Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS)

The Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS) is engaged from 2007 in underwater sound measurements. This involvement is part of a multi-disciplinary ongoing monitoring program in relation to the effect on marine biota of the implementation of offshore wind energy offshore the Belgian coast. At the same time ‘in-house’ competencies were developed in the field of underwater sound, from instrument deployment, data treatment to scientific publication. Today RBINS is leader in that field for Belgium. RBINS is also participating in the works of TG Noise (EU) and OSPAR ICG-Noise.