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TimpeallachtThis survey took place in February 2014 on board the R.V. Celtic Explorer to trial of coring equipment survey. The survey took place of the North West coast of Ireland, off Co. Mayo. Complete trials of new equipment.
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CTD and plankton sampling over the track covered during daylight hours, possible of moorings if weather forces (not ideal). Marine mammals monitoring survey. The overall objective of this cruise and the associated research is to collect data on the distribution and abundance...
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A Memorial University of Newfoundland of Canada chartered survey on board the Marine Institute's R.V. Celtic Explorer to undertake an offshore fisheries acoustic survey on overwintering cod stocks in the Labrador Sea. This survey took place in April 2014. Fisheries...
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The survey took place on board the R.V. Celtic Explorer in March 2014. The survey was designed around the West of Ireland Coring Programme (WICpro). Led by University College Cork (UCC) with a multidisciplinary expert team to investigate the Quaternary geology on the Porcupine...
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TimpeallachtThis survey, led by University College Dublin (UCD), took place in July 2014 on board the Marine Institute's R.V. Celtic Explorer in the North East Atlantic Ocean. Originally there had been three objectives for SORBEH; 1) Lithological characterisation of the Eastern...
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TimpeallachtPossible deployment of vibrocoring equipment. Night time coring will only be envisaged if adverse weather conditions severely hamper core recovery during day time operations. Primarily, this application proposes to collect cores from and seismic imaging data of the sediments...
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Night time work will be CTD's, plankton sampling as well as PAM for cetaceans. It will cover the cruise track over that covered during visual observations during daylight hours. To characterise the preferred habitat of bottlenose dolphins in offshore waters by relating...
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This inter-institutional survey, led by University College Dublin (UCD), took place on board the Marine Institute's R.V. Celtic Explorer in October/November 2015 in the Gulf of Cadiz. The aim of the survey was to assess the role of geothermal fluids emitted from points of...
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TimpeallachtThis survey was conducted on board the RV Celtic Explorer in 2015 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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Ireland to Canada North Atlantic Transect seabed survey. Carry out multibeam operations in the North Atlantic Ocean.
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TimpeallachtGalway Bay cable laying survey from Spiddal pier to ocean energy test site for observatory. Complete the deployment of a 4.1 km cable from An Spidéal pier to the wave energy test site.
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This survey is a follow up to the Quantifying EnviRonmental Controls on Cold-water coral Reef Growth (QuERCi) survey which investigated cold-water coral mounds on the southern lip of the Porcupine Bank Canyon and discovered an extensive field of corals attached to the...
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TimpeallachtA 10 day sea window was identified in February 2015 to do the formal Ship Acceptance Tests for the EM302 as well as continue to assess the EM2040 performance on board the Marine Institute's R.V. Celtic Explorer. The tests were designed to be conducted on the Irish...
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TimpeallachtFisheries Acoustic Survey off Newfoundland Canada. Acoustic trawl survey of the shelf-slope area of NAFO divisions 3NOPs. The goal is to quantify and get biological information on the gadoid species complex occurring in the area that include Atlantic cod, haddock, pollock and...
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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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TimpeallachtEvery 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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TimpeallachtAcoustic 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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TimpeallachtThis 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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TimpeallachtThis 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...