Coastal Restoration Projects
Provides professional, experienced services to assess, enhance, rehabilitate, and monitor marine habitats damaged and/or at risk from proposed actions, accidents, and natural events.
As part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, CSA International, Inc. (CSA) acquired the necessary state and federal permits on behalf of Martin County and implemented a three‑phase (Survey, Restoration, and Monitoring) oyster reef restoration project in the middle St. Lucie Estuary (SLE) and Northwest Fork of the Loxahatchee River. Of over 800 proposals submitted to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), this project is one of only 50 to be funded…
Initial Impact Site Assessment and Coral Reattachment at the Grounding Site of the U.S.S. PORT ROYAL
The following information summarizes CSA International, Inc. (CSA) involvement in this project using text and photos found in the public domain due to our sensitivity to releasing any proprietary information and the Navy’s need for confidentiality. In February 2009, the 567-foot long guided missile cruiser U.S.S. PORT ROYAL ran aground atop a coral reef fronting the Honolulu International Airport’s Reef Runway in depths of approximately 14 to 22 feet. The area where the U.S.S. PORT…
CSA International, Inc. (CSA) was contracted by the Village of Key Biscayne (VKB) to develop and implement a seagrass restoration and mitigation plan to satisfy the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) special conditions requiring seagrass mitigation requirements to offset authorized and unauthorized impacts to seagrass from beach nourishment projects. CSA conducted hydrographic surveys using shallow water hydrographic survey systems and telemetry to identify and map over 2 acres of seagrass injuries and blowholes for potential…
In February 2008, the tanker M/T FICUS went aground near Goudling Cay off the western end of New Providence Island, Bahamas. CSA was contracted by the Bahamas Environment, Science and Technology (BEST) Commission to conduct a reef injury assessment, emergency restoration, and monitoring surveys for two years post-restoration to document recovery of the impacted site. CSA conducted restoration activities in June 2008, which included fouling paint removal/disposal, biological reattachment, rubble stabilization/reattachment, and tagging/mapping of representative…
CSA International, Inc. (CSA) was contracted by Qatar Liquefied Gas Company Limited (II) and Qatargas 3&4 on behalf of Qatargas Operating Company to develop and implement a Coral Management Plan (CMP) for mitigation to reduce impacts to hard corals associated with pipeline construction in the nearshore area off Ras Laffan Industrial City. The CMP, which recommended salvage and relocation of hard corals within the pipeline corridors, was required by the Supreme Council for the Environment…