The BioMar Project

ORGANISATION

Project administration

• National Parks and Wildlife, Dúchas - The Heritage Service, 51 St Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2, Ireland (NPW)

Scientific co-ordination

• Dr Mark J. Costello, Environmental Sciences Unit, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland

Partnership with

• Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland. (TCD)
• Marine Nature Conservation Review of the Joint Nature Conservation Committee, Monkstone House, Peterborough, PE1 1UA, UK. (JNCC)
• University of Newcastle-on-Tyne, Department of Marine Sciences and Coastal Management, University of Newcastle, Newcastle-upon Tyne NE1 7RU, UK. (Newcastle)
• AIDEnvironment, Donker Curtiusstraat 7-523, 1051 JL Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Collaboration with

• Martin Ryan Institute, University College Galway, Glaway, Ireland.
• Aqua-Fact International Ltd., Galway, Ireland.

AIMS

Develop a system for surveying marine biotopes (i.e. habitats, fauna, and flora), and storing, analysing and presenting this data for conservation management.

• survey marine biotopes of the Republic of Ireland (TCD)
• map and review coast-land biotopes of Ireland (NPW)
• provide list of coastal sites in Ireland for inclusion in NATURA 2000 (sites to be protected under the EC Habitats Directive) (NPW)
• assess remote survey methods for marine biotopes (Newcastle)
• develop computerised databases and mapping systems for marine conservation management (TCD and JNCC)
• develop a classification system for marine biotopes of the North East Atlantic (JNCC)
• provide an inventory of marine protected areas in Europe (AIDEnvironment)

DURATION

September 1992 to June 1997