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December 23, 2021 by adwhitt

Azura Begins Marine Mammal Surveys in Breton Sound

In November, we began conducting line-transect aerial surveys for marine mammals in the open-water and adjacent wetland areas of Breton Sound, Louisiana, and a portion of Chandeleur Sound, Mississippi. Under subcontract with C. H. Fenstermaker & Associates, L.L.C. for the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority, we will conduct these surveys once a month over a […]

Filed Under: Category #4 Tagged With: abundance, aerial surveys, density, Gulf of Mexico, line-transect surveys, Louisiana, Marine Mammal Protection Act, marine mammals, natural resource management

October 26, 2019 by adwhitt

Azura Part of Winning Team for Mid-Breton Sediment Diversion EIS

Louisiana’s Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) recently announced the four winning teams to provide restoration planning and environmental compliance consulting services to the State of Louisiana. In partnership with C.H. Fenstermaker & Associates, LLC, we are pleased to be part of the winning GHD Team. In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), […]

Filed Under: Category #4 Tagged With: EIS, Environmental impact statement, fisheries, Gulf of Mexico, habitat, human impact, Louisiana, marine conservation, NEPA

July 12, 2017 by adwhitt

LADC-GEMM 2017 Survey

The Littoral Acoustic Demonstration Center-Gulf Ecological Monitoring and Modeling (LADC-GEMM) Consortium recently conducted a visual and acoustics survey for marine mammals in the northern Gulf of Mexico. The main goal of this study was to quantify short-term and long-term changes in baseline ambient noise levels and marine mammal distribution in the Mississippi Canyon region near […]

Filed Under: Category #4 Tagged With: acoustics, anthropogenic impacts, dolphins, Gulf of Mexico, marine mammals, passive acoustic monitoring, shipboard surveys, T&E species, whales

June 24, 2017 by adwhitt

LADC-GEMM 2017 Survey: #10 Back in the Bayou

Written by: Amy Whitt Excited, tired, and a little sunburned, our science team returned to the Louisiana bayou on 17 June 2017. We celebrated the success of the survey and how well our team worked together. One of our senior scientists even said that this was one of the best teams she has ever worked […]

Filed Under: Category #4 Tagged With: acoustics, anthropogenic impacts, dolphins, Endangered Species Act, environmental education, Gulf of Mexico, Marine Mammal Protection Act, marine mammals, passive acoustic monitoring, shipboard surveys, STEM, T&E species, whales

June 19, 2017 by adwhitt

LADC-GEMM 2017 Survey: #9 A Rite of Passage

Written by: Alexandria Hahn Edited by: Amy Whitt The XBT, or expendable bathythermograph, is a device which records temperature as a function of depth. This essentially allows those analyzing the data to determine how fast sound can travel in the water at different depths, which is really important on our expedition because we are studying […]

Filed Under: Category #4 Tagged With: acoustics, Gulf of Mexico, oceanography, shipboard surveys

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Azura Consulting LLC is a woman-owned small business offering ‘big city’ resources with ‘small town’ customer service. Our primary consulting services are focused on natural resources, professional writing and editing, and educational outreach and communication.

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