Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed TD launched a new inshore survey boat in Kinsale, Co Cork on 8 April.
The Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM)T Burke II will be primarily used to monitor and survey mussel bed stocks in Dingle Bay and along the east coast from Carnsore Point, Co Wexford to Carlingford, Co Louth. A side scan sonar will send sound waves to the bottom of the seabed allowing BIM technical officers to know whether seed mussel is present or not.
https://thefishsite.com/articles/irish-launch-new-survey-boat-to-monitor-mussel-beds
