This is a voluntary initiative set up by researchers at UCC in collaboration with the Irish Naval Service and MOWI (a salmon aquaculture company). The Plankton Club aims to give undergraduate students the opportunity to improve their lab skills by providing them with hands-on experience identifying and counting zooplankton samples collected in our coastal seas. The initiative is funded by the National Forum (Higher Education Authority) and supported by the School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences at University College Cork.