Marine Services

Our marine science team offers multi-parameter water quality assessments, marine mammal monitoring, Eelgrass/Caulerpa surveys, fish surveys, and shorebird surveys. Our NOAA-approved Marine Mammal and Protected Species Observers (MMO/PSO) have thousands of hours of construction monitoring experience in both daylight and nighttime conditions.

A submerged orange rescue buoy being deployed into the water from a dock with marine equipment and a distant shoreline in the background.
Scuba diver exploring a kelp forest underwater surrounded by tall kelp plants.

    • Marine Mammal Monitoring

      • Marine Mammal Protection Act

    • Endangered Species Surveys & Monitoring

      • Endangered Species Act

    • Nesting Bird Surveys & Monitoring

      • Migratory Bird Treaty Act & U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

    • Eelgrass and Caulerpa Surveys

      • CA Eelgrass Mitigation Policy

    • Water Quality Sampling

      • Clean Water Act, Water Quality Control Board, and the Environmental Protection Agency

    • Environmental Compliance Plans

    • Environmental Impact Reports

    • CEQA and NEPA Compliance

    • Trawl Surveys

    • Acoustic Telemetry

    • Video Lander Surveys

    • Hook and Line Surveys

    • SONAR Data Collection & Analysis

    • Biological Sample Dissection & Extraction

    • Beach Seine Surveys

    • Rocky Intertidal Surveys Epifauna and Infauna Sampling

    • Scientific Diving & Underwater Data Collection

    • Kelp Forest and Rocky Reef Surveys & Restoration

    • Nesting Bird Surveys for Seabirds & Other Coastal Species

    • Vegetation Mapping

    • Side-scan SONAR

    • Geographic Information Systems and Spatial Mapping

    • Data Analysis and Management

Projects

Port of Los Angeles

Terminal Island (Pier 400) Railyard Enhancement

(Herzog Stacy and Witbeck, a joint venture)

  • Marine mammal monitoring for pile driving, nesting bird surveys, and environmental compliance plan.

San Franciso Bay

Potrero Power Station Shoreline Improvement

(Hoseley Corporation and Gordon N. Ball Inc.)

  • Noise monitoring for marine mammals and regulated fish species protection during pile driving.

Moss Landing Harbor

Maintenance Dredging

(Pacific Dredge and Construction)

  • Marine mammal monitoring (Southern Seam Otter and CA Sea Lion) for clamshell dredging.

County of Santa Barbara Public Works

Floradale Ave. Bridge Replacement

  • Beach seine surveys for special status fish and amphibians, focusing on Southern California Steelhead during installation and de-installation of temporary creek diversion system.

Point Mugu Naval Base

Ridgway’s Rail Population Status Survey

  • Population assessment, nest tracking, monitoring, and mapping for endangered Light-footed Ridgway’s Rail.

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (L.A. Dist.)

Santa Ana River Marsh Dredging Project

  • Native vegetation surveys, mapping pre/post-construction impacts, conducting Caulerpa taxifolia surveys within eelgrass meadows, and water quality assessments in the Bay and near-shore adjacent sites.

  • Collected benthic invertebrate samples in compliance with Risk Level 3 bioassessment requirements according to the Clean Water Act.

  • Conducted surveys for Light-footed Ridgway’s Rail, Belding’s Savannah Sparrow, and the C.A. Least Tern.