CSA Awarded Coral Relocation for New Port Project:Doha, Qatar
News Release
CSA International, Inc
August 17, 2012
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt"><FONT face=Arial>CSA International, Inc. (CSA) has
been awarded the Hard Coral Relocation and Mitigation Works for the New Port
Project in Doha, Qatar under a sub-agreement with Middle East Dredging Company
(MEDCO).<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The massive coral
relocation project will be managed by a dedicated project management team based
out of CSA’s Middle East Division in Qatar.<SPAN
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face=Arial>CSA has completed the benthic site survey within the planned dredging
and reclamation footprint and coral recipient areas and is currently developing
the coral relocation method statement for removal and transportation of
approximately 10,000 hard coral colonies.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Concurrently, CSA is designing a constructed reef plan using natural
limestone materials and fabricated artificial reef units for the creation of new
reef habitat and to provide additional substrate for the reattachment of hard
coral colonies.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The success of the
hard coral relocation and constructed reef efforts will be evaluated through a
3-year monitoring program following standard methodologies and guidelines
provided by Qatar’s Ministry of Environment.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: _GoBack"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt"><FONT face=Arial>CSA provides professional,
experienced services to assess, enhance, rehabilitate, and monitor marine
habitats damaged and/or at risk from proposed actions, accidents, and natural
events. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Primary objectives of
restoration activities include accelerating habitat recovery and reducing
liability for lost ecological services associated with natural resource damage.
<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Other CSA projects include
biological, geological, chemical, and physical oceanographic data collection;
reef and hard bottom surveys; environmental assessments and impact statements;
biological impact and compliance monitoring; marine habitat mapping; site
clearance surveys; hydrographic and bathymetric surveys; data and literature
reviews; various types of permitting; and other environmental services
associated with beach restoration, borrow areas, ocean dredged material disposal
sites, other dredging studies, and marine mining
projects.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></P><SPAN
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class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt"><FONT face=Arial>For more
information on CSA services, please call our main office at 772-219-3000 or
visit our website at </FONT></SPAN><A href="http://www.csaintl.com"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt"><FONT
face=Arial>www.csaintl.com</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in" class=MsoNormal><A name=_GoBack><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt"><FONT face=Arial>CSA International, Inc. (CSA) has
been awarded the Hard Coral Relocation and Mitigation Works for the New Port
Project in Doha, Qatar under a sub-agreement with Middle East Dredging Company
(MEDCO).<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The massive coral
relocation project will be managed by a dedicated project management team based
out of CSA’s Middle East Division in Qatar.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns =
"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></A></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: _GoBack"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt"><o:p><FONT
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: _GoBack"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt"><FONT
face=Arial>CSA has completed the benthic site survey within the planned dredging
and reclamation footprint and coral recipient areas and is currently developing
the coral relocation method statement for removal and transportation of
approximately 10,000 hard coral colonies.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Concurrently, CSA is designing a constructed reef plan using natural
limestone materials and fabricated artificial reef units for the creation of new
reef habitat and to provide additional substrate for the reattachment of hard
coral colonies.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The success of the
hard coral relocation and constructed reef efforts will be evaluated through a
3-year monitoring program following standard methodologies and guidelines
provided by Qatar’s Ministry of Environment.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: _GoBack"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt"><o:p><FONT
face=Arial> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-layout-grid-align: none"
class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: _GoBack"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt"><FONT face=Arial>CSA provides professional,
experienced services to assess, enhance, rehabilitate, and monitor marine
habitats damaged and/or at risk from proposed actions, accidents, and natural
events. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Primary objectives of
restoration activities include accelerating habitat recovery and reducing
liability for lost ecological services associated with natural resource damage.
<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Other CSA projects include
biological, geological, chemical, and physical oceanographic data collection;
reef and hard bottom surveys; environmental assessments and impact statements;
biological impact and compliance monitoring; marine habitat mapping; site
clearance surveys; hydrographic and bathymetric surveys; data and literature
reviews; various types of permitting; and other environmental services
associated with beach restoration, borrow areas, ocean dredged material disposal
sites, other dredging studies, and marine mining
projects.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></P><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: _GoBack"></SPAN>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-layout-grid-align: none"
class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt"><FONT face=Arial>For more
information on CSA services, please call our main office at 772-219-3000 or
visit our website at </FONT></SPAN><A href="http://www.csaintl.com"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt"><FONT
face=Arial>www.csaintl.com</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt"><FONT face=Arial>.
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