David Blockley

Background

About David Blockley

Within SAERI, David is responsible for managing a project collating and reviewing the data that has been gathered from the various benthic, oceanographic and fisheries surveys as part of the developing offshore hudrocarbon industry in the Falkland Islands. This is a valuable resource for environmental decision making and scientific investigations of the maritime environment of the region. In collaboration with key stakeholders he is also developing strategies to be used for future surveys. In addition to this, he is responsible for the maintenance of the Institutes website and social media outreach and communications.His previous work at the University of Sydney has involved studying anthropogenic structures as habitats for intertidal marine organisms and exploring methods in which intertidal seawalls could be built in order to maximise the biodiversity supported by these artificial structures. Following this, he moved into environmental consultancy, focusing on the offshore resource industry. In this role he worked primarily with the oil and gas industry operating in marine environment of Western Australia, monitoring impacts of their offshore operations, primarily impacts on subtidal tropical ecosystems from large scale dredging and coastal construction activities.