INFOMAR, Coastal Mapping in Ireland needs, costs and results

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1 INFOMAR, Coastal Mapping in Ireland needs, costs and results Koen Verbruggen Geological Survey of Ireland Kunnskap for Framtida MAREANO Workshop, Trondheim, Norway, 6th Feb 2012

2 Overview 1. Context - INSS & UNCLOS 2. INFOMAR Stakeholders & Objectives 3. Survey, Products & Data Delivery 4. Cost & Cost Benefit Analysis

3 1. Context UNCLOS 1996 A1 B1 C1 Zone Mareano A1 Workshop, = 147,375km Zone B1 = 56,470km 2 Zone C1 =27,590km 2

4 1. Context UNCLOS 1996 Irish designated area = 652,000 Sq Kms PAD area coverage = 231,000 Sq Kms Area mapped by Irish Petroleum Division for Shelf delimitation in 1996.

1. Context INSS 1999-2005 Area mapped by INSS and PAD Irish designated area = 652,000 Sq Kms INSS area coverage = 432,000 Sq Kms INSS plus PAD

5 1. Context INSS Area mapped by INSS and PAD Irish designated area = 652,000 Sq Kms INSS area coverage = 432,000 Sq Kms INSS plus PAD coverage = 527,000 Sq Kms Area to be surveyed = 125,000 Sq Kms Irish National Seabed Survey and PAD survey coverage of the Irish Designated Area.

2. INSS - 1999-2005 Irish National Seabed Survey The largest civilian marine mapping programme worldwide (2005) All Irish territory >200m 1999 - Government decision to fund Managed by the GSI with

6 2. INSS Irish National Seabed Survey The largest civilian marine mapping programme worldwide (2005) All Irish territory >200m Government decision to fund Managed by the GSI with the MI as a strategic partner Total allocation, over a 7 year period, of almost 32m Survey began in From 2003 using R.V. Celtic Explorer and other state vessels NB Geological, Geophysical & Bathymetric Mapping

7 2. Nearshore Stakeholders Irish Government - UNCLOS SOLAS WFD Transport / Shipping Environment Heritage Coastal Zone Management Fisheries Knowledge Economy Resource Management Oil/ Site Investigation Aggregates Fish Spawning Grounds Wind & wave energy sites Marine Leisure/Diving

2. INFOMAR 2006+ INtegrated Mapping FOr the Sustainable

Partnership between MI & GSI Multi platform survey for marine

8 2. INFOMAR INtegrated Mapping FOr the Sustainable Development of Ireland s MARine Resource Shallow water survey Partnership between MI & GSI Multi platform survey for marine integrated mapping Feasibility Study Priority Bays 3 Priority Areas

2. INFOMAR - Program 20 Year Programme 2012 Phase 1: Priority bays & coastal areas (2006

9 2. INFOMAR - Program 20 Year Programme 2012 Phase 1: Priority bays & coastal areas ( ) Phase 2 : Remaining Irish marine territories ( ) Estimated 84m investment 640m NOK

10 3. Products & Data Delivery Data Acquisition Methods Multi/Singlebeam/Swath Airborne LiDAR Gravity Sparker Towed Video ROV Magnetics Side Scan sonar

8m 16 knots - 45 days endurance 10 knots - 14 days endurance Mapping from 250 to 50m

11 3. INFOMAR Platforms RV Celtic Explorer RV Celtic Voyager 65.5m / 15m / 5.8m 31.4m / 8.5m / 3.8m 16 knots - 45 days endurance 10 knots - 14 days endurance Mapping from 250 to 50m Mapping from 50 to 15m Fugro Seis / Ixsea Gaps USBL / SBP / EM1002/3002 / Edge_GeoAc SSS / GeoRes SBP_VC c. 20 days pa. Groundtruthing c. 100 days pa in 2 week legs

navigation systems - Sonardyne USBL - MBES Simrad EA400-EM3002D Marine Magnetics magnetometer -

12 RV Keary RV Geo 15.5m / 5.6m / 1.5m 7.4m Redbay Rib 22 knots 30 knots / 300 NM 2-3 days endurance 1 day endurance POS MV inertial navigation systems - Sonardyne USBL - MBES Simrad EA400-EM3002D Marine Magnetics magnetometer - Edgetech 4200 SSS - SBP Chirp profiler -SBP Geo- Mareano Workshop, Resources GEO : SEA Swath Interferometric Mapping sysytem c. 180 days p.a. each vessel, daylight ops

13 Airborne Marine LIDAR Red surface & Green deep Laser 10-30m in clear water (West Coast) High speed & cost Safe on shallow rocky coastlines Waveform analysis pseudo backscatter

14 Multibeam output - product Shaded relief map Trough discovered off SW Coast, km x 400m x 20m

15 Multibeam Backscatter Backscatter map

16 Backscatter to Classification Physical habitat/classification map Caris Backscatter - QTC Classes & Groundtruthing

Products & Data Delivery Key Products and

Backscatter Maps Shaded Relief Maps Seabed

Google Earth Fledermaus DTM s ArcMap Grids

Fisheries Resource Management Aggregates

17 Products & Data Delivery Key Products and Applications PRODUCTS Bathymetry Maps Backscatter Maps Shaded Relief Maps Seabed Classification Wreck Sheets Cetacean Reports Google Earth Fledermaus DTM s ArcMap Grids Magnetic Mapping Geological interpretations (sub bottom profiler / sparker data) Sediment analysis Reports Research Outputs APPLICATIONS Transport / Shipping Environment Coastal Zone Management Heritage Fisheries Resource Management Aggregates Fish Spawning Grounds Wind & wave energy sites Marine Leisure Spatial planning tools

18 Marine Heritage Marine Leisure Fisheries Multibeam Wreck Location & Reporting Wrecks Booklet Information Sheets.pdf Online Archive Fledermaus 3D Digital Terrain Model Uncharted wreck located during 2008 INFOMAR survey on approaches to Killybegs INSS 246 wrecks mapped 71 new discoveries INFOMAR 16 Wreck Sheets

Added Value/Applied Research Research Researchers on project team Seabed Classification, Gas in sediments (Marine Resistivity) Glacial Geology, GIS, Multibeam techniques Fund Research Projects c.

19 Added Value/Applied Research Research Researchers on project team Seabed Classification, Gas in sediments (Marine Resistivity) Glacial Geology, GIS, Multibeam techniques Fund Research Projects c.15 per annum > c. 300k, > 200 to date 2011 Call 23 Projects Funded! Provide equipment Vibrocore, sparker, magnetics, grabs Ship Time & advice/knowledge centre National Research Vessels & Survey staff International collaboration e.g OGS Aug 09 Celtic Sea VENTure MidAtlantic 2011

Seabed (INSS & INFOMAR) data are available, free of charge on web This includes raster images (tiffs, geotiffs), GIS data, Excel tables and Access databases, google earth, etc Visit

20 Seabed (INSS & INFOMAR) data are available, free of charge on web This includes raster images (tiffs, geotiffs), GIS data, Excel tables and Access databases, google earth, etc Visit following website for download html February open and free access to all GSI data Data Delivery

21 Web Mapping

22 Data Delivery system

23 4. Yes, But is it worth it? INSS INFOMAR Total to date 32m NOK 245m 23m NOK 176m 55m NOK 421m What could we have got for the money? 5 Second Level Schools 2.5km of Motorway Dublin Port Tunnel 2 Boring machines! 280m of Dublin Port Tunnel (4.5km 804m) Another Irish Marine Institute Building! 2 New Celtic Explorers (23m)

24 4. But is it worth it? INFOMAR Marine Mapping Study Options Appraisal July 2008 Pricewaterhouse Coopers

25 Rationale for public expenditure on INFOMAR 1. Market Failure Nature of Benefits are such that a private sector operator would not undertake the project 2. Legislative and Regulatory Requirements Assists Government in complying with national and international law 3. Marine Resource Information Requirements Driven by the need to manage the marine resource from an environmental, economic and social perspective 4. Research and Contribution to the Knowledge Economy Improves Ireland s technical capacity for seabed mapping

26 Summary of Options Option Title Description End date 1 Do Minimum Continue the project for remainder of current funding period (Dec 2008) and Priority Areas Only 3 INFOMAR Strategy in full 4 INFOMAR Strategy in full, phased then stop. Complete the mapping of the 26 priority bays and 3 priority coastal areas (Phase1) Mapping of Phases 1 and 2 and implementation of all components of INFOMAR strategy Mapping of Phases 1 (by 2016) and 2 (by 2026) and implementation of all components of INFOMAR strategy

27 Option Costs In consultation with the INFOMAR project team, costs for each of the Options were estimated Budget costs are estimated from 2009 onwards Option Data acquisition 0 19,643 55,758 60,921 Data management 0 3,810 3,810 3,825 Uplift for inflation 0 4,103 10,345 29,109 Total 0 27,556 69,913 93,855

28 Summary of Benefits Across each option, benefits were identified and categorised as follows: Commercial/ Resource Benefits Fishing, Aquaculture, Biodiversity, Energy, Aggregates, Tourism/ Leisure Knowledge Economy Research Funding ESONIM, HERMES, IMAGIN (EMODNET/GEOSEAS) Legislative requirements and obligations SOLAS, UNCLOS, MARPOL, WFD, OSPAR Convention, Habitats Directive (MSFD) Environmental Benefits (not quantified) Protection of marine life, protection of heritage and others

29 Estimated value of benefits Option Commercial 38, , , ,153 Knowledge 2,226 8,111 16,222 10,193 Economy Legislative 2,028 6,083 8,111 7,453 Total PV of Benefits 43, , , ,799 A number of other benefits identified have not been quantified: Environmental benefits Speculative benefits hydrocarbon find, avoidance of state liability for clean-up of environmental disaster, bio-tech discovery.

30 NPV and Benefit Cost Ratios Option NPV 000 BCR 1 Do Minimum 43,226 N/A 2 Priority Areas Only 225, Zones 1 and 2 by , Zones 1 and 2 by , Estimated return on project is 4 to 6 times cost Led to decision in 2008 to continue to 2013 Review in 2012 & Decision on continuance 2013

31 But how are we doing now? Commercial Fishing bad poor take up/ format issues but OLEX use growing Aggregates bad demand collapse Renewables good Wave & wind push/ Deep Aquaculture - New Knowledge Economy Leveraged projects good - Emodnet, Geology & Hydrography Geoseas, INIS Hydro, Atlanterra Research good - > 200 projects using data Smart Economy growing input/ 3D visualisation/ Patents etc Legislative SOLAS/IHO- good EU Directives OK WFD mis-match/ MSFD evolving National good SEAs on Oil & Gas, Renewables Will know better this year Another External Project Review! But in the words of L Oreal!

32 Making Ireland bigger! A1 B1 C1 Zone Mareano A1 Workshop, = 147,375km Zone B1 = 56,470km 2 Zone C1 =27,590km 2

33 INSS/INFOMAR Coverage end 11 Still a lot to do! 2012 New Platform RESON 7101 Satellite/Terrestrial Lidar Increased Data Demand Listed as Key Enabler Irish Ocean Wealth/MSP

34 Deep V Coastal Mapping Survey Cost INSS 437,000km.sq 32M 74 persq.km INFOMAR 125,000km.sq. 84M 672 per sq.km Cost X 10 times IMPACT INSS INFOMAR UNCLOS, Deep Sea Fishing, Petroleum, Research Fishing, Aggregates, Renewable Energy, Transport, Tourism, Development, Diving, Aquaculture Impact/Visibility > 10 Times Coastal Programme Harder Work & More Expensive but Greater Impact (Political & Stakeholder) & Reward! New Programmes: UK Mare Map, France Littoral, Spanish Provinces

35 Come and find out more at our Annual Seminar Cork, Oct 11 & 12 th & visit us at Thanks for listening, Good luck with Coastal Mapping

INFOMAR: An Introduction and Invitation to INFOMAR 2012

INFOMAR: An Introduction and Invitation to INFOMAR 2012 Koen Verbruggen Presented by Janine Guinan Geological Survey of Ireland 10 th October, 2012 GEOSEAS Seminar Cork Context UNCLOS 1996 Area mapped