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International Council Exploration of the Sea (ICES) statistical rectangle boundary administrative units for offshore King Scallop monitoring and reporting. The ICES statistical rectangle boundaries used occur in the North Atlantic Ocean, Celtic Sea, Irish Sea, Saint Georges...
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EnvironmentMultibeam echosounder data and seabed sampling data acquired during the INFOMAR and INSS national seabed mapping programmes are the primary sources of data used in the generation of this collated seabed classification/marine habitats layer. Lower resolution interpretations of...
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EnvironmentThe Irish Wave Power Atlas published in 2005 describes an initial comparison between several years of hourly wave forecasts (using WAM) on a grid of points located off the Irish coast with corresponding records from a number of buoys installed in recent years. Based on the...
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CTD (Conductivity, Temperature, Depth) measures temperature, salinity, turbidity and flourescence in the water column. Sea temperature is a measurement of the temperature of the water column as the SBE instrument samples to various depths. Salinity is a measure of the salt...
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The dataset indicates the location for line fishing activity in Irish waters. Attributes when known include year, area, gear type, species, season, days per year (Days_Year), number of vessels (Vessels), vessel size (LOA_Max), gear units, classification, Area of polygon...
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EnvironmentIn 2003 the EU Commission established a "Biologically Sensitive Area (BSA)" off the south west of Ireland and the area is shown on the map associated with the dataset. (Council Regulation (EC) No 1954/2003). In 2003, the EU also established a specific fishing effort regime...
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The dataset indicates the location for bottom trawl fishing activity in Irish waters. Attributes when known include year, area, gear type, species, season, days per year (Days_Year), number of vessels (Vessels), vessel size (LOA_Max), gear units, classification, Area of...
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Harmful Algal Bloom (HABS) inshore shellfish sample survey monitoring results since 2002. Monitoring results include the following for shellfish samples from designated aquaculture sites: Sample Code, Location Code, Location Name, Location XY, Species, Species Parameter Test,...
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Estimated annual average wave period (seconds) created by a Pelamis Wave Model for Accessible Wave Energy Resource Atlas. Wave period values are measured as lower and upper values in seconds as calculated by the Pelamis wave model. Annual average wave period covers an area...
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Estimated annual average wave height (metres) created by a Pelamis Wave Model for Accessible Wave Energy Resource Atlas. Wave height values are measured as lower and upper values in metres as calculated by the Pelamis wave model. Annual average wave height covers an area known...
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Atlantic Marine Energy Test Site (AMETS) Waverider Sites for Belmullet A and Belmullet B waveriders in the North Atlantic Ocean.
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Atlantic Marine Energy Test Site (AMETS) marker points for Belmullet Outer and Belmullet Inner off the coast of Co. Mayo in the North Atlantic Ocean.
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EnvironmentThe location of seabed gas pipeline infrastructure from Cork to the Kinsale platform, Mayo to the Corrib platform and the international connector routes between Ireland and Scotland.
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Marine mammal and seabird observation survey led by Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT) in 2016 on board the Celtic Explorer. This survey is part of an annual survey - Cetaceans on the Frontier. ‘Cetaceans on the Frontier’ has become an annual research cruise, lead...
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EnvironmentAn exclusive economic zone extends from the outer limit of the territorial sea to a maximum of 200 nautical miles (370.4 km; 230.2 mi) from the territorial sea baseline, thus it includes the contiguous zone. A coastal nation has control of all economic resources within its...
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This survey was carried out to trial the Underwater TV (UWTV) system for surveying the abundance and distribution of Nephrops. It was conducted by the Marine Institute (MI) in Galway Bay in December 2016. Nephrops is a genus of lobsters comprising a single extant species,...
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A LANGOLF Underwater TV (UWTV) survey of Nephrops (Nephrops norvegicus) in the Bay of Biscay in May 2016 conducted by the Marine Institute (MI) with the French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea (IFREMER). This work involves the acquisition and analysis of...
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The INtegrated Mapping FOr the Sustainable Development of Ireland’s MArine Resource (INFOMAR) programme is a joint venture between the Geological Survey of Ireland (GSI) and the Marine Institute (MI). The programme is a successor to the Irish National Seabed Survey (INSS) and...
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AZBO (THE BIOLOGICAL OCEANOGRAPHY OF AZADINIUM) Survey conducted by the Marine Institute on board the R.V. Celtic Voyager in August 2016. The survey took place in along the west, south west and south coast of Ireland. To deliver data to the Irish Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB)...
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EnvironmentAnnual second leg underwater television (UWTV) survey of abundance and distribution of Nephrops in the Celtic Sea Nephrops grounds. The prawn (Nephrops norvegicus) are common in the Celtic Sea occurring in geographically distinct sandy/muddy areas where the sediment is...
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