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OSPAR - Shellfish and Sediment

Sea Surface Temperature

In support of a Service Level Agreement (SLA) between the Dept. of Housing, Planning and Local Government (DHPLG), the Dept. of Agriculture, Fisheries and the Marine (DAFM), and the Marine Institute (MI), the Chemistry section of the MI analyses shellfish and sediment samples collected at pre-defined sampling stations around the Irish coastline each year, and submits the resulting data to the OSPAR Commission via the ICES database. The OSPAR Commission collects data on the marine environment in order to carry out assessment of environmental conditions with a view to agreeing measures to address problem pollutants. Under the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD), the Commission has a responsibility for achieving effective and coherent regional cooperation with respect to the protection of the marine environment in the North-East Atlantic including areas of the high seas.

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Temporal extent1992-02-01 – ongoing
Date (publication)2020-11-03
Date (creation)2020-11-03
Date (revision)2024-03-12
StatusonGoing
Update frequencyasNeeded
Metadata languageen
LicenseWhile every effort is made in preparing the dataset no responsibility is accepted by or on behalf of the Marine Institute for any errors, omissions or misleading information. The Marine Institute accepts no responsibility for loss or damage occasioned or claimed to have been occasioned, in part or in full, as a consequence of any person acting, or refraining from acting as a result of a matter contained in this datasets or as a consequence of using this dataset for any purpose whatsoever.
Source metadataISO 19115 XML
Last updated2026-11-04
Created2026-11-04
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