TRAVIS HURLEY
BSc (Mar Sci) (Hons)
principal marine scientist
CURRICULUM VITAE
Travis has more than ten years’ experience working as a marine
scientist within government institutions, private consultancies, oil
and gas companies and in marine ecotourism. Travis’s technical
expertise in marine ecology, water quality & sediment sampling,
dredging programs, oil spill preparedness, marine outfall
discharges, fisheries management and introduced marine pest
species has allowed him to perform a variety of different roles
throughout Western Australia.
The focus of his experience diversifies from field research,
management of field teams and logistics, statistical analysis and
interpretation of biological and ecological data, preparation and
review of scientific reports and presentations, environmental
impact assessment, designing and implementing monitoring
programs, preparation and implementation of management plans
and management of health and safety.
Travis is an experienced
marine scientist
specialising in marine
biology, ecology and
oceanography. He has
extensive experience in
the oil and gas industry
both in the design and
implementation of
marine monitoring
programs.
qualifications + accreditations +
memberships
project experience
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Chevron Wheatstone Project
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BSc in Marine Science, 2004, Minor: Marine
Biology, Murdoch University, Western Australia.
Honours in Marine Science, 2009
ADAS 2815.2 Part 2 Commercial Diver
Qualification no. 06542
ADAS 2815.2 Part 2 Commercial Diving Supervisor
Qualification no. 06542
Medic First Aid/ Rescue Diver and Divemaster
PADI no. 471335
Recreational Skippers Ticket no. 134784
Tropical Basic Offshore Safety Induction and
Emergency Training Course: 94287
Safety at Sea Personal Survival Techniques:
PST2006-0060
Apply First Aid Certificate no. 06552
Advanced resuscitation Techniques: O2 provider
Maritime Security Identification Card:
FPA0012450
Heavy Vehicle Drivers Licence LR no. 3987213
Defensive driver training Certificate no. 6-9273
Drive & Recover a 4WD Vehicle: Certificate no.
8029-10357
White Card Certificate no. 664606
Certificate of People Management Skills
Certificate of Marine Biology and Marine Ecology
Subject matter expert environmental advisor for
environmental management and monitoring of the
dredge program, oil spill impact assessment,
monitoring and response preparedness, marine outfall
discharges and offshore infrastructure impact
assessment and management. Preparation of project
management plans, offshore environment plans,
regulatory project exemptions and compliance reports,
coordination of monitoring program contracts,
coordination of Wheatstone oil spill preparedness with
other Chevron ABU Projects and engagement with
regulators, specialists and other stakeholders. Chevron
(2013- 2014)
ConcoPhillips Bayu Undan Project
Implement a long-term and baseline construction
offshore field sampling program, including monitoring
sediments, water quality and benthic habitat.
Caltex Kurnell Wharf Infrastructure Upgrade
Lead technical expert and co-author/author of the
Environmental Impact Statement and Sea Dumping
Permit for capital and maintenance dredging in Botany
Bay and ocean disposal at an offshore disposal site,
NSW. URS (2012)
TRAVIS HURLEY
BSc (Mar Sci) (Hons)
principal marine scientist
Chevron Thevenard Island Marine Environmental
Monitoring Program
CURRICULUM VITAE
Field team lead, arrangement of logistics, health and
safety documentation preparation and management
and scientific reporting of surveys monitoring metals
and petroleum hydrocarbons in sediments,
contaminant bioaccumulation in biota and the health
of coral communities. URS (2011-2012)
Chevron Gorgon Project
Subject matter expert environmental advisor for
environmental management and monitoring of the
dredge program, marine outfall discharges and the
pipeline shoreline crossing. Preparation and review of
management plans, compliance reports and
presentations. Management of the project database,
monitoring design, coordination of monitoring
program field activities and associated health and
safety management and engagement with regulators,
specialists and other stakeholders, URS (2011-2012)
INPEX Ichthys Project
Project management, fieldwork and scientific reporting
of Environmental Impact Statement baseline studies
such as the long-term baseline water quality
monitoring program, including developing; threshold
concentrations for benthic habitats, relationships
between turbidity (NTU) and suspended solids
concentrations (SSCs), conducting benthic surveys and
assisting with designing the marine monitoring project
and developing the draft dredge management plan,
URS (2009-2012)
Woodside Chemical and Ecological Monitoring
Field team lead, arrangement of logistics, health and
safety documentation preparation and management
and scientific reporting of surveys monitoring metals
and petroleum hydrocarbons in sediments,
contaminant bioaccumulation in bivalves and coral
communities in Dampier Archipelago, URS (2009-2011)
Department of Infrastructure
Field team lead, arrangement of logistics, health and
safety documentation preparation and management
and scientific reporting of surveys monitoring metals
and petroleum hydrocarbons in sediments and
contaminant bioaccumulation in bivalves in Exmouth
Small Boat Harbour, URS (2009-2011)
Darwin Port Corporation
Field team lead, arrangement of logistics, health and
safety documentation preparation and management
and scientific reporting of surveys monitoring
sediment, water and air for heavy metals, particularly
copper concentrate, URS (2010)
BHP Port Hedland Harbour
Preparation of a literature review of the potential
impacts of iron ore spillages into the marine
environment of Port Hedland, URS (2009)
Fremantle Port Dredging
Field assistant for water quality and seagrass
monitoring associated with the Fremantle Harbour
Dredging Program, Oceanica (2009)
Chevron Wheatstone Project
Woodside Pluto Project
Project management, fieldwork and scientific reporting
of Environmental Impact Statement baseline surveys
of water quality, protected species and habitat
assessments. Provide technical assistance to Chevron
for appealing regulatory conditions and implementing
innovative new techniques for management and
monitoring of the dredge program, URS (2009-2011)
Field team lead, arrangement of logistics, health and
safety documentation preparation and management
and scientific reporting for long-term baseline and
dredge water quality and coral reef monitoring
program. Undertake investigations into coral
bleaching, coral disease and coral spawning in the
Dampier Archipelago; MScience (2006-2009)
Chevron Gorgon Project
Buccaneer Archipelago Monitoring
Field team lead, arrangement of logistics and health
and safety documentation preparation and
management for surveys monitoring for invasive
marine pests on shorelines and in coastal marine
waters around Barrow Island, URS (2009-2012)
Marine water quality and benthic habitat monitoring
programs for iron ore companies Pluton Resources
Limited and Mt Gibson Iron on Cockatoo Island and
Koolan Island, respectively, in the remote Kimberley,
Western Australia.
TRAVIS HURLEY
BSc (Mar Sci) (Hons)
principal marine scientist
CURRICULUM VITAE
Pilbara Iron Reclamation Offsets
Geraldton Port Authority Seagrass Shading Project
Field assistant and scientific reporting for the artificial
reef restoration project in King Bay, Dampier
Archipelago, including: coral transplantation, artificial
reef biological habitat surveys, coral recruitment
studies; MScience (2006-2009)
Field assistant for surveys examining seagrass health
and ecology under various shading intensities in Jurien
Bay; Edith Cowan University (2005)
Pilbara Iron Parker Point Dredging
Field team lead, arrangement of logistics, health and
safety documentation preparation and management
for the baseline and dredge water quality and coral
reef monitoring program in Dampier Archipelago;
MScience (2006-2008)
Department of Infrastructure
Field assistant and scientific reporting of coral reef
surveys for the construction of the Monk Head Boat
Ramp, Coral Bay WA; MScience (2008)
Department of Fisheries
Field assessments of bycatch exclusion device
performance using remote video when first introduced
on the Pilbara Demersal Trawl Fishery to reduce
interactions with protected species; Fisheries WA
(2006)
Department of Fisheries
Field and laboratory stock assessments of Pilbara
Finfish targeted within the Pilbara Demersal Scalefish
Fisheries, including analysis of catch data and
determining the age structure (otolith collection and
analysis) and sex; Fisheries WA (2006)
Department of Fisheries
Field assessments of bycatch on Pilbara Demersal
Scalefish Fisheries, including the identification and
weight estimates of benthic invertebrates, sharks, rays
and undersized or discarded fish; Fisheries WA (2006)
Department of Environmental Protection
Field assessments of seagrass health as part of a longterm monitoring program within Cockburn Sound and
Warnbro Sound WA; Edith Cowan (2006)
Discovering Scott Reef
Field assistant conducting benthic ecological
investigations on isolated remote shoals and islands in
North WA. AIMS (Australian Institute of Marine
Science) (2004-2006)
publications
Hurley, T.J., Pedersen, C., Cooper, K. Lai, C., Rouphael,
T., Fraser, M., Morgan, C. 2014. Modelling approach
for managing Wheatstone capital dredging activities
during mass coral spawning periods. Presentation:
APPEA HSE Conference 1-3 September 2014, Perth.
Baird, A.H., Blakeway, D.R., Hurley, T.J., & Stoddart, J.
2011. Seasonality of coral reproduction in the Dampier
Archipelago. Marine Biology. DOI 10.1007/s00227-0101557-7.
Hurley, T.J. 2009. Comparison of early life-history
stages in structuring adult communities of
scleractinian corals between inshore and mid-shore
reefs of the Dampier Archipelago, Western Australia.
Presentation: 84th Annual Australian Coral Reef
Society Conference, Sept 25-27, 2009, Darwin.
Hurley, T.J. 2009. Demographic assessment of coral
reef resilience in the Dampier Archipelago. Honours
Thesis, Murdoch University.
Hurley, T.J. 2004. Long-term monitoring of the
recovery of corals and sessile benthos following a coral
spawn slick deoxygenation event in Coral Bay,
Ningaloo Reef. Independent Study Contract completed
for AIMS as part of an undergraduate unit at Murdoch
University.