MacAlister Elliott & Partners Ltd services
Marine and Coastal Ecological Surveys
Ecological Survey Design Services
MEP are experienced in the design of marine baseline and monitoring programmes, including benthic and fisheries surveys for fisheries development projects, environmental impact assessments (EIA) and a range of fisheries-related studies. Surveys are designed in consultation with the client to ensure survey objectives and analytical requirements are met. Survey design can also incorporate stakeholder consultation if the client requires this.
Marine and Coastal Survey Implementation Services
Through its extensive network of consultants and in-house technical expertise, MEP has the ability to deploy experts to locations around the globe. MEP is dedicated to the successful implementation of survey programmes and will provide flexible and efficient backstopping and communication with the client and specified stakeholders, such as regulators, throughout the project’s duration.
Marine and Coastal Survey Data Management Services
Data management is key to the successful completion of survey or monitoring programmes. MEP’s in-house staff has the technical expertise to conduct in-depth multivariate statistical analyses of fisheries and ecological data as well as spatial analyses using GIS. Project deliverables can include technical and non-technical reports and presentations tailored to meet the needs of a wide range of stakeholders.
Fishery Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)
Desk-based Study Services
MEP has been involved in the completion of numerous EIAs from the organisation of marine survey programmes to desk-based analyses. An EIA is an assessment of any positive or negative impacts that a proposed project may have on the environment, including its ecological, social and economic aspects. In many nations they are now a legal requirement with developments of a certain type or size. MEP is able to provide EIAs for a variety of scenarios and with its specialised fisheries and aquaculture expertise MEP are able to ensure that any EIA process is completed in a thorough and efficient manner.Marine Monitoring Services
MEP is equipped to provide rigid biological and social-economic monitoring for the completion of EIA`s including survey design, ecological and habitat surveys, socio-economic surveys and data collection programs.Community and Fisheries Development
Sustainable Livelihood Development Services
In many coastal communities fishing is a key livelihood; however the majority of small-scale fisheries have not been well managed. As overfishing reduces livelihood opportunities and forces people to prosecute fisheries with increasingly destructive techniques, the need to adequately manage local fishing grounds and encourage sustainable livelihoods becomes urgent.