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TimpeallachtEvery three years the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) coordinates a series of mackerel, Scomber scombrus, and horse mackerel, Trachurus trachurus, egg surveys covering the eastern Atlantic from Gibraltar to the north coast of Scotland between...
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CE11011 Seismic investigation of the geology and oceanography of the northern Rockall Trough surveyTimpeallachtSeismic data acquisition, once streamer and airguns are deployed no deck hands are needed unless there is a problem and they need to be hauled in. The compressors will be operating in order to provide air to the guns but the watch scientist will be attending to that. We are...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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This survey was conducted by the Marine Institute in Autumn 2017 as part of the annual Celtic Sea Herring Acoustic Survey. The aim of an acoustic survey is to determine the relative abundance of the target species. This information is then used to determine catch rates and...
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Leg four of the 2017 Irish Anglerfish and Megrim Survey (IAMS) took place from 8-17th April 2017 on RV Celtic Explorer in the North East Atlantic (International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) area 6a). Regions 6a and 7 are treated separately because they are...
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Legs one,two and three of the 2017 Irish Anglerfish and Megrim Survey (IAMS) took place from 14th February to 17th March on RV Celtic Explorer in the North East Atlantic (International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) area 7bcjk). Leg four (see CE17005) took place...
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TimpeallachtThe 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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TimpeallachtDeep water coral and fish interaction off the west coast of Ireland : Marine Institute [NDP] funded deep water coral assessment cruise. Spatial data includes assessing the interactions of corals and fish under CoralFISH FP7 project. In addition, spatial data includes joint NUI...
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CE10005 MODOO – MOdular Deep Ocean Observatory (MODOO) and its application in the Porcupine Abyss...TimpeallachtMOdular Deep Ocean Observatory oceanographic survey in the Celtic Sea and North Atlantic Ocean. The principal objective is to maintain the Porcupine Abyssal Plain (PAP) observatory infrastructure. The main components of this are:- 1. A large ODAS buoy mooring with real time...
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TimpeallachtCeltic Sea Herring Acoustic Survey Acoustic 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...
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TimpeallachtCetacean survey carried out by the Irish Whale and Dolphin Group (IWDG) and Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT) in 2009 on board the Celtic Explorer research vessel. The main objective of the survey was to conduct a habitat specific survey of deep diving cetaceans,...
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TimpeallachtCTD or Conductivity Temperature Depth stations measure the sea temperature and salinity of the marine water column water column at various depths from the surface to within 10m of the bottom of the water column. A CTD is the oceanography instrument used to determine the...