Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 220: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of days the research vessels [i]Celtic Explorer[/i] and [i]Celtic Voyager[/i] spent at sea from 1 January 2006 to 1 September 2006; the research projects undertaken in that period that were on fish stocks; and the duration of said projects. [30270/06]

John Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)
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I am advised by the Marine Institute, which has responsibility for the research programmes undertaken by the research vessels, that Celtic Voyager spent 158 days at sea from 1 January 2006 to 1 September 2006, and Celtic Explorer spent 223 days at sea during the same period. The following fisheries research projects were undertaken by the two vessels during that period:

According to the Marine Institute, a further 81 days of fisheries research activity is scheduled to be undertaken by Celtic Explorer in the period from 1 September to 31 December 2006. These include: