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With collaboration throughout Ireland’s Marine Protected Area process, Ireland’s waters continue to support coastal communities and wildlife.

Ocean literacy is the understanding of our individual and collective impact on the ocean and its impact on our lives and wellbeing

Ireland's current MPA network lacks monitoring and management, rendering the areas ineffective. New legislation must address this.

New Guidance on Natura 2000 sites and Fishing. What does it means for Ireland’s coastal communities and inshore fishing?

Fair Seas welcomes the decision made by Minister to restrict trawling by vessels over 18 metres in Ireland’s inshore waters.

On attending the 10th our ocean conference in Busan, Korea €23.86 million was pledged by Ireland in support of healthy seas.

What the Irish Government can learn about good stakeholder engagement from Marine Protected Areas in the Azores Archipelago, Portugal.

It’s easy to forget that the land we live on is only 10 percent of Ireland’s total area. Emma reflects on a week on board the Celtic Mist.

Kilcoole Little Tern colony has grown from 20 pairs in the 1980s to 270 pairs in 2024 thanks to active management from Birdwatch Ireland.

Five-month operation surveyed over 3200 kilometres of coastline raising fresh concerns about lack of monitoring of Ireland’s inshore waters.

Ireland’s eighth national park will be located off the coast of Kerry.

This policy position reflects on six key issues pertaining to the development of offshore renewables in the Irish maritime area.

Harbour porpoise and bottlenose dolphins added as Qualifying Interests to 16 marine and coastal SACs.

All sea-fishing boats over 18m in length overall excluded from trawling inside the six nautical mile zone and baselines’.

Half of Irish waters are more resilient to the effects of global warming but more than half of Irish waters host climate change sanctuaries.