BMML has a pool of suitable and fully certified vessels for the range of surveys it undertakes. In addition the company processes the required sampling and monitoring equipment. Examples of the surveys that have been undertaken are given below:

Fisheries Surveys

• Commercial otter trawl surveys
• Commercial beam trawl surveys
• Scientific beam trawl surveys
• Shellfish surveys (potting)
• Scallop dredge surveys
• Sandeel surveys
• Driftnet surveys
• Longline surveys
• Anchor and Scottish seine net surveys
• Beach seine surveys
• Fyke netting surveys
• Fish traps surveys
• Electric fishing surveys

Fish spawning studies

• Herring
• Dover Sole
• Cod
• Plaice
• Black Sea Bream
• Lemon Sole
• Whiting

Plankton Surveys

• Fish larvae surveys
• Zooplankton surveys
• Phytoplankton surveys

Fish behaviour surveys

• Electronic monitoring and sampling of elasmobranch species to evaluate their behaviour in regards to sub-sea power cables
• Surveys to investigate the behaviour of fish species during offshore piling activities
• Sampling survey to examine the behaviour of fish species in regards to unburied sub-sea pipelines

Commercial fishery mitigation and management surveys

• Fishing gear passage surveys
• Surface and sub-sea fishing gear identification and location surveys
• Fishing gear-infrastructure interaction load trials