R&D and Education

O'Keeffe, E. (2011) MESH Atlantic GIS Workshop: Habitat Mapping using ArcGIS Tools.

MESH Atlantic GIS Workshop: Habitat Mapping using ArcGIS Tools.

O'Keeffe, E. (2011) MESH Atlantic GIS Workshop: Habitat Mapping…

O'Mahony, C., Sutton, G., McMahon, T., Ó Cinneide, M. & Nixon, E. (2008) Issues and Recommendations for the Development and Regulation of Marine Aggregate Extraction in the Irish Sea. Marine Environment and Health Series No. 32, Marine Institute 2008.

Issues and Recommendations for the Development and Regulation of Marine Aggregate Extraction in the Irish Sea.

O'Mahony, C., Sutton, G., McMahon, T., Ó Cinneide, M. & Nixon, E…

O'Sullivan, D., O'Keeffe, E., Berry, A., Tully, O. & Clarke, M. (2013) An Inventory of Irish herring spawning grounds. Irish Fisheries Bulletin No. 42, Marine Institute. http://hdl.handle.net/10793/874

An Inventory of Irish herring spawning grounds.

O'Sullivan, D., O'Keeffe, E., Berry, A., Tully, O. & Clarke, M…

O'Sullivan, D., Lordan, C., Doyle, J., Berry, A. & Lyons, K. (2014) Sediment characteristics and local hydrodynamics and their influence on the population of Nephrops around Ireland. Irish Fisheries Investigations No. 26, Marine Institute. http://hdl.handle.net/10793/985

Sediment characteristics and local hydrodynamics and their influence on the population of Nephrops around Ireland.

O'Sullivan, D., Lordan, C., Doyle, J., Berry, A. & Lyons, K. (…

O’Sullivan, D., Leahy, Y., Guinan, J. (2018) Sensitive Ecosystem Assessment and ROV Exploration of Reef Survey Report 2017. Cruise Report prepared by INFOMAR and the Marine Institute, Galway, Ireland to the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and the National Parks and Wildlife Service.

Sensitive Ecosystem Assessment and ROV Exploration of Reef Survey Report 2017.

O’Sullivan, D., Leahy, Y., Guinan, J. (2018) Sensitive Ecosystem…

Final Appraisal Report 2008

The Integrated Mapping for the Sustainable Development of Ireland’s Marine Resource (INFOMAR) programme is Ireland’s national marine mapping programme. It is the successor to the Irish National Seabed Survey (INSS), and is a joint venture of the Geological Survey of Ireland (GSI) and the Marine Institute (MI). The focus of the INFOMAR programme is to create a range of integrated mapping products of the physical, chemical and biological features of the seabed, in the near-shore (Zone 1, 0m to 50m) area and building on previous INSS offshore survey area (Zone II, 50m to 200m), to complete the mapping programme for the entirety of Ireland’s off-shore waters. Against this background, and to fulfil the NDP Value For Money reporting requirements for Large Capital Projects (>€30 million), PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) were commissioned by the Department of Communications, Energy and National Resources (DCENR) to undertake a detailed appraisal of the INFOMAR project. The methodology for undertaking the appraisal involved both primary and secondary research, including extensive consultation with stakeholders of the INFOMAR. A range of options for the INFOMAR programme were identified and appraised in financial and qualitative terms and are presented within this report.