🐟Busy day in the Furnace, Newport hatchery for our Marine Institute captive breeding program for freshwater #PearlMussels. The team are looking for #glochidiosis (larval mussels attached to the gills) in the 2023/2024 cohorts of salmon and trout. All fish are measured and checked for

You just don't know what you will find when your exploring with an Underwater Drone 👍 eel's are very curious of the drones 😆 Go to hydrone.ie to see the training Philip Keena can provide to get you exploring under the surface!! #research #recreation #exploring

Inspecting aquaculture nets & moorings👍 Underwater drones are quick and safe to deploy helping to locate spots for repairs, reducing a Divers time spent in the water If you need services or training with this equipment go to hydrone.ie #drones #rov #diving

New Pearl Mussel broodstock just arrived in the Marine Institute Furnace hatchery from the Owenea and Newport rivers. 🫰🏼🫰🏼 they will release glochidia in the next month or so #margaritifera

Looking forward to a morning of flash presentations from our 2024 bursars. 📷 Our CEO judging the posters on display at reception that they also had to present. #Marine #Bursars #Summer24

Glad to help MKO inspect for macrophytes using ROV! High quality cameras and mechanical grab allows valuable information be gathered from aquatic environments 🌊 need training or services go to hydrone.ie to see how Philip Keena can help👍 #Drone #ROV

Want to get training using underwater drones or need services carried out using this equipment get in touch at hydrone.ie to see how we can help 👍 #exploringunderthesurface

Check out a study we did a while back, just published online today 🙂… Examining fish scale biomineral from Atlantic salmon populations - Tray - Journal of Fish Biology - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jf… Quentin Crowley Elvira de Eyto ATU MFRC TCD Centre for the Environment

Glochidia of Margaritifera (Freshwater Pearl mussels) attaching onto our hatchery salmon 🤩🤩 this week Love to see it ❤️💚 Marine Institute National Parks and Wildlife Service

Well done Elvira de Eyto and team. 🤞🤞 it's a good sign.

Thanks BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland for letting me use my ROV to get some footage of macrophytes with you👍 species Najas flexilis and Hydrilla recorded with the use of ROV Great workshops and field days organised by BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland highly recommend #ROV #aquaticplants #exploreunderthesurface

Great excitement here to today when Philip Keena spotted some of our Freshwater Pearl Mussels releasing glochidia into the fish tanks. The salmon 🐟was having a taste. The 2nd 🎥 is of snapping glochidia under the 🔬 looking for a fish. #CaptiveBreeding Marine Institute National Parks and Wildlife Service

Trichodiniasis and glochidiosis in one 📽️!! Once the Pearl mussel glochidia have been released from their mother, they have 24 hours of snapping to find a🐟 Heres some footage of encysted glochidia, and Trichodina, a gill parasite 🛸 Philip Keena Marine Institute National Parks and Wildlife Service

Looking forward to seeing all the work being done, and presenting on pilot study work done to date for PhD! See you all there!

📢JOB OPPORTUNITIES WITH US 🔹Scientific Technical Officer (STO) - Addressing Climate Change and Human Activities Threats to Marine Biodiversity (BioProtect) 📅December 10, 2024 🔹Scientific & Technical Officer (STO): Inshore Fisheries Shellfish Stock Assessment📅December 10,

HyDrone located and retrieved a temp logger (missing for 3 Years!) using QYSEA · FIFISH AI ROV ROV! Logger will give useful information of the site👍Thanks to National Parks and Wildlife Service and Pascal Sweeney for reaching out. Go to hydrone.ie to get in touch with Philip Keena for more info

Great to be able to help recover this important piece of equipment, such recoveries are possible using underwater drones 👍

PhD position in Freshwater Ecology available ATU Galway City. Would suit someone with ecology, environmental science, agroecology, or similar background atu.ie/research/postg… Heather Lally ATU MFRC

Applications are now open for the 2025 Marine Institute Bursary Programme! Undergraduate students can gain practical work experience in a number of marine areas such as Fisheries, Oceanography and Aquaculture. Bursary positions are located at Oranmore, Co Galway and at

Reservoir tank inspection using ROV youtu.be/p44K1RjJUHA?si… via YouTube Example of one of the many things HyDrone Ireland can do with Underwater Drones #exploringunderthesurface