The datasets provide a comprehensive overview of marine waste collected through various initiatives led or supported by BIM. They include information on waste retrieved from aquaculture operations, discarded fishing gear, and litter collected both at sea and along shorelines through the Fishing for Litter and Clean Oceans Initiatives. The data provides a summary of the total tonnage of waste collected across all categories per quarter in 2022.

Data Resources (4)

CSV
Marine litter
CSV
Passively fished waste
CSV
Waste fishing gear

Data Resource Preview - Aqua gear

Data Owner Bronagh Carey
Data Owner Email bronagh.carey@bim.ie
Theme Environment
Date released 2025-05-01
Dataset conforms to these standards INSPIRE
Update frequency Annual
Language English
Geographic coverage National
Period of time covered (begin) 2022-01-01
Period of time covered (end) 2022-12-31
High Value Dataset (HVD) No