Rob Davidson Email & Phone Number

I am a marine biologist and hold the qualification of Master of Science in Zoology (First Class Honours) obtained from Canterbury University (1986). I have worked for the Ministry of Fisheries (1986-87), and Department of Conservation (1987-95). During my time at DOC, I was based at Nelson and employed as the coordinator of marine biological surveys throughout the Nelson Marlborough Conservancy. I was the principal author of several large-scale ecological reports and biological resource documents for marine areas in the DOC Nelson-Marlborough Conservancy. While at DOC I also coordinated resource inventory reports used by the Marlborough District Council, Nelson City Council, Tasman District Council and Canterbury Regional Council, outlining ecologically important marine areas for inclusion in their respective coastal plans.In 1995, I left the Department and established my own practice, “Davidson Environmental Limited”, which specializes in ecological research, survey and monitoring. To date, I have been the author or co-author of 1300 reports most of which have been associated with Resource Consent applications. The majority of these RMA related reports have been for marine farm applications, farm impact assessments, farm revalidations and renewals, and marine farm monitoring. I have also coordinated monitoring at three Marine Reserves in the top of the South Island since 1992. Another long-term monitoring programme was the impact monitoring of ferries travelling through the Marlborough Sounds including Tory Channel (1995 onwards). Recently I have coordinated a programme updating and reassessing the biological value of significant sites (ESMS) in the Marlborough Sounds for MDC.

Listed skills include Impact Assessment, Marine Biology, Marine Reserves, Marine Farm Assessments, and 46 others.