Research – Marine Institute Staging

Explore Marine Institute facilities and systems for marine and controlled freshwater aquaculture research.

Aerial coastal landscape representing the Lehanagh Pool marine research environment

Aquaculture research routes

Choose between a real-world marine research site in Connemara and a controlled freshwater system at Newport.

Explore research facilities

Aquaculture research pens and yellow buoys floating on calm water beneath a cloudy sky.

Lehanagh Pool Marine Research Site

Access aquaculture infrastructure and environmental data at a working marine research site in Connemara.

Indoor recirculating aquaculture tanks containing many small fish, with pipes and filtration equipment above.

Recirculating Aquaculture System

Explore the freshwater research system installed within the Newport hatchery facilities.

Research at Lehanagh Pool

The site supports collaboration, testing, and long-term ecosystem monitoring for people working in marine science.

View Lehanagh Pool Marine Research Site

Freshwater system at Newport

Through the Newport Strategy, the Marine Institute upgraded the existing hatchery facilities and installed a freshwater recirculating aquaculture system in 2019. The system has eight 5.5-cubic-metre tanks.

View Recirculating Aquaculture System