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The SmartBay Observatory in Galway Bay is an important contribution by Ireland to the growing global network of real-time data capture systems deployed within the ocean. Installed on the seafloor 1.5km off the coast of Spiddal, the observatory uses cameras, probes and sensors to
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Irish Marine Data Buoy Observation Network (IMDBON) - Deployment of weather buoy at M3 (North Eas...Marine InstituteEnvironment
Deployment of the weather buoy at site M3 (51° 13.002' N, 10° 33' W) from the Ocean Bank on 06/02/2024. Recovered on 22/03/2026 by the Ocean Bank. The purpose of this activity is the redeployment of the weather buoy at site M3 for long-term environmental monitoring.
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Irish Marine Data Buoy Observation Network (IMDBON) - Deployment of weather buoy at M3 (North Eas...Marine InstituteEnvironment
Deployment of the weather buoy at site M3 (51° 13.002' N, 10° 33' W) from the Ocean Bank on 22/03/2026. The purpose of this activity is the redeployment of the weather buoy at site M3 for long-term environmental monitoring.
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Environment
Commercial catch and by-catch data are collected as part of the pelagic at-sea observer programme. This data set is comprised of length frequency information from the catch (landings and discards) as well as any observations of bycatch of marine mammals, birds or reptiles. Data
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Irish Marine Data Buoy Observation Network (IMDBON) - Deployment of weather buoy at M4 (North Eas...Marine InstituteEnvironment
Deployment of the weather buoy at site M4 (55° 0.11664' N, 9° 59.9467' W) from the RV Tom Crean survey TC25036 on 03/08/2025. The purpose of this activity is the redeployment of the weather buoy at site M4 for long-term environmental monitoring.
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Environment
The Lehanagh Met-Ocean buoy is part of the Sentinel sites and is located in Bertraghboy bay, Connemara, County Galway. Initially installed in May 2024, sensors have been deployed for the measurement of temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen, pH, turbidity, total dissolved solids
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Environment
The Mace Head buoy is located 2 km offshore from the Mace Head atmospheric research station in Connemara, County Galway and is one of the Sentinel sites. Initially installed in May 2018, sensors have been deployed for the measurement of Temperature, Salinity, Dissolved Oxygen, Ni
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Each year since 2009-present Marine Institute (MI) staff or contractors go to sea on fishing vessels targetting shellfish to observe and record fishing activity. About 50-80 day trips are completed annually although this varies year on year and was lower earlier in the time serie
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Each year since 2009-present Marine Institute (MI) staff or contractors go to sea on inshore fishing vessels to observe and record fishing activity. About 50-80 day trips are completed annually although this varies year on year and was lower earlier in the time series. The data
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The Sentinel Vessel Programme (SVP) was set up by Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM) in conjunction with the Marine Institute (MI) to record self-sample information on daily fishing operations data from a subset of Inshore fishing vessels (predominantly < 12 meters) around the Irish co
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Environment
This data set comprises of biological data collected from commercial fish landed from Irish vessels. The data is collected under the Data Collection Framework (REGULATION (EU) 2017/1004 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 17 May 2017 and COMMISSION DELEGATED DECISI
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