Our Company

Dynamic Ocean Consulting Ltd. is a boutique environmental and regulatory consulting firm dedicated to advancing effective and responsible practices in Canada’s marine and estuarine environments. Our company was founded on a strong value of environmental protection, scientific integrity, and collaboration, with a focus on bridging regulatory, academic, and Indigenous knowledge systems.

We are a team of Professional Marine Biologists, Environmental Scientists, Regulatory Specialists, and Marine Equipment Technicians who bring diverse expertise to every project. Our multidisciplinary approach ensures that environmental management and monitoring programs are both scientifically defensible and grounded in real-world operational experience.

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Collaborative, Science-Based Environmental Management

At Dynamic Ocean, we believe collaboration is the foundation of effective environmental stewardship. We actively work with clients, Indigenous communities, academic institutions, and regulatory agencies to develop consistent, transparent approaches to environmental management, compliance, and monitoring.

We encourage our partners to envision opportunities for academic and applied research collaboration, where data collection extends beyond regulatory requirements to generate innovative and meaningful scientific outcomes. This philosophy ensures that each project contributes to a deeper understanding of marine ecosystems while fulfilling compliance obligations.

Experienced Leadership in Marine Science

Victoria Burdett-Coutts and Cameron Knight, Principals of Dynamic Ocean Consulting Ltd., have each built extensive professional careers in the marine sciences. Collectively, they bring over five decades of experience in environmental assessment, regulatory support, and marine field operations.

We are supported by a team of highly qualified professionals with specialized backgrounds in:

  • Benthic ecology and habitat assessment.

  • Underwater acoustics and passive acoustic monitoring.

  • Fisheries and marine mammal studies.

  • Marine instrumentation and technical field deployment.

Together, our team delivers the scientific insight, operational capability, and collaborative mindset needed to support responsible development and conservation across all of Canada's Oceans with particular expertise in British Columbia, Nunavut and Nunavik. We also operate in freshwater ecosystems where our equipment specialization is in parallel and we partner with external consultants for biological expertise as needed.

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For more information about our expertise or to discuss project support opportunities, please contact our technical team.

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