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.
Webinar: Revitalising Irish Seas
Fair Seas members and authors of the report 'Revitalising Our Seas' presentation at a virtual UN Ocean Conference side event.
Fair Seas at the UN Ocean Conference
Fair Seas attended the second UN Ocean Conference in Lisbon, Portugal. With over 300 side events taking place throughout the week, major announcements from government representatives at the conference, and a huge uptick in civil society representation compared to the 2017 event, it was a busy week from start to finish for the Fair Seas team.
UN Oceans Conference – Fair Seas welcomes Ireland’s €10 million funding announcement for overseas marine protection
at the United Nations Ocean Conference in Lisbon, Portugal, Minister of State for Heritage and Electoral Reform, Minister Noonan announced that Ireland will provide €10 million in funding to address ocean challenges faced by developing countries including Small Island Developing States.
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 […]
Ireland will be legally obliged to restore nature on land and at sea
Yesterday saw the publication of a new proposal from the European Union for a Nature Restoration Law. The new law will set legally binding targets for nature restoration both on land and at sea.
French Missile Testing To Take Place in Irish Marine Biodiversity Hotspot
At Fair Seas we seek to protect, conserve and restore Ireland’s unique marine environment. The Irish Government has issued a notice warning that a French ‘missile/rocket firing exercise’ will take place in Ireland’s Exclusive Economic Zone to the southwest of the country from June 21 - 27.
New Fair Seas Video & Ministerial Visit To Rockabill Island
FAIR SEAS LAUNCH NEW VIDEO AND VISIT ONE OF EUROPE’S RAREST BREEDING SEABIRDS Boat trip to Rockabill highlights new report on Marine Protected Areas.
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, […]
18 Fold Increase In Marine Protected Areas Needed
Ireland’s Marine Protected Areas must increase 18-fold by the end of the decade in order to restore critical habitats, safeguard wildlife and address the climate crisis according to a new report commissioned by the Fair Seas campaign.
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.
