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About AquenalAquenal Pty Ltd is a dedicated team of environmental analysts and biologists with expertise in the assessment of marine, estuarine and freshwater environments. The company was formed in Tasmania in 1996 by three co-founding directors, Derek Shields, Ron Mawbey and Dr Graham Edgar, and brought together a wealth of experience in scientific research, environmental assessment, analytical instrumentation and technical operations. Aquenal has subsequently grown to employ six full time and five part time staff, as well as casual employees (see Aquenal Staff), and regularly engages a number of additional specialist sub-consultants. When first established, Aquenal focused on environmental assessment of marine aquaculture operations. This continues to be an important area of our work, however Aquenal's services now cover all realms of aquatic environmental analysis and management, including risk and impact assessments, baseline surveys and compliance monitoring, introduced pest surveys and management plans, marine park biodiversity monitoring, coastal GIS mapping, threatened species management, avian ecology, underwater filming using a Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) and desktop reviews. Our study environments include streams and rivers, estuaries, lagoons and embayments and both nearshore and offshore areas of the marine environment. Aquenal also offers environmental project management services to coordinate studies across a wide range of ecological and related environmental issues. Much of Aquenal's work has been performed in its home state of Tasmania, however our service capacities now extend to mainland Australia and to other parts of the world. Back to top |
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