Year: 2015
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: The Marine Institute (MI), Ireland, are running a suite of operational regional and coastal ocean models of the North East Atlantic and the Irish coastal waters.Recent developments have been tailored to address several key needs of the aquaculture industry in the region.The authors present an overview of these model products and services.A shellfish model that includes growth and physiological interactions with the ecosystem has been developed and fully embedded within the 3D numerical modelling framework.It consists also of a microbial module for predicting the level of mussel contamination by coliforms.These models can assist in the estimations of carrying capacity and for assessing the impacts of pollution on aquaculture grounds and aid in the classification of shellfish waters.The physical coastal model of south-west Ireland provides 3 day forecasts of shelf water movement in the region, which are assimilated into a new HAB warning system produced for the end-users.Further services include the use of models for the identification of potential sites for offshore aquaculture, studies on cross-contamination of farms, e.g.dispersal of planktonic larval salmon lice, and products that underpin the assessment and advisory services on the sustainable exploitation of the marine fisheries resources.
Source: ORBi (University of Liège)
Language: English
Subfield: Oceanography
Field: Earth and Planetary Sciences
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
Funders: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, European Commission, Met Office, Agence Nationale de la Recherche, Belgian Federal Science Policy Office, Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Technologie, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, Eusko Jaurlaritza, Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad, Ministero dell’Istruzione, dell’Università e della Ricerca, University of Toronto, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Fundação Luso-Americana para o Desenvolvimento, Ministero dell'Ambiente e della Tutela del Territorio e del Mare, Axencia Galega de Innovación, Xunta de Galicia, Govern de les Illes Balears, Natural Environment Research Council, Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, European Regional Development Fund, Instituto Español de Oceanografía, Interreg, European Social Fund
OpenAlex ID: W2914215322