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Ireland’s eighth national park will be located off the coast of Kerry.
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.
COP28 wrapped up in Dubai this week. The climate talks were controversial from the get-go.
The Fair Seas Revitalising Our Seas report identifies 16 areas of interest (AOI) for MPA designation in Irish waters. The area of coast spanning Donegal to Sligo is one of these areas. It may be the smallest AOI identified in the Fair Seas Revitalising Our Seas report, covering just 0.29% of Ireland’s maritime area, but […]
The majority of the people of Ireland are aware of the deterioration ocean health and want more efforts to protect marine life.
A short film featuring the views of local communities from Donegal and Sligo who depend on the sea to make a living is set to receive its online premiere next week.
We are fortunate, it seems we already have a wealth of willing volunteers in tow. Now all we need are the new MPA designations.
Seamus says that a fish nursery ground outside his local harbour would make a good Marine Protected Area (MPA).
Fair Seas wants to see all Special Protection Areas (SPAs) and Special Areas of Conservation (SACs) properly managed.