EW #625  ASSOCIATES is a consulting group providing specialist advice on all aspects of the aquatic environment. The company is a centre of expertise in this area of growing economic and technical importance.

Principal specialised services include:
· Aquaculture and Fisheries Management
· Environmental Impact Analysis
· Research and Development Projects
· Market Surveys
· Pollution Assessment and Control
· Biodiversity Action Plans
· Expert Witness for Litigation and Public Enquiries

Specialised expertise in crayfish conservation and aquaculture: legislation, relocation during engineering work, habitat improvement, population control, surveys, disease diagnosis. Specialised expertise in trout farming methods and accounting.

Expert witness reports are prepared, e.g. for compensation claims involving pollution, disease or water quality; he uses good links to a variety of independent forensic labs. Specialises in trout and crayfish. Surveys and expert witness reports on conservation and aquaculture issues.

EW #625   has 7 years direct experience of management with Readymix Concrete plc and was previously employed by English Nature and the Department of Environment. He was awarded a Winston Churchill Fellowship in 1990 and a Ph.D. from the University of Nottingham in 1996.

Membership of Professional Bodies:
· British Institute of Agricultural Consultants, Fellow
· International Association of Astacology, President
· Institute of Fisheries Management
· British Trout Association
· Salmon and Trout Association
· Academy of Experts, Practising member, listed in the Law Society Directory of Expert Witnesses.