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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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EnvironmentEvery three years the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) coordinates a series of mackerel and horse mackerel egg surveys covering the eastern Atlantic from Gibraltar to the north coast of Scotland between January and July. The aim of this survey...
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EnvironmentAcoustic surveys are generally carried out on spawning and pre-spawning aggregations of fish. Outside of the spawning season many pelagic species are generally very scattered over a large geographical area and difficult to detect using acoustic methods. A cruise track is first...
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This survey was conducted on board the RV Celtic Explorer in 2017 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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This survey (leg one and two) of the 2016 Irish Anglerfish and Megrim Survey (IAMS) took place from 4-24th January on RV Celtic Explorer, led by the Marine Institute. Leg three and four took place 25th February to 6th March 2016. The IAMS survey is coordinated with the...
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This survey was conducted on board the RV Celtic Explorer in 2017 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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CE17009 The Western European Shelf Pelagic Acoustic Survey (WESPAS) Acoustic Survey Leg 1Marine InstituteEnvironmentThe Western European Shelf Pelagic Acoustic Survey (WESPAS) survey program is the consolidation of two existing survey programs carried out by Fisheries Ecosystems Advisory Service (FEAS) in the Marine Institute. The Main Shelf herring acoustic survey has been carried out...
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This survey was conducted by the Marine Institute in Autumn 2017 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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EnvironmentThis 13 day survey, led by National University of Ireland, Galway (NUIG) took place on board the Marine Institute's R.V. Celtic Expolerer in May/June 2017 in the North East Atlantic. The survey was conducted to collect large Porifera and Cnidaria, groups with known...
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Leg four of the 2017 Irish Anglerfish and Megrim Survey (IAMS) took place from 8-17th April 2017 on RV Celtic Explorer in the North East Atlantic (International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) area 6a). Regions 6a and 7 are treated separately because they are...
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EnvironmentTransatlantic Oceanography Survey which took place in April 2017 on board the Marine Institute's R.V. Celtic Explorer. Transatlantic Oceanography Survey.
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This survey took place in April-May 2017 on board the RV Celtic Explorer. The Marine Institute (MI) and National University of Ireland, Galway (NUIG) led an international partnership to complete the GO-SHIP A02 line. Onboard teams were from Canada, Germany, the UK, and the...
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Legs one,two and three of the 2017 Irish Anglerfish and Megrim Survey (IAMS) took place from 14th February to 17th March on RV Celtic Explorer in the North East Atlantic (International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) area 7bcjk). Leg four (see CE17005) took place...
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EnvironmentThe 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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EnvironmentIreland's territorial seabed reaches more than 600 miles out into the Atlantic Ocean to waters of more than 4,500 metres in depth. The purposed of the Seabed Survey project is to map the seabed collecting detailed bathymetry (water depth) data and knowledge of the nature...
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Bathymetry survey of Lough Furnace in the Burrishoole catchment in Co.Mayo, Ireland. Bathymetry is the measurement of depth of water in oceans, seas, or lakes. Data generated as a grid from Fledermaus echosounder data files and contour data for each 1m contour created. None
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Bathymetry water depth survey using echosounder on Lough Feeagh in the Burrishoole catchment on Co. Mayo, Ireland. Data includes Esri Grid and contour vector lines at 1m intervals. None
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EnvironmentAn acoustic survey targeting blue whiting (Micromesistius poutassou) spawning and post spawning aggregations in the north east Atlantic from 22nd March to 11th April 2011 Spawning takes place from January through to April along the shelf edge from the southern Porcupine...
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Celtic Sea Herring Acoustic survey of herring population abundance and distribution. Fishing and CTD casts as required. Acoustic survey to determine the abundance of herring spawning aggregations.
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Annual second leg of the Irish Groundfish Survey as part of the International Bottom Trawl Survey. Annual survey conducted by FSS for monitoring of fish stocks around the coast of Ireland. Internationally coordinated through ICES. Survey involves the use of a demersal sampling...
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