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EnvironmentUnder the European Union (EU) Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) the Irish Naval Service undertake the role of maritime surveillance of fishing control according to sustainable management of the North Atlantic fisheries resource. The Fisheries Control are divided into 26 units of...
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EnvironmentThe MSFD commission staff working paper (CSWP) defines predominant habitat types required for use in MSFD habitats initial reporting article 8 - "Analysis of essential features and characteristics (Art 8.1a - Habitats)". These predominant habitat typologies broadly correspond...
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An ocean current is a continuous, directed movement of seawater generated by forces acting upon this mean flow, such as breaking waves, wind, the Coriolis effect, cabbeling, and temperature and salinity differences, while tides are caused by the gravitational pull of the Sun...
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Industrial Emissions (IE) and Integrated Pollution Control (IPC) FacilitiesEnvironmental Protection AgencyEnvironmentThis is a point dataset of emission site facility locations. These include Industrial Emissions (IE), Integrated Pollution Control (IPC) and Integrated Pollution Prevention Control (IPPC) EPA licenced facilities. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is the competent...
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Significant pressures have been identified for waterbodies that are At Risk of not meeting their water quality objectives under the Water Framework Directive. While there are a multitude of pressures in every waterbody, the significant pressures are those pressures which need...
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This layer represents the risk for each waterbody of failing to meet their Water Framework Directive (WFD) objectives by 2027. The risk of not meeting WFD objectives was determined by assessment of monitoring data, data on the pressures and data on the measures that have been...
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Survey stations represent the locations where underwater television surveys have taken place during Nephrops Underwater Television (UWTV) surveys. The prawn (Nephrops norvegicus) are common around the Irish coast occurring in geographically distinct sandy/muddy areas were the...
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EnvironmentMax concentrations in 2014 for Faecal Coliform (per 100ml) in samples from monitoring locations on the Irish Environmental Protection Agency Water Framework Directive (WFD) Groundwater Monitoring Network.
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Water Management Units delineated for Water Framework Directive (2000/60/EC)
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Corine Land Cover 2006 Revised is a revised map of the Irish environmental landscape based on interpretation of satellite images. It is based on EU devised Corine (Coordination of Information on the Environment) specifications.
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The Accessible Wave Energy Resource Atlas published in 2005 describes an initial comparison between several years of hourly wave forecasts (using WAM) on a grid of points located off the Irish coast with corresponding records from a number of buoys installed in recent years....
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This dataset contains the overall interim coastal waterbody status results, monitored as part of the EU Water Framework Directive (2000/60/EC) objectives to achieve or maintain at least good ecological status and good chemical status by 2015.
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The Biologically Sensitive Area sets out the criteria and procedures for a system relating to the management of fishing effort in waters around Ireland that are considered biologically sensitive. A specific effort regime shall apply to the area enclosed by the coast of...
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This dataset contains 10 polygon features. "Mine Subsidence" means lateral or vertical ground movement caused by a failure initiated at the mine level, of man made underground mines.
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Register of Protected Areas - Nutrient Sensitive Catchments of InterestEnvironmental Protection AgencyEnvironmentThese nutrient sensitive catchments are those catchments where Nutrient Sensitive Points, Rivers or Waterbodies exist. They are not designated in accordance with the Urban Waste Water Treatment (UWWT) Directive 91/271/EEC on Urban Waste Water Treatment and S.I. 254 / 2001,...
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The EU Water Framework Directive (2000/60/EC) (WFD) establishes a framework for the protection, improvement and management of surface water and groundwater. All Groundwater Waterbodies (GWB) are represented as polygons. They are validated by scientists in the Geological Survey...
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The exclusive economic zone of the State is the area beyond and adjacent to the territorial seas subject to the specific legal regime established in Part V of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, done at Montego Bay on 10 December 1982, the text of which, in...
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Urban Waste Water Agglomerations Impacting on Freshwater Pearl MusselEnvironmental Protection AgencyGovernmentThis shows all urban areas where improvements to waste water discharges are required to protect freshwater pearl mussel. Further information about urban areas impacting on freshwater pearl mussel waters can be found in the EPA’s Annual Urban Waste Water Report on the EPA...
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Bedrock outcrop polygons have been derived from digitising outcrop locations from scanned 19th Century GSI field maps. The data was derived from mapping at a scale of 1:10,560 (6 inches to one mile). Individual map sheets were geo-referenced to an index polygon and checked...
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Register of Protected Areas - SAC Conservation Objective Habitat River WaterbodiesEnvironmental Protection AgencyEnvironmentWFD River Water Bodies intersecting with Designated Special Areas of Conservation Conservation Objective Habitats under the EU Habitats Directive (together with the Birds Directive) - Council Directive 92/43/EE of 21st May 1992.
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