Expertise

Pollution

Fish and shellfish stocks – assessment of toxicity, fate of pollutants and dispersion modeling, prediction of damage to stocks and their food chain, sampling and measuring of contamination, biological surveys of stocks.
Fishing vessels – survey of contamination and damage, technical options and supervision of clean-up
Fish farms – assessment of impact on cages, tanks, raceways, rafts, seaweed farms and other infrastructure. Impacts on normal production cycle. Assessment of stress, health, mortality and contamination in farmed stock. Technical options for mitigation, supervision of cleaning or replacement.

Fishing operations – survey of fishing fleets and fishing methods. Evaluation of economic performance and impact of pollution incidents. Financial modelling of vessel activities and fleet performance.
Fish farms – assessment of interruptions to production cycle and mitigation measures. Financial modelling of farm operations. Valuation of stock and equipment.
Fish processing sector – assessment of impact of loss or interruption of supply. Financial modelling of operations. Mitigation and alternative sourcing.
Fish markets – surveys of prices and volume data. Formal and informal market attitude surveys to assess the market impacts of incidents to primary producers.
Compensation negotiations.

Fish farms – assessment of damage to stock and infrastructure, stock losses, technical options for recovery and repair or replacement.
Fishing vessels – structural and operational implications of damage. Naval architecture of fishing vessels. Technical options for repair and assessment of lost fishing opportunities.
Shellfish beds – quantification of impact to stocks and equipment. Technical options for mitigation and stock salvage.

Fish farms – assessment of interruptions to production cycle and mitigation measures. Financial modelling of farm operations. Valuation of stock and equipment.
Fishing operations – financial modelling of operation and quantification of impact on normal operations. Assessment of lost fishing opportunities, short and long-term.
Fishing vessel crews – personal injury to crews, assessment of impact of collision on future normal working. Evaluation of ownership and earnings arrangements.

Assessment of damage/deterioration of fish and shellfish cargoes, on site and laboratory analysis.
Assessment of cause of damage.
Review of options for disposal and negotiations with buyers.