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This is second deployment of the Galway Bay Observatory. The SmartBay Observatory in Galway Bay is an underwater observatory which uses cameras, probes and sensors to permit continuous and remote live underwater monitoring. It was installed in 2015 on the seafloor 1.5km off...
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The SmartBay Observatory in Galway Bay is an underwater observatory which uses cameras, probes and sensors to permit continuous and remote live underwater monitoring. It was installed in 2015 on the seafloor 1.5km off the coast of Spiddal, Co. Galway, Ireland at a depth of...
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Led by University College Cork (UCC), this 2 day training survey was conducted in November 2016 on board the R.V. Celtic Voyager in Cork Harbour. The survey was carried out to provide training to MSc Marine Biology students in oceanographic and biological sampling techniques....
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Led by the National University of Ireland, Galway (NUIG), this training survey took place on board the Marine Institute's R.V. Celtic Voyager in October 2016 in Galway Bay. The aim of the survey was to train students and gain practical skills and experience in...
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This shallow sub-seabed seismic stratigraphic survey, led by University College Cork (UCC), on board the Marine Institute's R.V. Celtic Voyager, was to be conducted in the Celtic Sea. However, the survey was aborted and objectives not completed. Objective 1: Irish Sea and...
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EnvironmentCTD, plankton net and deployment of neuston net biogeochemical survey in the North Atlantic Ocean. A Biogeochemical sampling programme which aims to quantify and qualify a comprehensive range of water column characteristics including optical, chemical and biological properties...
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CV16034 GATEWAYS III Survey | Internal structure of the ridges of the Porcupine SaddleMarine InstituteEnvironmentThis survey, led by Maynooth University in associated with the Geological Survey Ireland, was an investigation of submerged ridges off the west coast of Ireland. Linked previously with ice movement, these ridges can help reveal information on the dynamics of the British...
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CV16031 World War I shipwrecks in the Irish Sea: commemoration, visualization - part II SurveyMarine InstituteEnvironmentMultibeam and pinger survey of shipwrecks in the North Atlantic Ocean. The overall scientific goal of this application is to acquire very high-resolution data over World War I (WWI) wrecks in the Irish Sea which will be used for archaeological, biological and physical...
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Geophysics Rockall survey in the North Atlantic Ocean. - to monitor part of the Irish shelf area from local earthquakes (it is Ireland's most seismically active region but has never been locally monitored so we do not have a well constrained understanding of seismic...
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EnvironmentThis survey took place in July 2016 on board the R.V. Celtic Voyager to survey the distribution of Dinophysis, a toxic phytoplankton, which has had an impact on shellfish aquaculture in coastal regions adjacent to the Celtic Sea. This survey built on results achieved from...
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Annual Nephrops Galway Bay (Aran) and Porcupine Underwater television (UWTV) Survey undertaken by Marine Institute. This survey took place in June 2016 on board the R.V. Celtic Voyager. Nephrops is a genus of lobsters comprising a single extant species Nephrops norvegicus...
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SMART"UCC Training #2 Survey in Cork Harbour. To deliver an accredited, offshore blended learning module • Provide students with the knowledge necessary to design plan and execute an offshore scientific research survey. • Develop student understanding of how...
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SMART AFGDP Fisheries & Aquaculture 2016 survey undertaken in Cork Harbour. The aim of the AFGDP programme is to provide skills training to postgraduate students, research and field staff and is funded by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM). AFGDP...
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SMART Sea School UCC graduate training survey in Cork Harbour. To deliver an accredited, offshore blended learning module • Provide students with the knowledge necessary to design plan and execute an offshore scientific research survey. • Develop student understanding...
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CV16001 Rockall OBS (Broad Band Ocean Bottom Seismographs) Network Deployment SurveyMarine InstituteEnvironmentThis survey, led by Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (DIAS), took place in January 2016 on board the Marine Institute's R.V. Celtic Voyager off the North West coast of Ireland. The aim of the survey was to deploy 10 Broad Band Ocean Bottom Seismographs (OBSs)...
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CV17041 A multidisciplinary approach to studying deep diving whales and their habitatMarine InstituteEnvironmentA multidisciplinary approach to studying deep diving whales and their habitat. Operations will be 24 hours therefore acoustic tows will be taking place day and night. Visual operations will only take place during daylight hours. Due to the daily vertical migration cycle of...
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CV17028 SMART NUIG MS & EOS Winter 2017 surveys. To deliver an accredited, offshore blended learning module for final year BSc undergraduates of NUIG Marine Science and Earth and Ocean Science degree programmes. • Provide students with the knowledge necessary to...
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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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CV17022 Biological Distribution of Azadinium in IRish Waters 2017 (AZBO '17) SurveyMarine InstituteEnvironmentAzaspiracid was first observed in 1995 as a new shellfish poisoning syndrome. In the following years it became evident that the species diversity and toxin production in this and related genera is very high and they are not only restricted to the North East Atlantic, but have...
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Heavy mineral sands are common on the beaches of the Belmullet Peninsula and Achill Island as well as southern outer Clew Bay. The combination of metamorphic and igneous terrain adjacent to high energy coastlines offers a clear scenario for heavy mineral sand development in...
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