Sources of Environmental Information
Other sources of relevant environmental data may be given by the Department when commenting on the scoping of plans or programmes.
a) Details of the National Marine Monitoring Programmes and its datasets are available at: http://www.epa.ie/NewsCentre/ReportsPublications/Water/FileUpload,740,en.pdf
b) Marine environmental data held by the Marine Institute can be obtained through:-http://www.marine.ie/online+services/data+services/index.htm
c) Information on groundwater can be found at:- www.gsi.ie
d) Information in relation to dealing with natural heritage areas is given at:- http://www.gsi.ie/workgsi/heritage/heritage-frame.htm
e) Details of the microbiological classification of shellfish growing waters under Regulation 8 (1) of the European Communities (Live Bivalve Molluscs) (Health Conditions for Production and Placing on the Market) Regulations, 1996 (S.I. No. 147 of 1996) can be found at:- http://www.fsai.ie/sfma/about.asp
f) Details of fish catches in rivers can be obtained in the Wild Salmon and Sea Trout Tagging Scheme Fisheries Statistic Report 2001 - 2003 http://www.cfb.ie/pdf/sal03.pdf
g) The Central Fisheries Board has records of nutrient levels in lakes, water quality in canals and aquatic plant surveys.
h) Regional Fisheries Boards have records of salmonid spawning beds, angling stretches, access ways for angling, net fisheries and catches, eel fisheries and catches, mollusc catches, fish stocking programmes, fish stocks in estuaries, rivers and lakes, and fish kills.
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