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  <dc:title xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">2011-2012, SMRU Ltd, Zone 2 Firth of Forth, Marine Mammal Surveys</dc:title>
  <dc:type xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">series</dc:type>
  <dc:identifier xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">https://portal.medin.org.uk/portal/start.php?tpc=015_00bc3055-a726-4b8a-b787-721256799ceb</dc:identifier>
  <dc:description xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Seagreen Wind Energy Limited has been awarded the rights to develop a number of offshore wind farms in the Firth of Forth Round 3 Zone by The Crown Estate under the Third Round of the offshore wind licensing arrangements. As part of the development process Seagreen will be carrying out Environmental Impact Assessments for the wind farms. In order to inform these assessments Seagreen have been collecting and processing the required ecological data to characterise the baseline conditions of the area.
 Reports within this series detail:
 -Analysis from boat-based surveys for marine mammals and seabirds
 -Analysis of aerial survey methods to record seabirds and marine mammals
 -Report on the analyses carried out on the marine mammal data collected during aerial surveys
 -Analysis of existing satellite telemetry and aerial survey data to describe the abundance and distribution of harbour (or common) and grey seals in the Firths of Forth and Tay
 -Report on Cetacean baseline characterisation for the Firth of Tay based on existing data
 -Marine mammal noise impact assessment for seals, bottlenose dolphins and harbour porpoises</dc:description>
  <dc:date xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">20260302T17:34:45</dc:date>
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