In October the Scientific Advisory Committee and the MVO were asked by NDPRAC to assess the risk for use of the Plymouth jetty for sand export. The attached report is the result of an interim assessment and a revision of this during SAC 16 14-16 November.

The report is available for download here.

The sixteenth meeting of the Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC 16) was held from 14 to 16 November 2011. The Preliminary Statement prepared by the members of the Scientific Advisory Committee is now available for download here.

MVO's report (OFR-11-02) prepared for the sixteenth meeting of the Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC 16) is now available for the public to download here.

It was developed for SAC members in preparation for the SAC 16 meeting. The report summarizes all volcanic activity from the period of 1 May to 31 October 2011, including monitoring and visual observations. In addition to scientific information, it also includes information about MVO's monitoring networks and operations.

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