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Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) Assessment of progress towards the achievement of Good...Marine InstituteEnvironmentIn 2013 Ireland competed an Initial Assessment of its maritime area. This assessment builds on that and is based on monitoring data collected under the Water Framework Directive (Dir 2000/60/EC) and OSPAR Coordinated Environmental Monitoring Programme. The objective of this...
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EnvironmentScales and otoliths are routinely collected in the Burrishoole catchment within the permanent fish traps as part of the ongoing LTER (long term ecological research) program of monitoring. Scales and otoliths can be indicative of fish growth. Furthermore, scales and otoliths...
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EnvironmentThis three week survey was carried out to map the physical features of the Irish seabed using hydrographic techniques and ancillary geophysical equipment. This survey was conducted in the Celtic Sea on board the RV Celtic Explorer. Mapping Ireland's seabed resource...
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EnvironmentThe TOSCA geological and biological research survey took place over May - June 2018 on board the RV Celtic Explorer with the mission of studying the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, a complex area located 1,600km west of Ireland deep in the Atlantic Ocean. Led by University College Dublin...
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The 2018 Irish Anglerfish and Megrim Survey (IAMS) took place from 20th February to 19th March (area 7bcjk) and from 10-21st April 2018 (area 6a) on the Marine Institute's RV Celtic Explorer to provide abundance indices for anglerfish and megrim and to provide maturity...
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EnvironmentAn acoustic survey targeting blue whiting (Micromesistius poutassou) spawning and post spawning aggregations in the north east Atlantic in 2019. This survey took place in March/April on board the RV Celtic Explorer. The purpose of this survey was to survey blue whiting...
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The 2019 Irish Anglerfish and Megrim Survey (IAMS) took place over two survey: CE19004 was carried out from 1st to 25th March. The survey was conducted to provide abundance indices for anglerfish and megrim and to provide maturity data for a range of species. A total of 80...
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This survey was conducted on board the RV Celtic Explorer in 2018 by the Marine Institute (MI) as part of the annual groundfish survey to determine the distribution and abundance of commercial fish around Ireland. The Irish Groundfish Survey (IGFS) forms part of the...
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EnvironmentThe Irish Groundfish Surveys is part of an annual International Bottom Trawl Survey (IBTS) programme co-ordinated by the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES). The survey is carried out over 47 days between October-December each year by the Marine...
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This survey was conducted by the Marine Institute in Autumn 2018 as part of the annual Celtic Sea Herring Acoustic Survey. The aim of an acoustic survey is to determine the relative abundance of the target species. This information is then used to determine catch rates and...
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EnvironmentThe Irish Groundfish Survey forms part of the International Bottom Trawl Survey (IBTS) programme, an international survey effort coordinated by ICES (the International Council of the Exploration of the Sea). Over 42 days in the Autumn/Winter each year the survey collects...
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CE18012 Exploiting and conserving deep-sea genetic resources: Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) cr...Marine InstituteEnvironmentThis 12 day survey took place on board the RV Celtic Explorer in August 2018 led National University of Ireland, Galway (NUIG) in the North East Atlantic Ocean. The survey was carried out to collect fauna (specifically sponges and corals) using the ROV. 12 science dives were...
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Geological survey in Galway Bay. Geological ground truthing survey of equipment in Galway Bay.
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This inter-institutional survey took place in May 2011, as part of a Geological Survey of Ireland-led ground-truthing programme. The Marine Institute's R.V. Celtic Explorer collected sea bed samples from an East-West transect along the top of the high. Vibrocores, grab...
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This data set contains estimates of naturalised river flow duration percentiles for Irish rivers. The flow estimates represent flows that could be expected in rivers under naturalised conditions and do not take account of artificial influences of any kind such as water supply...
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The EPA’s Remedial Action List (RAL) is a register of public water supplies with the most serious deficiencies and known to be most at risk, where the EPA is requiring Irish Water to take corrective action to ensure the safety and security of the supplies by a specified date.
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These are coastal, transitional, river and lake water bodies that have a High-Status Objective under the Water Framework Directive.
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EnvironmentAn acoustic survey targeting blue whiting (Micromesistius poutassou) spawning and post spawning aggregations in the north east Atlantic in 2018. The purpose of this survey was to survey blue whiting spawning stock using acoustic techniques in coordination with vessel from...
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EnvironmentThis dataset shows the distribution of fishing effort by fishing vessels according to the gear type used. Fishing effort is defined as the time spent engaged in fishing operations or time spent at sea, this time may be multiplied by a measure of fishing capacity, e.g. engine...
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Seabed mapping of the Atlantic Ocean between Ireland and Canada. Mapping the Atlantic. Contributing to the transatlantic mapping strategy and ground truthing at a variety of stations. Recovery of the M6 weather buoy.
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