Benthic Solutions Limited (BSL) is an independent marine environmental consultancy and survey company offering a broad range of capabilities in survey, analytical, interpretative and project management in the marine industry. Although established at the beginning of 2004, the senior consultant has over 25 years experience in marine and environmental survey services, covering a multitude of different disciplines relating to marine data acquisition and interpretation. Consequently BSL can provide an almost unique capability in both broad interpretation of multi-disciplinary acoustic data and site specific environmental data as a single deliverable. Key areas of expertise are as follows: Benthic biology (macrofauna) and sediment physico-chemistry Interpretation of hydrographic and shallow geophysical data Marine Habitat Assessments Marine geochemistry Physical oceanography Field data acquisition using benthic sampling (grabs, corers & dredges) Field data acquisition using video and photography (ROV, fish & camera) Surveys from shallow water estuaries to full ocean depth Manufacture of the Wilson Auto Siever Key marine markets are: Environmental baseline surveys Environmental acquisition and monitoring for EIAs Platform decommissioning and cuttings pile assessments Benthic and pelagic surveys Habitat & fish spawning ground surveys Shallow geochemical exploration Slope stability and geological dating ROV inspection and maintenance operations Pipeline & cable route surveys Dredge licensing, aggregate extraction and wind farms Deep water surveys (benthic and cold water coral assessments)