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University College Cork - Coastal and Marine Resources Centre |
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The Coastal and Marine Resources Centre represents a multi-disciplinary group
within University College Cork (UCC). As an integral part of the overall
Coastal Zone Institute, and in collaboration with the Aquaculture Development
Centre (ADC) and the Hydraulics and Maritime Research Centre (HMRC),
the CRC serves as a critical source of expertise dedicated to coastal
and ocean research and resource studies. The CMRC is a leader in the
application of GIS to coastal and marine issues in Ireland, and an acknowledged
centre of excellence in the application of a range of specialised techniques
in the assessment and management of resources (in the fields of marine
biology, geography, geology, hydrography and oceanography) in the offshore
and coastal zone. With a current staff of 15 the Centre has worked on
35 projects (EU, national and consultancy) since 1997. The Centre has personal contact with most organisations and personnel
who have experience in marine surveying and has already completed studies
identifying all organisations that have performed surveys in Irish waters,
(confidential reports) and has further assessed (in-house study) those
operators who have the potential to do so in the future. The CMRC has
had involvement in the development of a computer based GIS for use in
defining coastal zone management needs and practices. The team has extensive
experience of fisheries, coastal and environmental data collection,
database design, modelling, using computer-based systems and their linkage
to GIS and management information systems, knowledge based decision
support systems and data analysis. The Coastal and Marine Resources Centre holds two confidential reports detailing
sample and cruise line data for Ireland deep marine territories and
documenting Irelands offshore operators baseline data requirements. Geographical Information Systems play a central role in the development
of coastal zone management plans. In particular, the CMRC and the Department
of Geography have developed a robust coastal zone GIS for the Cork County
coastline for use by coastal managers and has published several papers
The current Coastal GIS has been developed during the course of two
projects investigating the impacts of climate change and relative sea
level rise on the environmental resources of European coasts (EPOC-CT90-0015
and EV5V-CT93-0258) under the Third Framework Environment and Climate
Programme. In addition, the Coastal and Marine Resources Centre (CMRC) hosted an International
Conference on Coastal GIS in February 1995 attended by over 100 GIS
experts from around the world. |
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