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CE0606 Fisheries Blue Whiting Acoustic Survey

An acoustic survey targeting blue whiting (Micromesistius poutassou) spawning and post spawning aggregations in the north east Atlantic in 2006.

Spawning takes place from January through to April along the shelf edge from the southern Porcupine Bank area northwards to the Faroe/Shetland Ridge including offshore areas as the Rosemary, Hatton and Rockall Banks. Peak spawning occurs between mid March and mid April and acoustic surveys are timed to occur during this phase.  To facilitate a more coordinated spatio-temporal approach to spawning stock assessment, several nations became involved in the ICES led Planning Group of Northern Pelagic Ecosystem Survey (PGNAPES) coordinated survey. Ireland is one of these nations involved in this annual survey. 

The 2006 survey was part of an International collaborative survey coordinated by the Institute of Marine Research, Bergen, Norway, using the vessel the RV “G.O. Sars”. Also participating were the RV “Atlantniro” (Russia), RV “Tridens” (RIVO, Netherlands) the RV “Magnus Heinason” (Faroes) and RV “Celtic Explorer” (Ireland).  

The survey area extended from the south Rockall Trough as the southern limit, west of the Rockall Bank, northerly extension reached to the Hatton Bank and the easterly extension to mid Rockall Trough.

An East-West and North-South transect design was employed.  Acoustic data were collected using the Simrad ER60 scientific echosounder. 

Biological sampling was done using a single pelagic midwater trawl.Fish samples were divided into species composition by weight. Species other than the blue whiting were weighed as a component of the catch. Measurements of blue whiting lengths were taken. Age, weight, sex, maturity and stomach fullness data were also recorded. During daylight hours visual observations for marine mammals and seabirds were also conducted on the survey.

Oceanographic data on temperature, depth and salinity (CTD) were collected at set stations.

Tags: biota, climatologymeteorologyatmosphere, economy, elevation, environment, location, oceans
Organization: Marine Institute
CE0504 Fisheries Blue Whiting Acoustic Survey

An acoustic survey targeting blue whiting (Micromesistius poutassou) spawning and post spawning aggregations in the north east Atlantic in 2005.

Spawning takes place from January through to April along the shelf edge from the southern Porcupine Bank area northwards to the Faroe/Shetland Ridge including offshore areas as the Rosemary, Hatton and Rockall Banks. Peak spawning occurs between mid-March and mid April and acoustic surveys are timed to occur during this phase. The acoustic survey programme is carried out for fishery management purposes, results are presented annually at the ICES led Northern Pelagic and Blue Whiting Fisheries Working Group and from this catch advice is determined for the following year.

This survey was conducted as part of a collaborative survey coordinated by the Institute of Marine Research, Bergen, Norway, using the vessel the RV “G.O. Sars”. Also participating were the RV  Fridtjof Nansen” (PINRO, Russia), RV “Atlantniro” (Russia), RV “Tridens” (RIVO, Netherlands) and the RV “Magnus Heinason” (Faroes). The 2005 survey area extended from the north Porcupine shelf edge as the southern limit, west to the Rockall Bank and northerly extension reached to the Hatton Bank. The Irish component of the survey was made up of transects covering 2,228 nautical miles.

To optimise the allotted time a zig-zag transect design was employed. Acoustic data were collected using the Simrad ER60 scientific echosounder. 

Biological sampling was done using a single pelagic midwater trawl.Fish samples were divided into species composition by weight. Species other than the blue whiting were weighed as a component of the catch. Measurements of blue whiting lengths were taken to the nearest 0.5 cm. Age, length, weight, sex, maturity and stomach fullness data were recorded for 100 blue whiting within a random 150 fish sample from each trawl haul.

Visual observations for marine mammals and seabirds were also conducted on the survey.

Oceanographic data on temperature, depth and salinity (CTD) were collected at set stations.

Tags: biota, climatologymeteorologyatmosphere, economy, elevation, environment, location, oceans
Organization: Marine Institute
CE0405 INSS Seabed Mapping Survey

Ireland's territorial seabed reaches more than 600 miles out into the Atlantic Ocean to waters of more than 4,500 metres in depth. The objective of the Seabed Survey is to collect detailed bathymetry (water depth) data and gain knowledge of the nature of the seabed and its overlying sediment. In addition, Magnetic and gravity techniques are helping to evaluate the nature and structure of the deeper geology.
The summer 2004 legs of the Seabed Survey involved three six week legs of the RV Celtic Explorer within Zone 1 mainly off the North-West coast of Donegal, Ireland. Zone 1 represents the 0-50m contour.

Tags: biota, climatologymeteorologyatmosphere, elevation, environment, location, oceans
Organization: Marine Institute
CE0302 Oceanographic Survey

As part of a large HEA funded PTRLI cycle 3 marine program currently underway at NUI, Galway ,a Multi-disciplinary survey of the deep waters west and north of Porcupine Bank was carried out, involving hydrographic measurements (including mooring and float deployment), deep water microbial and benthic sediment sampling (cores and photography).

Tags: biota, climatologymeteorologyatmosphere, elevation, environment, location, oceans
Organization: Marine Institute
CE17002 Ocean Climate Section Survey

This survey took place on board the RV Celtic Explorer in  February 2017 led by the Marine Institute.

The south Rockall Trough cruise facilitates long-term monitoring of the deep water environment to the west of Ireland. Oceanographic data collected contributes to the Atlantic observing system and survey results are included in Ireland’s national report submitted each year to the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) Working Group on Oceanic Hydrography (WGOH).  

During the survey, an Argo float and the M6 weather buoy were also deployed.

Tags: biota, climatologymeteorologyatmosphere, elevation, environment, geoscientificinformation, location, oceans
Organization: Marine Institute
Offshore Landings Distribution by Gear Type

Landings are defined as the part of the catch that is retained (not discarded) and landed. This dataset shows the distribution of landings by Irish vessels measured as average weight or value of landing per kilometre square, per year. Data from years 2014 to 2018 was used to produce this data for the Marine Institute publication the Atlas of Commercial Fisheries around Ireland, third edition (https://oar.marine.ie/handle/10793/1432).

This dataset is derived from the following 2 primary data types - data on vessel positioning and data on landings and gear types used:
Vessel Monitoring Systems (VMS) is supplied by the Irish Naval Service. VMS data provided geographical position and speed of vessel at intervals of two hours or less (Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2244/2003). VMS do not record whether a vessel is fishing, steaming or inactive.

Logbooks collected by the Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority and supplied by the Department of Agriculture, Food & the Marine were the primary data source for information on landings and gear types used by Irish vessels. The fishing gear data was classified into eight main groups: demersal otter trawls; beam trawls; demersal seines; gill and trammel nets; longlines; dredges; pots and pelagic trawls. 

The VMS data was analysed using the approach described by Gerritsen and Lordan (IJMS 68(1)). The VMS points are filtered for fishing activity using speed criteria, vessels were assumed to be actively fishing if their speed fell within a certain range (depending on the fishing gear used). The recorded landings are averaged according to the number of active fishing points and assigned to the VMS positions where the vessel was actively fishing. The points are then aggregated into a spatial grid to produce a raster dataset showing landings (by weight (kg) or value (€)) per kilometre square per year for each gear type group.

Tags: economy, environment, location
Organization: Marine Institute
Irish Marine Non-Indigenous Species 2018

In November-December 2018, GMIT was contracted by the Marine Institue (via Public Tender) to conduct a desk study on Irish Marine non-indigenous and invasive species. This is a requirement driven by international obligations to monitor the status and risks associated with invasive species, as indicated by a range of EU directives and regulations. Peer-review and grey literature was searched for the compilation of this initial list, which should be updated on a regular basis in order to satisfy certain criteria and fulfil descriptors of EU regulations.

Tags: environment, location
Organization: Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology
Detailed Particle Size Analysis (PSA) data for deep-sea sediment samples acquired during the SeaRover project (2017 – 2019) in the North East Atlantic Ocean

Between 2017 and 2019 the SeaRover project, funded by the EMFF’s (European Maritime & Fisheries Fund) Biodiversity Scheme opportunistically collected deep-sea sediment samples during three offshore surveys. These data were processed aboard the RV Celtic Explorer and ILV Granuaile before being outsourced for high-resolution Particle Size Analysis. Particle size analysis provides information on sediment grain size and distribution which helps characterise aspects of the physical environment within the sample area. These analyses were funded by the EMFF Fisheries Survey Sampling project. The SeaRover samples were collected over three years, 2017, 2018 and 2019 and analysed fully during end 2019-2020.

Tags: environment, geoscientificinformation, oceans
Organization: Marine Institute
Nephrops Underwater TV Survey FU22 The "Smalls" North East Atlantic Ocean 2006 - Present

Nephrops norvegicus are common around the Irish coast, occurring in geographically distinct sandy or muddy areas where the sediment is suitable for construction of their burrow dwellings. The Marine Institute carries out Underwater TV surveys annually of commercially important Nephrops stocks.
This dataset provides quality assured estimates of Nephrops burrow densities over the known spatial and bathymetric distribution of the FU (functional unit) 22: the “Smalls” Nephrops ground. From 2006 to 2011 (UWTV) stations set at 3.0 nautical mile spacing over the known distribution. From 2012 onwards a randomised isometric grid of underwater television (UWTV) stations set at 4.5 nautical mile spacing.
Underwater TV Survey reports for this Nephrops stock are available at: http://hdl.handle.net/10793/1428
Also available is the ICES Cooperative Research Reports which details use of UWTV surveys to assess Nephrops stock:https://tinyurl.com/ices-nephrops
GIS shapefiles of FU22 and the “Smalls” Nephrops grounds are provided.
This dataset covers the period of 2006 and is ongoing.
One hundred percent of the survey grid was covered in all years except in 2015, where 83 percent of the grid was covered. These 7 stations in 2015 could not be completed due to very poor or nil visibility conditions encountered at seabed. For these stations density estimates were filled-in using and average of historic values within 2nmi (buffer2estimated).
Dataset fields are Nephrops Functional Unit Number; Survey Code; Year; UWTV station number; Date-Start of UWTV track; Time_Start of UWTV track; Date-End of UWTV track; Time_End of UWTV track;  Decimalised longitude and latitude midpoint of the UWTV station track;  Adjusted density (Nephrops burrows/m²) ;Length in metres of the UWTV station track; Field of View of camera system in metres; Total Nephrops burrow count; Nephrops Fishing Ground Name; Source of positional data to calculate UWTV station track (USBL sled GPS, SHIP GPS, Layback, estimated GPS, buffer2estimated); Camera system used (SD = standard analogue system, HD =  high definition system); Data Extraction method (SQL, MSAccess); Data Status (Final for analysis); Research Vessel Name; Correction Factor (Density / Correction Factor = Adjusted Density) and Depth (metres).
Entries with NA means data is not available.

Tags: environment, location
Organization: Marine Institute
Lough Feeagh, Newport Co. Mayo Ireland, Water Temperature Profiles 2004-2019

A permanently moored thermistor chain at the deepest point in Lough Feeagh measures water temperature at 13 depths (0.9, 2.5, 5, 8, 11, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 27, 32, 42). This dataset comprises data collected between 2004 and 2019 which has gone through detailed QA/QC. More recent data can be requested or downloaded from the Marine Institute through www.marine.ie. The dataset also includes the bathymetry of Lough Feeagh. The thermistor chain data are provided as a text file. Users of the R statistical programming language may open this through the rLakeAnlyzer package https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/rLakeAnalyzer/rLakeAnalyzer.pdf

This dataset supersedes the dataset originally published with a doi in October 2018 
(https://doi.org/10.20393/6c4760c2-7392-4347-8555-28ba0dad0297) .  In March 2021 this new record was created and a new DOI minted to correct errors in the original dataset.

Tags: elevation, environment, oceans
Organization: Marine Institute
Marine Related Businesses per Electoral District

This dataset shows how many marine related businesses there are per OSI electoral district.  The number of marine related businesses per electoral area was extracted from the Marine Institute's Marine Related Business Directory. These figures were then joined with the Ordnance Survey of Ireland Electoral District spatial dataset to produce a shapefile layer showing the distribution of marine related businesses per electoral district area across Ireland. This dataset was created in 2020 by the Marine Institute to assist in the National Marine Planning process.

Tags: boundaries, environment, location, planningcadastre
Organization: Marine Institute
Seascapes Visual Resource Assessment - Sea Surface Visible from Land

Sea Surface Visibility from Land (SSVL) provides an insight into sea surface location in terms of their visibility from land.  A grid of observation points is generated extending 20km inshore and 35km offshore.  These observation points at 500 m intervals, represent theoretical viewers who visually observe at a height of 2 m (i.e. height of a 2 m tall human). 

The analysis assigns each offshore raster grid a value based on the number of observation points on land that are visible to each offshore grid cell. Grid cells with high values in the sea can be seen by many viewers on land and are therefore more ‘visible’ to viewers on land.

Analysis was carried out using ArcGIS 10.6, ArcGIS Spatial Analyst and the EU DEM v1.1.

Regional Seascapes Character Assessment (2020) project was carried out by Minogue and Associates on behalf of the Marine Institute.

Tags: boundaries, environment, location, planningcadastre
Organization: Marine Institute
Seascapes Visual Resource Assessment - Land with Sea Views

Visual Resource Mapping was carried for the Seascapes Character Assessment (2020) project to produce this dataset Land with sea views (LWSV).  The data shows how visible a point on land is from the sea.  The analysis was carried out for areas 20km inland and offshore up to 35km. 

Analysis based on Copernicus EU-DEM v1.1 data. Visual Resource Mapping conducted using methodology outlined in National Seascape Assessment for Wales LUC Report (Natural Resources Wales 2015) and Seascape Assessment for the South Marine Plan Areas (MMO 2014). A grid of observation points was created at 500 m grid point intervals, at height of 2m above sea surface level. Analysis assigns each onshore raster grid a value based on the number of offshore observation points that are visible to it. The higher the number of offshore points that an onshore point is visible to, the higher it’s visibility.

Regional Seascapes Character Assessment (2020) project was carried out by Minogue and Associates on behalf of the Marine Institute.

Tags: boundaries, environment, location, planningcadastre
Organization: Marine Institute
Seascape Character Type

Seascape character types are distinct areas that are relatively homogenous in character. They are generic in nature in that the may occur in different areas but share broadly similar combinations of geology, ecology, bathymetry, human influences and perceptual and aesthetic attributes. SCTs provide a framework for analysing seascape change since many influences and pressures affect seascapes with similar character in similar ways.

Seascape Charater Types were extracted from the OSI 1:250,000 coastline dataset.  GIS and visual analysis combined with field work determined the individual seascape character types. Predominant datasets used were bathymetry, topography, geology, coastal land use and wave climate. Analysis and mapping used QGIS v3.8 

Regional Seascapes Character Assessment (2020) project was carried out by Minogue and Associates on behalf of the Marine Institute.

Tags: boundaries, environment, location, planningcadastre
Organization: Marine Institute
Seascape Character Areas

Seascape is defined as an area of sea, coastline or land, as perceived by people, whose character results from actions and interactions of land with sea by natural and/or human factors.  GIS datsets from varying disciplines were gathered and analysed - bathymetry, geology, habitats, archaeology, conservation designations, fisheries, energy – among others.

Seascape Character Assessment boundaries were determined using a 1 Km inland buffer of the Osi 1:250,000 coastline. This was merged with the Maritime Boundary Irish Territorial Sea to 12 nm. Additional limits were applied using the Irish Exclusive Economic Zone Maritime Boundary and the outer boundaries of the Northern Ireland Seascape Character Assessment (DAERA). GIS and visual analysis combined with field work determined the individual seascape character areas.   A baseline regional scale of 1:500,000 was used during analysis but final areas vary in scale from 1:100,000 to 1:800,000  owing to local variations and nuances of seascape character. Analysis and mapping used QGIS v3.8

Regional Seascapes Character Assessment (2020) project was carried out by Minogue and Associates on behalf of the Marine Institute.

Tags: boundaries, environment, location, planningcadastre
Organization: Marine Institute
CE20012 Celtic Sea Herring Acoustic Survey 2020

In the southwest of Ireland and the Celtic Sea (ICES divisions: 7j-g and 7aS), herring are an important commercial species to the pelagic and polyvalent fleet. Acoustic surveys are currently are the only tuning indices available for this stock. Since 2004 the survey has been fixed in October and carried out onboard the RV Celtic Explorer. During this 21 day survey in the Celtic Sea acoustic data were collected using the Simrad EK60 scientific echosounder. Biological sampling was carried out at 17 stations using a pelagic midwater trawl with all components of the catch from the trawl hauls sorted and weighed; fish and other taxa were identified to species level. In additional hydrographic data on temperature, depth and salinity were collected using a calibrated Seabird 911 sampler and 17 grab samples obtained. Marine mammal and seabird surveys were also conducted.

Tags: environment
Organization: Marine Institute
Collaborative Oceanography and Monitoring for Protected Areas and Species (Compass): Task 5 Ocean Modelling

These data addressed the COMPASS programme objective of developing cross-border capacity by drawing together two currently unrelated national hydrodynamic models, the Irish Northeast Atlantic Model and the Scottish Shelf Model (SSM), or an alternative west coast domain, into an integrated model system for the target region. 

This interfaced hydrodynamic model itself addressed one of the programme’s required model outputs, providing simulations of the evolving marine environment, but it also provided the underpinning for two further models. These considered biological connectivity between sites across the region and hydrodynamic habitat type, both of key importance in understanding, developing and managing Marine Protected Area (MPA) networks.

Initial development of the connectivity model followed the release of the 2016 hydrodynamic hindcast, with results updated and released when the second year of hindcast was available.
Source locations/habitats, dispersal date/duration and behaviour of specific organisms were chosen based on the best available information to represent existing or potential MPA sites and priority species. Prior feedback on these aspects was sought from organisations involved in the design and/or management of the MPA network, including NWPS (Ireland), DOENI and CNCC (Northern Ireland), Marine Scotland and SNH (Scotland) and JNCC.

Development of the hydrodynamic habitat model proceeded in parallel with the connectivity model, similarly using the initial hydrodynamic model hindcasts. A series of data levels were constructed of ecologically relevant physical parameters (including tidal current speed, residual current speed, turbulent intensity, level of summer stratification, level of winter stratification, etc.). 

The habitat model defined habitat types within this parameter space, leading to the production of hydrodynamic habitat maps. While hydrodynamic factors are key determinants of marine habitat a full habitat description also requires information on seafloor topography, substrate type, etc.

Tags: biota, environment, location
Organization: Marine Institute
WFD Benthic Monitoring- Youghal Bay

Grab samples collected in Youghal Bay as part of the WFD Benthic monitoring programme.
For each grab sample collected this dataset contains:
- lists and abundance of benthic species >1mm,
-sediment particle size analysis (PSA),
-Folk (1954) sediment classification,
-and an estimate of organic matter (LOI).

Tags: environment, location
Organization: Marine Institute
WFD Benthic Monitoring- Tolka Estuary

Grab samples collected in Tolka Estuary as part of the WFD Benthic monitoring programme.
For each grab sample collected this dataset contains:
- lists and abundance of benthic species >1mm,
-sediment particle size analysis (PSA),
-Folk (1954) sediment classification,
-and an estimate of organic matter (LOI).

Tags: environment, location
Organization: Marine Institute
WFD Benthic Monitoring- Mouth of Shannon (HAs 23;27)

Grab samples collected in the Mouth of Shannon (HAs 23;27) as part of the WFD Benthic monitoring programme.
For each grab sample collected this dataset contains:
- lists and abundance of benthic species >1mm,
-sediment particle size analysis (PSA),
-Folk (1954) sediment classification,
-and an estimate of organic matter (LOI).

Tags: environment, location
Organization: Marine Institute
WFD Benthic monitoring- Barrow Suir Nore Estuary

Grab samples collected in the Barrow Suir Nore Estuary as part of the WFD Benthic monitoring programme.
For each grab sample collected this dataset contains:
- lists and abundance of benthic species >1mm,
-sediment particle size analysis (PSA),
-Folk (1954) sediment classification,
-and an estimate of organic matter (LOI).

Tags: environment, location
Organization: Marine Institute
WFD Benthic monitoring- Ballysadare Bay

Grab samples collected in Ballysadare Bay as part of the WFD Benthic monitoring programme.
For each grab sample collected this dataset contains:
- lists and abundance of benthic species >1mm,
-sediment particle size analysis (PSA),
-Folk (1954) sediment classification,
-and an estimate of organic matter (LOI).

Tags: environment, location
Organization: Marine Institute