Irish team investigates past climate change in Artic region

An Irish-led team of scientists on board the Marine Institute’s RV Celtic Explorer has spent 24 days in the Nordic and Greenland Seas investigating past climate change in the Arctic region. Scientists from NUI Galway, University of Southampton…

EirWind project: green energy self-sufficiency by 2050

Ocean Focus (Summer) 2020 direct to your inbox! The headlines... Ireland gears up for total self-sufficiency in green energy by 2050: Interview with Val Cummins on the EirWind project Fishing industry rejects voluntary tie-up scheme…
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Ireland launches Brexit Readiness Action Plan

Four months out from the end of the transition period of the UK's departure from the European Union, a Brexit Readiness Action Plan published by the Irish government set outs the necessary preparations for 'substantial and enduring' changes…

Brexit readiness end of transition period

Marine Notice No. 35 of 2020 (Please note this Marine Notice supersedes the following Marine Notices No. 7 of 2018, No.23 of 2018, No. 34 of 2018, No.37 of 2018, No.1 of 2019, No.46 of 2019) Notice to all Ship Operators, Fishing Vessel Owners,…

Ireland rolls out sea-fisheries compliance system

An IT system designed to support increased compliance with sea-fishing regulations is nearing completion. VALID, a fully automated cross-check system developed for the Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) and the Defence Force's Fisheries…
Irish mackerel and prawn fisheries are heavily dependent on access to UK waters

Impasse on fisheries continues despite advancing precipice

An impasse on fisheries continues to prevail as the EU and UK enter final Brexit talks on September 7 and 28.  These are crunch deadline dates to process Treaty ratification if an agreement is to take effect on January 1 next. The EU will…

Fishing industry up in arms over penalty points u-turn

Taoiseach and acting Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Micheál Martin, has enacted 'highly controversial' penalty points legislation with zero fishermen consultation and in spite of stridently opposing it while in opposition. "This…

Cultural values in small-scale fisheries management

Exploring how the role of cultural values could be integrated into small-scale fisheries management is the subject of a webinar (Sept 9) organised by Ireland's seafood development agency. The public, free event, chaired and facilitated by…

Mission Ocean: Citizens of the Sea awareness campaign

Empowering and inspiring European citizens to become citizens of the sea is a key goal of the European Commission's 'Mission for Health Seas, Coastal and Inland Waters. The Mission aims to create a community of citizens who value the oceans…