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Environment
The EU has established a new conservation area recognising the biological sensitivity and commercial importance of the waters around Ireland. The new Irish Conservation Box (ICB) or Irish Biologically Sensitive Area will replace the old Irish Box, a 50-mile, protected fishing zon
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Environment
Buoys, lightships and Large Automatic Navigational Buoys (LANBYs) have been located in areas where water levels are too deep or lighthouses would be too expensive or impractical to construct. These floating objects are anchored to the seabed. Their distinctive shapes and colors i
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Environment
The aim of the Shellfish Waters Directive is to protect or improve shellfish waters in order to support shellfish life and growth. It is designed to protect the aquatic habitat of bivalve and gastropod molluscs, which include oysters, mussels, cockles, scallops and clams. The Dir
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Environment
Inshore Fisheries data from Inshore Fisheries Atlas of Ireland. Polygon dataset attributed with 'Method', 'Type', 'Grouping', 'Target', 'Area Usage' & 'Fish'
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Environment
IBTS Haul station. Dataset created from Acoustic Survey SQL database.
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Environment
Annual Average Wave Period is a measurement of the passing of each wave over a period of time. This has been estimated using the Pelamis floating wave power convertor developed by Ocean Power Delivery Ltd.
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Annual Average Hydro Energy in MegaWatt Hours off the Irish coastline in Electricity generation potential as calculated by the ESBI Pelamis model for the Irish Wave Energy Resource Atlas 2005.
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Annual Average Power Flux Kw measures the average power within each wave from the Irish Wave Energy Resource Atlas.
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Environment
This feature class shows the location of Lighthouses around Ireland. The Commissioners for Irish Lights are responsible for the superintendence and management of all aids to marine navigation around the coast of Ireland and its adjacent waters. There are 80 lighthouses around the
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Environment
The locations of Commercial Ports around Ireland. Data sourced from the Irish Maritime Development Office (IMDO) and SeaDataNet Ports Gazeteer.
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Environment
The Stock Book is the annual review of Fish Stocks in any given year, the latest being 2016, with management advice for the subsequent year. The Stock Book covers fisheries and fishing activities in the greater North Atlantic Ocean, Celtic Sea, Irish Sea and Saint Georges Channel
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Environment
Greencastle Codling Protected Area located north-east of the Inishowen peninsula. The zone represents a periodically closed Fishery Exclusion Area under an SI as part of the Greencastle Codling Project run by Marine Institute and BIM with local industry.
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Environment
The Connemara 3D Model provides data for Galway Bay on the oceanographic parameters: Sea Temperature (degreeCelsius), Salinity (Salinity, PSU), Sea Water X Velocity (m/sec) and Sea Water X Velocity (m/sec). The ROMS model uses the sigma vertical coordinate system which is terrain
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Agriculture
Sea lice are a naturally occurring marine parasite of fish. Over 500 species can be found on most fish types worldwide. Two main species affect salmon in Ireland, Lepeophtheirus salmonis (the salmon louse) and Caligus elongatus. Sea lice monitoring of finfish sites have taken pla
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Environment
The Connemara 2D Model provides data for Galway Bay on the oceanographic surface parameters: (zeta) Sea Level Height (m), Barotropic Sea Water X Velocity (m/sec), and Barotropic Sea Water Y Velocity (m/sec). Users of the download service can choose a datetime, XY velocity paramet
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Environment
SUPERSEDED - The version has been superseded. And a new edition is now available under the Atlas of Commercial Fisheries around Ireland, Fourth Edition, 2024.
This atlas provides a series of detailed maps of commercial fishing activity around Ireland with the aim of providing ins
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Environment
International Council Exploration of the Sea (ICES) statistical rectangle boundary administrative units for offshore King Scallop monitoring and reporting. The ICES statistical rectangle boundaries used occur in the North Atlantic Ocean, Celtic Sea, Irish Sea, Saint Georges Chann
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