2 February 2022

The STREAM project in collaboration with Bord Iascaigh Mhara has deployed a Gill Instruments MetPak Pro weather station in Castletownbere. This station along with a multiparameter Sonde measuring water quality will provide the area with a detailed picture of the meteorological and environmental parameters taking place and will help understand the impacts of climate change on fisheries, aquaculture and the general ecology of the marine environment.

Captain Shane Begley (BIM), John Ronan (WIT) and Hugh O’Sullivan (WIT) with the state of the art Gill Weather Station on the Roof of the BIM Fisheries College.

 

The STREAM team deployed the weather station on top of the BIM fisheries college building where it will provide valuable meteorological data and help to educate both members of the BIM training college and pupils from the local schools in the area.

The original barometer that was provided to Castletownbere by the Royal Meteorological Society in the 1800’s

The STREAM project is part-funded by the European Regional Development Fund under the Ireland Wales project.