NOTICE TO ALL SHIPOWNERS, FISHING VESSEL OWNERS, AGENTS, SHIPMASTERS, SKIPPERS, FISHERMEN, YACHTSMEN and SEAFARERS

The Department of Transport wishes to advise that two new data buoys will be deployed by the Marine Institute in the Galway Bay area.  One buoy is located at Mace Head and the other at Mid-Bay which is east of the Aran Islands. The exact locations of the buoys are:

  
                      Latitude                  Longitude
Mace Head    53° 19.8566 N       9° 55.9500 W
Mid Bay         53° 08.0937 N       9° 30.6574 W
                                                (See also Figure1)

These will be on station from Monday 14th July 2008. All vessels are requested to give the buoys a wide berth.  A schematic diagram of the buoys to be deployed is attached (Figure 2).

These buoys are part of the SmartBay programme (www.smartbay.ie).  They will be transmitting meteorological, water quality and oceanographic information.  The data of these buoys will be soon available on the Marine Institute website.

Director General
Maritime Safety Directorate
Department of Transport,
Leeson Lane,
Dublin 2.

14 July 2008

For any technical assistance in relation to this Marine Notice please contactThe Marine Surveyors Office, Leeson Lane, Dublin 2 +353 1 678 3400For information in relation to technical specification/type approval of radio equipment contact the Radio Surveyors +353 1 678 2363/2364/2365/2367.For general enquiries please contact the Maritime Safety Division at +353-1-678 3418Any enquiries concerning Marine Notices should be addressed to:Maritime Safety Directorate, Department of Transport, Leeson Lane, Dublin 2Email: marinenotices@transport.ie Or visit us at: www.transport.ie