience of working within the UKCS North Sea, South Atlantic and Norwegian Sea as well as the Black Sea and Gulf of Guinea. We are here to support our clients with the planned decommissioning of North Sea assets and the exploration of new fields. Our staff have been involved at a technical or project management role working for most leading operators within this sector.

Our environmental consultants and survey staff are ready to help you with any aspect of your project, please contact us to discuss your requirements.

Carcinus Ltd provides expert environmental and ecological advice to the transport and development sector. Our consultants have supported clients on a wide range of diverse projects, ranging from major highways and transport link projects to coastal and waterside developments. We offer a broad range of services in support of our clients development projects, including, feasibility studies, marine and freshwater ecological and environmental surveys, Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA) and Habitat Regulations Appraisal (HRA).

During their careers, our staff have been involved at a technical and/or EIA project management role within the following transport and development projects:

• Queensferry Crossing
• London 2012 Olympic Development
• Second Mersey Crossing
• Garden Bridge
• Numerous highways projects
• Nigg Bay - Aberdeen Port Development
• Port of Leith 21st Century Port
• Langstone Harbour wharf development

Our environmental consultants and survey staff are ready to help you with any aspect of your construction or development project, please contact us to discuss your requirements.

Our staff have a diverse range of former career experience, having worked within Environmental Regulation, Water Companies, Private Engineering Companies, Environmental Consultancy / Survey Companies and Academia. Drawing upon this wealth of experience we are well placed to provide advice and support to national and local Government and NGOS in relation to a wide range of environmental issues associated with aquatic environments.

Carcinus staff have developed and maintain strong, long-term relationships with regulatory and statutory nature conservation bodies and stakeholders working in or near aquatic environments. By remaining at the forefront of our field ensures that we may advise on and respond to changes in policy, legislation or opinion.

Our staff have developed a wide range of experience during their careers and have been involved at a technical or EIA project management role within the following Government and NGO projects:

• Shellfish water quality assessments on behalf of the Food Standards Agency
• Evidence standards for migratory fish.
• Ecological surveys, habitat management and restoration planning
• Sediment tracing schemes.
• National River Habitat Surveys (RHS).
• Tracer studies at designated bathing waters - Hastings and Bexhill

Our environmental consultants and survey staff support national and local Government and NGOs on environmental projects, please contact us to discuss your requirements.

Carcinus Ltd's consultants have an in-depth understanding of the challenging and rapidly changing nature of the UK water industry and the need to adapt to increasing pressures on water resources and catchments, the effect of climate change and changes in regulation / policy.

We provide expert advice in relation to fisheries, water abstraction, waste water treatment and discharge and receiving waters in relation to the Water Framework Directive (WFD), Bathing Waters Directive, Habitats Directive and Shellfish Hygiene. Staff members have worked within high-profile strategic positions within both Water Companies and Regulators, drawing upon this experience we provide robust, sound advice to our clients within this sector.

Our staff have developed a wide range of experience during their careers and have been involved in the delivery of the following diverse range of projects:

• Bathing water compliance investigations and surveys
• Effluent tracer studies
• Strategic investment strategies
• Sewage treatment R&D
• Shad acoustic deterrent R&D
• Adult coarse fish assessments
• Water abstraction licence fisheries assessments
• Fish entrainment studies

Our environmental consultants and survey staff are ready to help you with any aspect of your project, please contact us to discuss your requirements.

Our environmental consultants and aquatic ecologists provide support to clients on a wide range of waterside developments ranging from major port to inland waterway projects. From managing and delivering feasibility studies, scoping, development consent, Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and Habitats Regulations Appraisal (HRA) aspects through to undertaking comprehensive and regulator approved ecological baseline / monitoring surveys, Carcinus are at the leading edge of aquatic ecological service provision within this sector.

Team members have been involved at a technical and/or EIA project management role during their careers in relation to the following port, harbour or marina projects:

• Nigg Bay - Aberdeen Port Development
• Port of Leith 21st Century Port
• Port of Dover - water quality studies
• A wide variety of marina and smaller harbour projects

Our environmental consultants and survey staff are ready to help you with any aspect of your port, harbour or marina project, please contact us to discuss your requirements.

Carcinus provides fisheries liaison services between developers and commercial fisheries bodies and fishermen.

We are familiar with the need for sensitivity and are capable of interpreting vessel monitoring systems (VMS) data to assess fishing activity within and near development areas. Our work includes both active monitoring on-board vessels and statistically analysing landing records. Our survey personnel are fully accredited to work offshore and are highly experienced at identifying and processing commercial catch at speed.

Our environmental consultants and survey staff are assist you with any aspect of your project requiring an assessment of commercial fishing activity or liaison with the fishing industry, please contact us to discuss your requirements.

Fisheries management forms a core part of our business, we routinely undertake stock assessments, fish health checks and habitat restoration works. Our team has an intimate working knowledge of both still and flowing water fisheries from a management and operational perspective. In this regard, we provide tailored services meeting our clients specific requirements, for example providing outline feasibility studies in relation to potential future fisheries and advising on the most ecologically and economically viable solution. Our team is at hand to provide practical remedial advice where fisheries are encountering problems and Carcinus regularly undertake fish rescue and translocations.

Our staff are comprised of keen anglers and hold memberships to professional organisations such as the Institute of Fisheries Management (IFM). During our services we are always mindful of bio-security taking extensive measures to ensure that there is no risk of cross-contamination, disease or spread of any invasive species occurs as a result of delivering our services.

Our environmental consultants and survey staff are standing by to help you with any aspect of your fishery, please contact us to discuss your requirements.