Risk management and compliance will now complement a broader range of marine environmental consulting services.

CSA Ocean Sciences Inc. (CSA), a leading global provider of marine environmental scientific consulting services, is pleased to announce an agreement with the CENTRE Group, an Australia-based consulting firm specializing in environmental risk and compliance management as well as spill, emergency, and crisis management services. The partnership will deliver a broad range of risk and compliance management solutions, services, training, and support as well as marine environmental assessments, planning and permitting, spill-related emergency response, crisis management, and assessment, mitigation, and restoration services. The new venture becomes the "Center of Excellence" for the group's risk and compliance management solutions, servicing the global market.

CENTRE Group director Alex Spence stated, "We are very excited to be working with CSA. This venture provides an excellent opportunity for CENTRE Group to further expand its existing operations globally and deliver CSA's world-class ocean sciences services to our existing and future clients in the Asia Pacific region."

Kevin Peterson, CEO of CSA added, "The CENTRE Group team offers a perfect complement to CSA's existing capabilities and footprint. We can now offer their capabilities through our international network of offices and more effectively pursue opportunities for CSA's core business lines in the Asia Pacific region."

Operating under the CSA Ocean Sciences Inc. brand, the partnership will be headquartered in Perth, Australia.

CENTRE Group is a Perth, Australia-based firm that provides clients in the Asia-Pacific, Middle East, and Mediterranean regions with environmental risk and compliance management services, programs, and training as well as emergency management and crisis support, systems, and resources.