COMPASS
Collaborative Oceanography and Monitoring for Protected Areas and SpecieS
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COMPASS Digital Portal – NOW LIVE!
The Digital Portal for the COMPASS is live, go to COMPASS Data Portal (arcgis.com). This portal collects together data from the project and information provided by the partner organisations and delivers a variety of tools to visualise the data, into one place. The portal includes dashboards directly linked to the Network of Buoys, glider missions […]
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Update on Network of Buoys
Due to the coastal locations of the COMPASS Network of Buoys they have to be able to withstand adverse conditions such as being battered by stormy weather and biofouling from algae and other sea life. The equipment on each buoy needs to be robust, but to ensure accuracy and operation it still requires regular maintenance, […]
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Sometimes data are too complex. Stories give them form.
During the discussions around Data Management at the November 2020 virtual MPA projects meeting, among the important points made was that as scientists we often get incredibly focussed on details in a very specific field and bringing those details back together with a narrative, with a story, is vital in communicating our results. One highly […]
Read MoreSEUPB visit to COMPASS fish tagging site
The COMPASS project was delighted to welcome Leanne Massey, @SEUPB director, on a recent visit to the Shimna River in Newcastle, Co Down to learn more about the salmon and sea trout tagging work for this EU INTERREG-funded project. This study is being undertaken by the Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute and Inland Fisheries Ireland in […]
Read MoreTo Rockall and back
This summer the COMPASS project joined a United Nations Decade of the Ocean cruise visiting the North Atlantic Shelf region, including Fangorn and Rockall Bank. The work was undertaken using the Marine Institute’s vessel the Celtic Explorer. It departed in July with scientific operations led by National University Ireland (Galway). The collaborative cruise plan for […]
Read MoreMission possible – Ardberg glider deployed for COMPASS
The third COMPASS glider mission is underway with the Seaglider (Ardberg) deployed by Scottish Association for Marine Science on 3rd March 2021. The glider deployed in the Hebrides, off the West coast of Scotland, will contribute to the oceanographic and acoustic observational programme for the INTERREG Va funded COMPASS Project. As with two previous glider […]
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