Links:

UK mitigation:

JNCC geophysical survey guidelines - downloads of the JNCC geophysical survey guidelines, the JNCC recording forms and JNCC's guide to making a rangefinder stick.

JNCC piling guidelines - downloads of the statutory nature conservation agency piling protocol, the JNCC recording forms and JNCC's guide to making a rangefinder stick.

JNCC explosives guidelines - downloads of the JNCC explosives guidelines, the Annex to the guidelines, the JNCC recording forms and JNCC's guide to making a rangefinder stick.

JNCC UXO clearance guidelines - downloads of the JNCC UXO clearance guidelines, the Annex to the guidelines, the JNCC recording forms and JNCC's guide to making a rangefinder stick.

JNCC PAM guidance - download of JNCC's PAM guidance.

JNCC - information on marine mammals and noise mitigation.


US mitigation:

Biological and Conference Opinion on Bureau of Ocean Energy Management and Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement's Oil and Gas Program Activities in the Gulf of America - programmatic biological and conference opinion on the BOEM and BSEE's oil and gas program in federal waters in the Gulf of America (the 2025 Biological Opinion).

Attachments and Appendices for the 2025 Gulf of America Oil and Gas Biological Opinion - includes the Geophysical Survey Mitigation Protocol, the Vessel Strike Avoidance Protocol, the Rice's Whale Area Protocol and the Explosive Removal of Structures Protocol.


Offshore industry:

Offshore Energies UK - information about the UK oil and gas industry.

Department for Energy Security and Net Zero - regulators for the UK offshore industry.

JNCC - information on marine mammals and offshore industries.

BOEM and BSEE - information about the offshore industries on the US Outer Continental Shelf.

NOAA Fisheries - science-based conservation and management for sustainable fisheries and aquaculture, marine mammals, endangered species and their habitats.


Survival courses and medicals:

A valid offshore survival certificate is required for working offshore in the UK sector. A certificate of medical fitness is also required to work offshore in the UK sector. Requirements may vary in other sectors. 

Opito - lists survival training centres both in the UK and abroad.

Offshore Energies UK - lists Oil & Gas UK registered doctors.


Professional associations:

MMOA - the Marine Mammal Observer Association (MMOA) is a membership-based association with the aim of bringing together and representing individuals who work commercially and professionally as MMOs and Passive Acoustic Monitoring (PAM) Operators.