**Announcement**

In 2006 a company called Marine Team Offshore Ltd was set up under the umbrella of the Marine Team Network by Alison Gill and Sebastian Von Lüders to provide experienced Marine Mammal Observers to the offshore industry. In October 2008 Alison decided to step down as Director of this company to pursue a different career path in training and consultancy forming a new company called Intelligent Ocean Ltd. She will also continue to operate the Marine Team as a Directory of information for marine mammal issues and as a networking website for marine mammal scientists. The Marine Team Website will be re-launched in the New Year.

Over two years Marine Team Offshore Ltd has successfully provided Marine Mammal Observers and Passive Acoustic Monitoring Operators to several Clients working in Gulf of Mexico, Mozambique, Gabon, Libya, Oman, Venezuela, North Sea and Shetlands/Faeroes Bank. Director Sebastian von Lüders will continue the excellent work and network of this company under the new name of  Wave Ecology Ltd.  You can contact Sebastian at sebastian@wavecology.com Telephone: +44 207 100 9666

Thank you to all of you who have contributed to the Marine Team Network over the years.