10 Benefits of Marine Protected Areas for fishing and coastal communities
With collaboration throughout Ireland’s Marine Protected Area process, Ireland’s waters continue to support coastal communities and wildlife.
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IRISH OCEAN LITERACY SURVEY REVEALS DEEP CONNECTION AND CONCERN FOR MARINE ENVIRONMENT
Ocean literacy is the understanding of our individual and collective impact on the ocean and its impact on our lives and wellbeing
Ten Key Asks of Ireland’s MPA Bill
Ireland's current MPA network lacks monitoring and management, rendering the areas ineffective. New legislation must address this.
Futureproof Extra: Fair Seas & Potecting Our Marine Habitats
Regina Classen is the Marine Policy and Research Officer with the Irish Wildlife Trust and co-author of the ‘Fair Seas’ report, ‘Revitalising Our Seas’. Regina joins Johnathon Mcrea on Newstalk’s Futureproof, to explain a little bit about what Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are and how they might look in Ireland. Some of the questions they […]
RTÉ Junior sets sail with Fair Seas
For World Oceans Day RTÉ Junior met with Fair Seas scientist, Sarah Hegarty of Birdwatch Ireland on the Ecolutions Podcast.
Revitalising Our Seas
The stirring seas that wrap around our small island are a wild place where ocean currents converge, great whales wander, and seabirds sail in from the four winds. As wild as our untamable seas may seem, human activity continues to leave its mark on our ocean ecosystems which play a vital role in food production, […]
Respecting our seas: the quest for ‘Good Environmental Status’.
The Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) is a European law designed to bring about ‘Good Environmental Status’ (GES) across European seas, including Irish waters.
Fair Seas Ocean Communicator Award
Last week Fair Seas had the honour of presenting the very first 'Ocean Communicator Award' to three winning groups of students at MTU.
An investment in nature: reform at the National Parks and Wildlife Service
With additional investment in the State’s institutions for nature conservation, delivered alongside fully resourced plans for expanding Ireland’s MPA network, and achieving GES, Ireland now has an exciting opportunity to put nature first.
“Protected” must mean PROTECTED
This week Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) voted on destructive fishing practices within Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) and beyond.
Real Voices with John Brittain
During our conversation we hear about his connection to the sea and that his livelihood depends on its health.
What is a Marine Protected Area?
Simply put, a Marine Protected Area is like a national park in the ocean.
Celebrating the women driving change at Fair Seas
We want to celebrate the women driving change at Fair Seas that are working to shape Ireland’s blue future. #BreakTheBias
Safeguarding Ireland’s seas: the growing case for greater protection and involving people
Summer is fast approaching, and right on cue, we are seeing the first reports of huge basking sharks lazily swimming in our coastal bays.
Ireland’s connection to the sea and the calls for “urgent action”
Fair Seas carried out an online survey to learn about the connection that people in Ireland have to the sea.
