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.
You never forget the first time you see a basking shark.
You never forget the first time you see a basking shark. A gigantic shark, seemingly out of nowhere, appeared right alongside our boat.
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 […]
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.
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.
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.