Jack Clarkson

Associate Scientist

Email: jc@smruconsulting.com

Jack is an Associate Scientist at SMRU Consulting Europe. Jack joined SMRUC in February 2023, with over 5 years of working experience in the field of marine mammal sciences. This included two years’ experience conducting visual and acoustic marine mammal surveys and marine mammal behaviour studies for non-profit organisations, and over 3 years of environmental consulting experience.

Within consulting, Jack has experienced a wide range of industries and sectors including offshore renewables, ports and harbours and geophysical survey operations. Jack specialises in marine mammal impact assessment and has conducted a wide array of industry funded project work including the production of marine mammal Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) chapters and environmental supporting documents, marine mammal mitigation plans and protocols, and acoustic survey design and coordination.

  • Degrees and Education

    • 2021 University of St Andrews, MSc Marine Mammal Sciences

    • 2014 University of Nottingham, BSc (Hons) Environmental Sciences

    Skills and Expertise

    • Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA)

    • Habitat Regulations Appraisal (HRA)

    • Marine Mammal Mitigation

    • Anthropogenic Impacts

    • Behavioural Plasticity

    • QGIS

    • MMO

  • • Ribaric, D & Clarkson J (2021) Nautical tourism affects common bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus M.) foraging success in a NATURA 2000 site, North-Eastern Adriatic Sea. Mediterranean Marine Science, 22(2), 285-296. https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.24475

    • Clarkson J, Christiansen F, Awbery T, Abbiss L, Nikpaljevic N, Akkaya A (2020) Non-targeted tourism affects the behavioural budgets of bottlenose dolphins Tursiops truncatus in the South Adriatic (Montenegro). Mar Ecol Prog Ser 638:165-176. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps13257

  • Key Projects:

    AMETS/AFLOWT

    Muir Mhor OWF

  • Phone: +44 (0)1334 466011

    Email: jc@smruconsulting.com

    Mail: Scottish Oceans Institute

    East Sands

    University of St Andrews

    KY16 8LB

    Scotland