Coastal and Marine Resources Centre

University College Cork

Annual Report 2008

Contents

Director’s Statement 1

Introduction 2

Marine Geomatics 3Marine Ecology 4Coastal and Marine Governance 5Coastal Processes and Seabed Mapping 6

CMRC 2008 7

Key Events 7New Staff 10New Projects 11Funding and Publications 12CMRC Financial Review 14

Appendix I 15

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The year 2008 was particularly eventfulfor the Coastal & Marine ResourcesCentre (CMRC). The year startedextremely positively with the constructionof a 200m2 extension of the Centre,scheduled for completion by the end ofMarch. This was part of a strategicdecision to expand the Centre withthe additional space designed toaccommodate the growing number ofpost doctoral researchers and PhDstudents. These new positions were aresult of success in a number of fundingapplications in 2007, most notably awardsin both of the prestigious nationallyfunded Griffith and Beaufortprogrammes.

The Centre suffered a major setback inmid-March when a fire devastated theCMRC building at the Glucksman MarineFacility at the Naval Base on HaulbowlineIsland. Thanks to the support of the IrishNaval Service, the University and theconcerted efforts of CMRC staff, theCentre was fully operational by June fromtemporary pre-fabricatedaccommodation adjacent to theoriginal site on the Naval Base.

The long term plan for the Centreconsolidated throughout 2008 involvesthe development of a new building aspart of the nationally strategicMaritime and EneRgy Cluster,Ireland (MERC-I)*. This excitinginitiative is strongly supported by UCC,and by other partners including theNational Maritime College of Ireland, CorkInstitute of Technology, the Port of Cork,the Industrial Development Authority, theMarine Institute, Sustainable EnergyIreland and Enterprise Ireland. The aimis to develop the new building on a siteadjacent to the National Maritime Collegeof Ireland in Ringaskiddy to house CMRCresearchers together with researchersfrom UCC’s Hydraulics and MaritimeResearch Centre (HMRC) and theSustainable Energy Research Laboratory(SERL).

In 2008 new staff were appointed to theseven year Beaufort project to develop anEco-systems Approach to FisheriesManagement in Ireland. The GriffithGeomatics for GeoSciences team was alsoestablished, including the appointment ofpost doctoral researchers from China andVietnam.

A number of new projects commencedin 2008 including the EuropeanINTERREG funded IMCORE and COAST-ADAPT projects, dealing with themanagement of climate change impactsin the coastal zone. Two new EPA(Environmental Protection Agency)proposals were successfully reviewed.These will focus on the implementation ofadaptation measures in response toclimate change and the use of satelliteimagery to map habitats and measuresubsidence in raised bogs respectively.The decision to target the first call of theFP7 programme was fully justified withCMRC scheduled to participate in threenew large scale projects commencing in2009.

The Centre is in a strong position tocontribute new knowledge in support ofeconomic recovery by providing the R&Dcapacity to optimise the sustainable useof Ireland’s maritime resources, with afocus on sectors such as ocean energy,marine IT and maritime spaceobservations.

Section 1 of this annual report for 2008gives an overview of the CMRC whilstSection 2 provides information onresearch outputs, challenges andachievements for the year.

Director’s Statement

Valerie Cummins

Director

CMRC

*The aim of MERC-I is to promote Ireland as aworld class maritime and energy research anddevelopment location

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The objective of the CMRC is tomake a significant contribution tothe scientific understanding andmanagement of coastal andmarine environments. This isachieved through the creation andmaintenance of a dynamic, teamoriented, multi-disciplinary researchenvironment. The Centre’s expertiseand skill sets are highly regarded bothnationally and internationally and arealigned with policy and researchagendas such as the EuropeanMaritime Policy, the Strategy forScience, Technology and Innovation(SSTI) and the SeaChange Strategy.The CMRC is located off campus onthe Naval Base in Haulbowline,Ringaskiddy, Co. Cork, facilitated by aMemorandum of Understanding(MOU) with the Irish Naval Service.This MOU enables a uniquerelationship for partnership onresearch areas such as satellitemonitoring of the marine domain.

CMRC researchers work closely withcolleagues in UCC’s EnvironmentalResearch Institute (ERI) and withassociates in ‘sister’ centres: theAquaculture & FisheriesDevelopment Centre (AFDC), theAquatic Services Unit (ASU) andthe Hydraulics and MaritimeResearch Centre (HMRC). CMRCstaff contribute to academic life in theCollege of Science, Engineeringand Food Science (SEFS) throughparticipation in undergraduate andpostgraduate education programmesand through primary linkages with theDepartments of Geography,Geology and ZEPS (Department ofZoology, Ecology and Plant Science).

Introduction

CMRC Structure

Research in the CMRC is multi-disciplinary, and undertaken byresearchers with a range ofspecialist backgrounds includingbiologists, computer scientists,hydrographers, geographers andengineers, all of whom workcollaboratively in a projectorientated environment. The CMRC ismanaged by Director Valerie Cummins,two deputy directors, Gerry Suttonand Jeremy Gault, supported by twodedicated in-house financial andadministrative personnel (A nnetteMatthys and Grainne Lynch).

Fundamental and applied research inthe CMRC is organised according tofour specialist areas of interesteach coordinated by a team leader.These thematic areas deal withtechnological, physical, biologicaland social aspects of the coastal andmarine environment respectively:

• Marine Geomatics (DeclanDunne)

• Marine Ecology (MichelleCronin)

• Marine and Coastal Governance(Jeremy Gault)

• Coastal Processes and SeabedMapping (Gerry Sutton)

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Marine geomatics research in CMRC addresses the fundamental question of

“how to manage and add value to existing and newly acquiredmarine data and information”.

The central concept is based around improving the capacity to physically andconceptually integrate disparate scientific data and information.

The success of the team is reflected by the fact that in 2008 it took a prominentscientific role (work package leader) in six ongoing FP6 projects, two FP7 and fivenationally funded Marine RTDI projects. The team is working at the very forefrontof technological development in the marine geomatics area, leading thedevelopment and implementation not only of innovative systems but of thestandards upon which the systems are based.

Over a seven year period the team has achieved a critical mass and stronginternational recognition based on a blend of complimentary technical skillsproviding a strong platform for future growth and expansion. In many respects theteam is nationally unique in providing this capability that blends hard technical ITskills with generic GIS and Remote Sensing type applications. This capacity is alsovital to the continued health and growth of the CMRC at large, as many projectsin the other thematic areas are integrated and underpinned technologically by thegeomatics team.

Internationally the competence and abilities of the team are strongly recognised.In July, 2008 this group presented a prototype that demonstrates semanticinteroperability between the Marine Irish Digital Atlas (MIDA) and the OregonCoastal Atlas (OCA) at the International Coastal Atlas (ICAN) workshop inCopenhagen.

Marine Geomatics

Research topics include

stand-alone Geographic InformationSystems (GIS) & WebGIS for datamanagement and geo-spatial analysis

remote sensing applications

computer modelling, observationsystems

internet technologies & services

data integration

interoperability

data mining

data visualisation

high powered computing (HPC)

grid computing

knowledge and informationmanagement, semantics andartificial intelligence.

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Marine Ecology research in the CMRC addresses the fundamental question of

“understanding the role of key species in the marine environmentand their contribution to the structuring and functioning of marineecosystems”.

The multidisciplinary team brings together researchers with expertise in differentparts of the marine food chain from plankton to fish to top predators. The teamalso incorporates a unique set of skills from the disciplines of ecology, biology,social sciences, fisheries management and governance, essential for the researchon the Ecosystems Approach to Fisheries Management (EAFM) in Ireland. Thisresearch funded under the seven year Beaufort project started in 2008 and is ofnational strategic importance. Furthermore the ongoing, long term top predatorpopulation monitoring feeds directly into the national conservation managementstrategy, providing the data to address obligations under the EC Habitats Directiveas well as informing and improving conservation policy.

Research in the new exciting field of Bio-telemetry, which is being employed byresearchers at the CMRC, is the only work of its type currently being undertakenin the country. The use of this cutting edge technology utilising tagging devices tostudy the biology and ecology of harbour seals and sunfish has been advanced in2008 to the study of grey seals and jellyfish.

Marine Ecology

Research topics include

monitoring the distribution andabundance of top predators andgelatinous zooplankton

resource competition research

top predator population studies

top predator and fisheriesinteractions

developing an ecosystems approachto fisheries management

bio-telemetry

integrated modelling

risk assessment

establishing best practiceguidelines

studying the life history of marineorganisms

ecology research and socioeconomics

dynamics and ecosystem role of fishstocks

improving scientific advice forstakeholders of the coastal andmarine environment

building integrated capacity andknowledge management

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The Coastal and Marine Governance research in CMRC addresses the fundamentalquestion of

“how to plan a maritime economy in a sustainable way and in adynamic environment”.

The team works within a broad framework, covering a variety of thematic andsectoral areas. CMRC researchers have been working in this field for over fifteenyears, initially focussing on coastal zone management, but gradually expandingtheir research to cover a broader coastal and marine governance research agenda.The team has strong links with the Geography Department in UCC and also hasassociate researchers within organisations such as the Irish Naval Service and theEPA.

The coastal and marine governance team in CMRC went through a phase of rapidexpansion in 2008 which reflects the increasing recognition of the importance ofgood governance in resolving natural resource management problems.

The researchers are involved in a number of strategic thematic research projectsincluding the Beaufort project on the Ecosystems Approach to FisheriesManagement (EAFM) in Ireland and an EPA funded STRIVE project on governanceof climate change adaptation in the coastal zone. Additionally the coastal andmarine governance group both lead and collaborate on a number of INTERREGand EU Framework projects including IMCORE, CoastAdapt, SPICOSA,CONSCIENCE and KNOWSEAS.

Coastal and Marine Governance

Research topics include

policy, socio-economic andinstitutional arrangements

public participation

indicators for coastal zonemanagement

capacity building

coastal networks

carrying capacity, userrequirements, marine spatialplanning

climate change adaptation and theecosystem approach to fisheriesmanagement

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Coastal Processes and Seabed Mapping research addresses the fundamentalquestion of

“increasing the understanding of the physical aspects of the coastaland marine environment and how these interact and function”.

Exploration of the potential for the sustainable use of Ireland’s seabed to supplyaggregates for construction purposes has been the focus of the INTERREG IIIAfunded Irish Sea Marine Aggregate Initiative (IMAGIN), which concluded in 2008.The Coastal Processes and Seabed Mapping team provided a framework for thedevelopment of a Marine Aggregate Extraction Policy in Irish Waters for the DCENR(Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources). The outputs ofIMAGIN, both in terms of an estimate of the potential extent and value of thesediments contained in the Irish Sea, and guidance on policy development, meana clearer understanding of how a marine aggregates sector for Ireland might takeshape.

The impacts of climate change on our coastal areas are also one of the issuesunder scrutiny by this CMRC team illustrated by its work at Inch Strand, Co. Kerryand in Courtmacsherry Bay, Co. Cork. During some of the dramatic storms of 2008,with wave heights of over 14m being reported, CMRC scientists collected data byconducting topographic surveys and deploying wave gauges which were then usedto draw up guidelines on eroding coastlines for coastal managers.

In 2008 the team also worked on a Higher Education Authority (HEA) fundedproject simulating the wave climate around Ireland for time segments starting inthe present up to 2060. This work is done in collaboration with the E-science GridFacility for Europe and Latin America (EELA) project and will providecomprehensive information on wave climates around the coastline, beneficial forshipping, risk assessment and management of sensitive coastlines.

Coastal Processes and Seabed Mapping

Research topics include

coastal erosion and accretion

climate change and sea level rise

baseline multibeam mapping

aggregate resource evaluation

interpretation tools e.g. forfisheries management

sedimentary geodynamics

geophysical analysis

field monitoring skills

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CMRC in 2008

Key Events

Fire at Haulbowline

In March of 2008, the CMRC offices on the NavalBase were destroyed by fire. As a result of thefantastic support of both the Irish Naval Service andthe University, CMRC staff were quickly re-housedin temporary accommodation on the NavalBase. Despite the initial setback the CMRC iscommitted to growth and expansion and plansfor long term accommodation were developed aspart of the MERC-I initiative.

Maritime and Energy Cluster

In 2008 the MERC-I (Maritime and EnergyResearch Cluster – Ireland) initiative was copper-fastened by the signing of a Letter of Intentbetween the core partners. CMRC staff played anactive role in shaping the development of the MERC-I vision, which aims to: “promote Ireland as a worldclass maritime and energy research anddevelopment location”. The MERC-I initiative wascollectively endorsed by Minister Eamonn Ryan, TD,Dr. Michael Murphy - president of UCC, and Dr.Brendan Murphy - president of CIT at the launch ofthe National Ocean Energy Programme inRingaskiddy in January 2008. The MERC-I StrategicOversight Group, chaired by Mr. Barry Mc Sweeney,met regularly in 2008 and involved UCC, CIT, NMCI,IDA, SEI, Port of Cork, the Irish Naval Service,Marine Institute and Transas Ltd. Plans wereadvanced to integrate CMRC, HMRC and SERL in anational infrastructure dedicated to maritimeand energy research in Ringaskiddy, Cork andincluded plans to take advantage of the PRTLICYCLE 5 call.

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Key Events

Impact on national and local policy

A number of initiatives were undertaken in 2008 thathave resonance for national policy outcomes in relationto the protection of wildlife, marine aggregateextraction and climate monitoring. For example, CMRCbiologists, led by Dr. M Cronin, developed a long-term monitoring programme for NPWS (NationalParks and Wildlife Service) to observe and screenharbour and grey seals. A framework for thedevelopment of a Marine Aggregate ExtractionPolicy in Irish Waters was prepared for the DCENR(Department of Communications, Energy and NaturalResources) by G. Sutton and team. Dr. N. Dwyerreviewed the status of observations of essential climatevariables in Ireland for the Environmental ProtectionAgency (EPA) as part of an evaluation of Ireland’sperformance with respect to the Global ClimateObservation System (GCOS) implementationplan. Table A1 summarises CMRC nationalcollaborations for 2008.

Mr. Micheál Martin, Minister for Foreign Affairs, formallylaunched the Integrated Management Strategyfor Cork Harbour in Cobh in 2008. The strategy isone outcome of the successful INTERREG North westEurope funded COREPOINT (Coastal Research & PolicyIntegration) project. CMRC was the lead partner in thislarge international project, which came to an end inApril 2008. The document sets the context forIntegrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) inCork Harbour and is being followed up with an actionplan for the period 2008-2011 based on identifiedpriorities. The importance attached to this initiativewas reflected by the attendance of over two hundredpeople at the launch and by the presence of the Mayorof Cork City, the Mayor of County Cork, Mayor of Cobhand national and local political representatives from allthe constituencies that border the Harbour.

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Key Events

Irish Coastal Network

The Irish Coastal Network (ICONET) established in2006 by the CMRC continued to flourish in 2008 andnow has over 600 subscribed members with theCentre acting as a Secretariat for the Network. Theannual ICONET conference, PlanningChallenges and Opportunities for Ireland’sCoast was held in Derry in April 2008 with over 150delegates enjoying a diversity of talks around theconference theme. The conference was jointlyorganised by the CMRC and Northern Ireland Coastaland Marine Forum with speakers drawn fromacademia and research, industry and statutoryagencies. Conference presentations examined aspectsof planning from the European through to nationaland local scale. Nicole Schaefer of the EuropeanCommission’s Maritime Policy Task Force gave thekeynote address and provided a comprehensiveoverview of the Integrated Maritime Policy for Europeand the implications for coastal and marine planningin Member States.

International Collaboration

In 2008, CMRC staff contributed to severalinternational committees and working groupsincluding:

• International Council for Exploration of theSeas

• Working Group on Effects of Extraction ofMarine Sediments on the Marine EnvironmentICES WGEXT (Chair)

• SeaDataNet Technical Task Team

• EuroGOOS Data Management

• Exchange and Quality Working Group (DATA-MEQ)

• International Coastal Atlas Network (ICAN)

• EuroSDR - European Spatial Data Research

In July 2008 CMRC together with the Oregon StateUniversity (OSU) organised and co- chaired the thirdInternational Coastal Atlas Network (ICAN)workshop. The event was hosted at the headquartersof the European Environment Agency inCopenhagen. At the event CMRC and OSU staffpresented a prototype developed over the previous12 months to demonstrate semantic interoperabilitybetween the Marine Irish Digital Atlas (MIDA) and theOregon Coastal Atlas (OCA).

This prototype shows how coastal atlases developedin different regions can be linked together to enhancedecision making for coastal regions. A CMRC team offive travelled to the event, underlining the Centre’sinternational profile in web GIS development, inparticular via the Marine Irish Digital Atlas(http://mida.ucc.ie).

The Centre’s relationship with the Virginia Instituteof Marine Science (VIMS) was strengthened in2008. An existing MOU for the facilitation oftransatlantic collaboration in marine science throughstaff and student exchanges was reinforced by jointparticipation in the 2008 ICAN workshop inCopenhagen.

AnMOUwas signed between the CMRC and theBrazilian Space Agency to facilitate cooperationand knowledge transfer on the application oftechnology such as remote sensing and advancedcomputer modelling. These technologies will be usedfor further research on coastal erosion and wavepatterns which are highly relevant given theimplications of climate change. The MOU served as acatalyst for participation in the E-science Grid Facilityfor Europe and Latin America (EELA) project. Thisproject aims to build a high capacity, production-quality, scalable Grid Facility, providinground-the-clock, worldwide access to distributedcomputing, storage and network resources neededfor a wide number of applications from European -Latin American scientific collaborations. Table A2summarises CMRC international collaborations for2008.

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New Staff 2008

• Mike Fitzpatrick started his PhD research on participatory governance for an Irish Ecosystems Approach to FisheriesManagement funded through the Beaufort project.

• Tomas Bastian joined the CMRC team to research jellyfish ecology as part of a PhD position funded through theINTERREG IIA funded EcoJel project - Managing opportunities and detrimental impacts of jellyfish in the Irish Sea.

• Emily de Clive-Lowe commenced PhD research on the SeaChange funded GillPat project. An investigation into the gillpathologies in marine reared finfish project is focussing on interactions between gelatinous zooplankton and finfishas well as providing valuable baseline data on the seasonality and distribution of hydromedusae and siphonophores in Irishwaters.

• Dr. Trung Pham has joined the CMRC as a post-doctoral researcher in geomatics looking specifically at datainteroperability and data delivery funded through the Griffith Award.

• Dr. Ying Wu has taken up his geomatics post-doctoral research investigating aspects of data integration and creation ofheterogeneous data funded through the Griffith Award.

• Liam Caffrey has started a Research Fellowship with CMRC as an IT expert to investigate fisheries data managementand integration. Liam is located in the Marine Institute (MI) to facilitate a close working relationship to the MI’s FisheriesScience Services (FSS) on the Joined Up Thinking for Joined Up Data project.

• Dr. Margaret Desmond has started an EPA Research Specialist Fellowship with the CMRC on climate change impactsand adaptations.

• Diego del Villar Guerra joined the CMRC on a 6 month Leonardo da Vinci vocational training programme learning WebGIS techniques through work on the Marine Irish Digital Atlas (http://mida.ucc.ie).

CMRC welcomed seven new staff members in 2008, including three PhDs, three Post doctoral researchers andone contract researcher

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New Research Projects 2008

The seven year Beaufort project startedin 2008 to develop an EcosystemsApproach to Fisheries Management(EAFM) in Ireland. This Irish governmentaward was won by CMRC in 2007 alongwith the Aquaculture & FisheriesDevelopment Centre (UCC). The €3.9mproject will combine research teams fromUCC with Queen’s University, Belfast andthe Marine Institute to determine howfish stocks can be sustained whilstmaintaining an ecosystem that cansupport a productive and robust stock.The CMRC is involved in two coreelements of the EAFM project, themarine governance and the top predatorimpacts on Irish fisheries.

The BioTelemetry of Marine Megafauna(BioToMM) project awarded by theHigher Education Authority (HEA)commenced in 2008 using telemetry tostudy the distribution, movements andbehaviour of top marine predators in thesouthwest of Ireland. The marinepredators themselves also act asoceanographic sensors that gatherenvironmental data such as watertemperature over wide spatial andtemporal scales. This information canhelp to understand effects of climatechange in the coastal zone. All data willbe integrated and modelled in anecosystems approach. The researchoutcomes of this project will thereforealso ascertain the impacts of toppredators on Irish fisheries studied in theEAFM Beaufort initiative.

The Griffith Geomatics for GeoSciencesteam has been established in 2008. Thisprestigious national award will facilitateopen access to GeoScience data withinIreland on a web-enabled basis. Theproject involves a high level ofcollaboration between the CMRC and the

Geological Survey of Ireland (GSI) usingboth terrestrial and marine geologicaldatasets with a focus on data integrationand building a common data warehousethat includes metadata for web datadelivery, data interoperability and 4Dvisualisation.

Two EPA funded projects were awardedin 2008. The EPA Research specialisttheme: climate change impacts andadaptation is part of the overall EPA’sClimate Change Research Programme(CCRP) as one of four thematic areas.CMRC research in this field seeks toimprove analysis and understanding ofclimate change impacts and inform anadaptation planning process. The secondEPA project, satellite remote sensing as atool for habitat mapping and subsidencemeasurement in raised bogs will explorehigh spatial resolution, multispectraloptical and radar (SAR) satellite data tomap habitat distribution and verticalexpansion/contraction as well as thestability of raised bogs in Ireland.

The SeaChange Strategy as part ofthe National Development Plan fundedtwo projects that started in 2008. JoinedUp Data for Joined Up Thinking aims todevelop and implement a strategy whichwill integrate and enable datainterrogation across all data sources usedby the Marine Institute’s FisheriesScience Services (FSS) Group.

The GillPat project combines aconsortium between the CMRC, theMarine Institute (lead partner), Vet-AquaInternational, the Agri-Food andBiosciences Institute (Belfast), and theIrish Salmon Growers Association. Gillpatwill investigate gill pathologies in salmonfarms and has the objective of identifying

causative agents. The CMRC willestablish a pilot jellyfish monitoringprogramme with the aim of warningindustry once a harmful species has beendetected.

EcoJel funded though the EuropeanRegional Development Fund(ERDF), administered throughINTERREG IIA, is essentially apartnership between the CMRC andSwansea University in Wales. EcoJel willexplore how increased jellyfishpopulations affect the tourism,aquaculture and fisheries sectors of theeconomy in the cross-border area. Theirimpact will be examined by tracking theirmovements and identifying the economicpotential of harvesting jellyfish in asustainable way as an eco-touristattraction.

CMRC is the project leader of the newINTERREG IVB funded IMCORE(Innovative Management for Europe’sChanging Coastal Resource) projectwhich was launched in May 2008. Thisproject will build upon the novel ‘expertcouplet’ approach, which saw successfulworking relationships built betweenresearch centres and local authorities,pioneered under the COREPOINTproject. One main goal of IMCORE is todevelop and help local authorities toimplement adaptive managementstrategies addressing climate changeimpacts on a range of social andeconomic sectors in the coastal zone. Inaddition, IMCORE will continue tosupport the Cork Harbour Forum,instigated under COREPOINT, and in thisrole facilitate the implementation of theIntegrated Management Strategy forCork Harbour.

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Funding and Publications

CMRC has a successful track record in competing for funding from national and international sources to deliverhigh quality innovative research outputs. The following table provides a list of projects with correspondingfunding source and amount for 2008.

Name Funding Body CMRC Total (€) LeadingIMCORE INTERREG IVB 595,673 �Conscience FP6 80,142

Ecoop FP6 153,872

Interrisk FP6 266,178

Monruk FP6 50,000

Spicosa FP6 201,760

Hermes FP6 75,000

Limes FP6 138,780

Coralfish FP7 231,383

Knowseas FP7 126,341

Mesma FP7 433,425

Beaufort A ward DCENR 1,860,004 �Griffith A ward GSI 851,877 �Geodi NDP Marine Institute 292,905 �Joined-Up Data NDP Seachange 606,351 �PRTLI 4 Megafauna HEA 225,956 �Jellyfish IRCSET Embark 96,295 �EPA Fellowship EPA 199,912 �EPA Governance EPA Strive 349,469 �EPA Climate Change EPA 628,090 �EPA Veg Seasonality EPA 40,000 �Gilpath Marine Institute 194,955 �Ecojel INTERREG IVA 354,930 �Broadhaven RSK 122,172 �Trail Development ECA D 26,932 �Tramore Bay Waterford Co.Council 10,000 �

Total 8,212,402

Table 1: Summary of active CMRC projects for 2008 showing corresponding funding bodyand total amount awarded.

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Funding and Publications

The Centre has a substantial publications record in terms of contribution to scientific literature. The followingtable summarises the publication record of CMRC staff in 2008. The Centre’s publication profile is notablystrong in relation to the “Peer reviewed commissioned report with policy or other statutory relevance”category.

Table 2: Number of CMRC publications according to type of publication in 2008.

Type of Publication 2008

Refereed A rticles in Journals 12

Edited Books 1

Chapters/A rticles in Books 6

Journal Issue (Editorship) 2

Conference Proceedings (Editorship) 1

Conference Paper Published in a Peer-Reviewed Proceedings 8

Graphical or Notational Compositions (maps, music, dance, etc) 5

(n) Commissioned Research Reports 22

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CMRC Financial Overview

Income €Research 1,220,618

Lecturing, Training & A nalysis 24,508

UCC Foundation 160,584

Overhead Income 99,633

Total 1,505,343Expenditure €Research 1,210,710

Overheads at CMRC 12,782

UCC Foundation 70,281

Overheads paid to UCC 141,726

Total 1,435,499

Balance 69,844

Table 3: CMRC Financial Review 2008

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Table A 1: List of the main national organisations in a working relationship with the CMRC in 2008.

Name of Body Nature of Collaboration

BIM (Bord Iascaigh Mhara-Irish Sea Fisheries Board) Project partners, provision of technical advice,joint field operations, joint publications

CIT (Cork Institute of Technology)/NMCI (NationalMaritime College of Ireland)

Co-development of MERC-I

COFORD (National Council for Forest Research andDevelopment)

Project partnership

County Councils: Cork, Fingal, Waterford, Kerry Project partnerships

DCENR (Department of Communications, Energy andNatural Resources)

Provision of strategic advice, project sponsorship

EPA (Environmental Protection A gency) Project partnership, fellowship, staff placement

ECA D (East Cork A rea Development) Provision of technical advice

Forestry Service Project partnership

GSI (Geological Survey of Ireland) Technical collaboration, joint publications, projectpartnership, field work

Higher Education A uthority Project Partners under PRTL 4

IRCSET (Irish Research Council for Science,Engineering & Technology)

Project Partnership

INS (Irish Naval Service) Provision of technical advice, joint fieldoperations

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Table A 1 cont’: List of the main national organisations in a working relationship with the CMRC in 2008.

Name of Body Nature of Collaboration

MI (Marine Institute) Technical collaboration, project partnership, staffplacement (7yrs), strategic planning, jointpublications

NMCI (National Maritime College of Ireland) Project partnership, MERC-I

NPWS (National Parks and Wildlife Service) Provision of technical advice, joint fieldoperations,

NUIG (National University of Ireland Galway) Project partnership, joint publications

NICMF (Northern Ireland Coastal and Marine Forum) ICONET (Irish Coastal Network) partners and network,NICMF hosted 2008 ICONET conference

Ordnance Survey Ireland Technical advice-Irish Coastal Forum

QUB (Queens University Belfast) Project partnership

POC (Port Of Cork) Project Partnership and networking relationshipthrough Cork Harbour Forum

SFPA (Sea Fisheries Protection A gency) Chairing of Consultative Committee

TCD (Trinity College Dublin) Grid computing, IT

Udaras Na Gaeltachta Technical advice provision, joint publication

UL (University of Limerick) Marine technology technical collaboration

UU (University of Ulster, Coleraine) Project partnership, technical cooperation, academiccooperation, joint publications

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Table A 2: List of the main international organisations in a working relationship with the CMRC in 2008,according to type of collaboration.

Nature of Collaboration List of Bodies/Institutes

MOU Memorial University, Canada

Virginia Institute of Marine Science, USA

Brazilian Space A gency

Project partnership, technical and academiccollaboration, staff placement

French Research Institute for Exploitation of theSea (IFREMER), France

Oregon State University, USA

Centre for Environment, Fisheries and A quacultureScience (CEFA S), UK

Cardiff University

Project Partnership A berdeen University, Scotland

A berdeen City Council, Scotland

A kdeniz University, A ntalya, Turkey

A ristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

British Marine A ggregate Producers A ssociation(BMA PA ), UK

Cardiff University, Wales

Cedre, France

CoastNet, England

Coastal Management Research Centre (COMREC),Sweden

Construction Industry Research and InformationA ssociation (CIRIA ), UK

Countyside Council for Wales, Wales

Delft Hydraulics, Netherlands

Devon County Council, England

Down District Council, Northern Ireland

Ecoles des Mines, France

Envision, Newcastle University, England

Environment A gency, UK

ENST Bretagne (Engineering School), France

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Table A 2 cont’: List of the main international organisations in a working relationship with the CMRC in 2008,according to type of collaboration.

Nature of Collaboration List of Bodies/Institutes

Project Partnership EUCC (Coastal and Marine Union), Netherlands

Game and Fisheries Research Institute, Finland

GeoScience Wales (GSW), Wales

GKSS (Research Centre), Germany

Gironde County Council, France

Institute of Marine Biology, Crete

Institute of Marine Sciences Canary Island, Spain

Instiut fuer Neuroinformatik, Germany

Italian Space A gency - A SI, Italy

Joint Research Centre (JRC), Italy

Lisbon University, Portugal

Lund University, Sweden

Maritime and Coastguard A gency, UK

Municipality of Calvia, Spain

Municipality of Samothraki, Greece

Municipality of Zandvoort, Netherlands

Nansen Centre, Norway

National Centre for Marine research - NCMR,Greece

Norwegian Meteorological Institute (DNMI), Norway

Norway Institute of Water Research (NIVA ), Norway

Optimare GmbH, Germany

Oregon State University, US

Plymouth Marine Laboratory, England

Pro A qua Baie de Morlaix, France

Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory, UK

Qinetiq, UK

Sea Mammal Reseach Group, Scotland

Sefton Council, England

Sesimbra Council, Portugal

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Table A 2 cont’: List of the main international organisations in a working relationship with the CMRC in 2008,according to type of collaboration.

Nature of Collaboration List of Bodies/Institutes

Project Partnership Southampton Oceanography Centre, UK

Southampton University, England

Stepnica Local Community, Poland

Strostroem County, Denmark

Swansea University, Wales

Teignbridge District Council, England

Telespazio, Italy

University of A egean, Greece

University of A lgarve, Portugal

University of Ghent, Belgium

University of Hamburg, Germany

University of Thessaly, Greece

University of Ulster, Coleraine, NorthernIreland

University of Western Brittany, France

Wildlife Trust, Wales