387902da-0ddb-4d24-bdb3-38e5c07a0d61 eng series The Crown Estate +44 020 7851 5000 16 New Burlington Place London W1S 2HX United Kingdom enquiries@thecrownestate.co.uk http://www.thecrownestate.co.uk pointOfContact 2015-10-30 MEDIN Discovery Profile 2.3.8 2002-2010, SMRU Ltd., SeaGen Strangford Lough, Helicopter Seal Surveys along the Northern Ireland Coast 2010-11-11 creation 2009-11-17 publication SL_1 The Sea Mammal Research Unit (SMRU) undertakes routine surveys of harbour and grey seals around Scotland and part of England. The surveys provide the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) with information required to fulfil its statutory obligation under the Conservation of Seals Act, 1970, to provide the Scottish Government and the Department of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) with scientific advice related to the management of seal populations. SMRU carries out surveys of harbour seals (usually during their annual moult in August) from a helicopter using a thermal imaging camera. The imager is sensitive to infrared radiation in the 8-14 μm wavebands, encompassing the electromagnetic emission range of mammals. The thermal imaging camera can rapidly detect seals hauled out of the water and is ideal for locating seals on rocky shores where they can be very difficult to see, enabling long sections of coastline to be surveyed in a relatively short time. The aims of these surveys were to determine the overall numbers of harbour seals and pups and the locations of their haul-out sites between Carlingford Lough and Belfast Lough, including Strangford Lough. The surveys provide additional baseline information on the number and distribution of harbour and grey seals both inside and outside Strangford Lough, complementing the monthly boat surveys carried out inside Strangford Lough by the Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA) and National Trust (NT) staff. This series contains the 2009 and 2010 survey reports. Marine Current Turbines Limited +44 (0)117 926 9906 St Brandon’s House, 27-29 Great George Street, Bristol BS1 5QT http://www.marineturbines.com/ custodian SMRU Ltd 01334 463446 5, Atholl Crescent Edinburgh EH3 8EJ smru@st-andrews.ac.uk originator notPlanned .pdf Research The Crown Estate Renewable Energy Development Phases 2012-05-15 revision 1 Research and Development Activity The Crown Estate Renewable Energy Development Areas 2012-05-15 revision 1 Marine Mammals Global Change Master Directory Science Keyword variables 2007-04-18 revision 4 grey seals Marisaurus Thesaurus 2010-09-22 revision 28 Seal abundance Seal behaviour SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary 2015-09-09 revision 89 Helicopter ICES Platform Codes 2015-10-01 revision 488 Marine Environmental Data and Information Network Marine Environmental Data and Information Network http://marinedataexchange.co.uk/pages/terms-of-use.aspx copyright otherRestrictions copyright otherRestrictions http://marinedataexchange.co.uk/pages/terms-of-use. http://marinedataexchange.co.uk/pages/terms-of-use.aspx eng biota environment oceans -6.321722 -5.387884 53.981488 54.725227 2002-08-15 2010-08-20 http://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk/search?q=#fq=fq%3DProject%253Amde3dsl3956 download https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk/details/1921/summary A link to the web service or dataset. https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk A link to the general host site. series Metadata generated by The Crown Estate for the purposes of publishing on the Marine Data Exchange.