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Collaborative Oceanography and Monitoring for Protected Areas and SpecieS
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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 […]
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SEUPB 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 […]
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To 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 […]
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Mission 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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Automated instrumentation allows COMPASS science to continue
The impact of lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic has been felt by the COMPASS project, which saw tagging, routine environmental sampling and work on research vessels reduced or stopped. The project has, however, shown much resilience during this challenging period by spending more time on data analysis and reporting, and also on planning and […]
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Revealing the sounds of lockdown seas
In July, COMPASS staff returned from the first research outing on the RV Corystes since lockdown, which included the collection of acoustic recording devices. These COMPASS and MarPAMM devices (sound recorders) were deployed off western Scotland and Northern Ireland throughout the late winter and spring of 2020 with many of them operating throughout the lockdown […]
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