Freshwater and marine environmental consultancy services

Name: Carcinus Ltd
Price range: $$$

Environmental Consultancy

From project management to specialist topic services, Carcinus provides clients with tailored aquatic environmental consultancy solutions, by combining consent and planning advice, project management, data reviews, survey specification and deliver, sample collection and analysis and environmental assessment services.

Our environmental consultants are highly experienced in the project management and delivery of aquatic aspects of Scoping, Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and Habitat Regulations Appraisal (HRA) for developers operating in both freshwater and marine aquatic environments. In addition to delivering EIA and HRA aspects of a project, Carcinus delivers associated consent, licensing and permitting requirements including Environmental Statements (ES) and associated Development Consent Order (DCO) supporting documentation. Carcinus also provides services in relation to marine licensing requirements for both pre-consent stage activities such as baseline ecology surveys and support on discharge marine licence conditions during the operational phase of a project.

Our aquatic environmental consultants provide the following services:

Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and Scoping;
Habitats Regulations Appraisal (HRA) / Appropriate Assessment (AA);
Water Framework Directive (WFD) baseline characterisation and assessments;
Environmental management and monitoring plans;
Planning, licensing and consent support;
Post-consent support including discharge of marine licence conditions and ecological surveys;
Site selection and feasibility studies;
Stakeholder and regulator engagement;
Survey design, specification and delivery; and
Pre-dredge sampling planning, analysis and disposal options advice.

Oil and gas infrastructure – Our specialist marine ecologists and consultants undertake environmental survey and baseline assessments for the oil and gas industry.

Supporting Diverse Business Sectors

Carcinus staff have extensive experience in the delivery of aquatic environmental consultancy services to clients operating in the following business sectors:

Civil engineering and construction
Ports and harbours
Power including:
- New and existing nuclear
- Fossil fuel
- Offshore wind
- Tidal energy
- Wave energy
Public sector and NGOs
Transport and
Water

Brown trout Salmo trutta in chalk stream river

Freshwater fisheries – our fish ecologist and fisheries consultants support clients by providing a range of services, including feasibility studies for new fisheries, habitats regulations appraisal (HRA) and water framework directive (WFD) assessments.

More Information

If you would like to learn more about our Environmental Consultancy services, please read and download our Capability Statement, or read about our recent projects below. Alternatively, you can contact us directly.

Environmental Assessment

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Recent Projects

East Tipner Environmental Impact Assessment

We were recently contracted to conduct an ecological survey of the intertidal mudflat at East Tipner, Portsmouth. Our client was applying for planning permission to redevelop the brownfield land adjacent to the area, and our survey results have since been used to inform an Environmental Statement in support of the application.

Southport Marine Lake

Carcinus were recently contracted to complete Marine Ecology Surveys and input to the EIA for a new Marine Lake Events Centre in Southport. This survey took the form of a Phase I Habitat Survey, followed by a Secondary Extended Phase I and Fish Ecology survey to characterise the intertidal communities, sediments, and habitats in the area. The surveys were used to inform an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for the proposed development, for which Carcinus provided support in the form of scoping and delivery of an Environmental Statement chapter.

Environmental Impact Assessment for Bramley Moore Dock

Carcinus Ltd delivers Environmental Statement for the recently approved Everton FCs Bramley Moore Dock Stadium Development.

A Carcinus ecologist surveying the mudflat at Albion Waterside, Gravesend

Ecological Survey and Consultancy – Albion Waterside

Carcinus were contracted to undertake a benthic ecology survey and produce an Ecological Impact Assessment for the mudflat at Albion Waterside

Intertidal Surveys Heritage Ecosystem Services

Carcinus alongside MSDS Marine recently undertook a two-day public participation intertidal survey on the Sandwich Flats, Kent. The survey focused on four wreck sites and their surrounding environments within the bay. The study aimed to investigate the relationship between the social and economic value of the wrecks and their archaeological heritage and ecological importance.

Heritage, Natural Capital and Ecosystems Services

Historic England – Heritage in Ecosystems Services

Carcinus Ltd is delighted to be working alongside MSDS Marine Ltd in support of a Historic England project researching how the heritage sector may engage with the ecosystems services approach and natural capital assessments.