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Benthic Invertebrate Component 2025/2026 Timetable (Scheme Year 32)

Module/Exercise

Module

Date

RT69 - General

Samples distributed

31/10/25

 

Results deadline

12/12/25

 

Interim reporting deadline

19/12/25

 

Final report deadline

20/02/26

 

 

 

RT70 - Targeted

Samples distributed

20/02/26

 

Results deadline

17/04/26

 

Interim reporting deadline

10/04/26

 

Final report deadline

29/05/26

 

 

 

LR30

Protocol and request for specimens distributed

31/10/25

 

Specimen submission deadline

12/12/25

 

Interim reports deadline

13/03/26

 

LR summary report deadline

27/03/26

 

 

 

OS89–91

Request for sample data distributed

31/10/25

 

Data submission deadline for sample selection - Batch 1

Data submission deadline for sample selection - Batch 2

28/11/25

27/03/26

 

Selected samples submission deadline - Batch 1

Selected samples submission deadline - Batch 2

12/12/25

01/05/26

 

Interim report final deadline (for samples received before 23 December 2023) Batch 1

Interim report final deadline - Batch 2

27/03/26

 

 

03/07/26

 

OS summary report deadline

24/07/26

Annual Report Deadline

 

31/07/26

Workshop - Experts

Venue TBC (University of Galway)

TBC Autumn 2026

Workshop - Beginners

TBC - Subject to demand

November 2025

Scheme Components
Epibiota Invertebrates Current Participants
Current Timetable
Workshops Reports Literature and Taxonomic Keys Zooplankton Particle Size Analysis Fish Phytoplankton Macroalgae Under Development eDNA

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