The MMOA aims to work with professional, experienced and newly qualified MMOs and PAM operators, industry, government agencies, non-government organisations (NGOs) and academics to improve the profession's effectiveness by: 🐬 Developing professional competency. 🐬 Improving collection and use of data. 🐬 Assimilating field experience and knowledge of MMOs. 🐬 Providing a collective voice for MMOs. 🐬 Promoting the MMO profession in the offshore industry. 🐬 Improving protection for marine mammals. MMOA seek to achieve this through: 🐬 Attendance at relevant conferences and meetings by MMOA spokespersons to represent MMO interests. 🐬 Recognising the skills of professional MMOs, MMO managers and associated consultants and providing MMOs with career development opportunities and advice. 🐬 Encouraging feedback from professional and experienced MMOs and PAM Operators through an online MMO forum. 🐬 Providing a point of contact for advice and consultation on marine mammal mitigation issues, feedback on improving/reviewing guidelines and MMO data collection. 🐬 Improving knowledge of members through an Information Directory 🐬 Working to encourage and promote the systematic collection, collation and analysis of offshore MMO data worldwide. Check us out here: https://mmo-association.org/ Join as a member here: https://mmo-association.org/join-the-mmoa