
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.

With collaboration throughout Ireland’s Marine Protected Area process, Ireland’s waters continue to support coastal communities and wildlife.

Ocean literacy is the understanding of our individual and collective impact on the ocean and its impact on our lives and wellbeing

Ireland's current MPA network lacks monitoring and management, rendering the areas ineffective. New legislation must address this.

This area has high densities of bottlenose dolphins that are present here year-round. Clew Bay is one of a few Irish bays in which the critically endangered angel shark (Squatina squatina) and flapper skate are still found.