Protecting ocean life is good for nature, people and business
The majority of the people of Ireland are aware of the deterioration ocean health and want more efforts to protect marine life.
FAIR SEAS’ FILM SHINES LIGHT ON NORTHWEST COASTAL COMMUNITIES AND URGES ACTION FOR MARINE CONSERVATION
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.
People, nature and volunteerism while sailing ‘The Greater Skellig Coast’
We are fortunate, it seems we already have a wealth of willing volunteers in tow. Now all we need are the new MPA designations.
Real Voices, Episode Five with Seamus O’Flaherty, Kilmore Quay
Seamus says that a fish nursery ground outside his local harbour would make a good Marine Protected Area (MPA).
FAIR SEAS WELCOME NEW CONSERVATION AREA BUT SEEK REASSURANCE OVER MANAGEMENT
Fair Seas wants to see all Special Protection Areas (SPAs) and Special Areas of Conservation (SACs) properly managed.
Year One of the Fair Seas Campaign
It’s safe to say that Ireland’s coastal and maritime communities lack no ambition when it comes to ensuring healthy seas are passed down to the next generation.
The Greater Skellig Coast Hope Spot
A large swathe of ocean off the south west coast of Ireland has been added to a list of ‘Hope Spots’ by the global marine conservation movement Mission Blue, led by legendary oceanographer Dr. Sylvia Earle.
Expanding Ireland’s Marine Protected Areas – A Legal Handbook
This legal guide will complement the recently published scientific report “Revitalising our Seas” and help steer the conversation about marine protected areas in Ireland amongst all stakeholders.
COP27: Ocean recognition but lack of meaningful action
Recognising the importance of our one global ocean is also critical in connecting the already occurring and devastating impacts of climate change, to the political inertia of faraway and historically high-emitting nations.
SMART plan needed for Ireland’s biodiversity
Fair Seas welcomed the opportunity to respond to the NBAP public consultation and agreed with Minister of State for Heritage and Electoral Reform, Malcolm Noonan in his foreword that a successful plan ‘will set the national biodiversity agenda for the period 2023-2027 and aims to deliver the transformative changes required to the ways in which we value and protect nature’.
Common Fisheries Policy Review 2022: The process so far
The CFP fails to recognise the greatest challenge facing the planet; climate change. This is one of a number of criticisms discussed by a coalition of EU NGOs as climate change is not mentioned in the CFP.
Real Voices with Iarfhlaith Connellan
Real Voices with Iarfhlaith Connellan discussed actual examples of oyster and scallop population restoration projects in Ireland.