Shark Awareness Day – From Jaws to Shark Week: How Much Do You Know About Sharks? On Shark Awareness Day, Learn Why We Need to Protect Them. Feared and respected […]
Everything you need to know about Whale Shark on International Shark Day. It is the largest fish in the world; it has hundreds of small teeth that it does not […]
Celebrating Irish sharks of all shapes and sizes for Shark Awareness Day. The Marine Institute is recognising sharks of all shapes and sizes for Shark Awareness Day. Irish waters are […]
FOS Honours Shark Day – Friend of the Sea Honors Shark Day with Petition Against Shark Finning and New Seafood By-Catch and Tourism Standards – Friend of the Sea, the […]
Bakkafrost Scotland head of health picks role model of the year. Bakkafrost Scotland’s Head of Health, Kimberley McKinnell, has been named ‘Role Model of the Year’ at the Women in Scottish […]
England’s first national Marine and Coastal Wildlife Code launches to help people enjoy the coast responsibly. First national Marine and Coastal Wildlife Code launches in England to help protect animals […]
Oceana Canada calls for rethink on capelin fishery. Oceana Canada says the recent decision by Canadian Fisheries Minister Joyce Murray to continue overfishing capelin, a critically depleted forage fish in […]
Hai Trieu Food earns Friend of the Sea Certification for sustainable wild-caught yellowfin tuna. Hai Trieu Food is one of Vietnam’s top seafood producers exporting yellowfin tuna and dried seafood […]
Oceans of Learning celebrates our sea with success. Over the past four weeks, the Marine Institute and partners have been celebrating our seas through the 2021 Oceans of Learning series, […]
Things we can do to save endangered species and prevent a new wave of extinction. More than 37,000 species are threatened with extinction. On Endangered Species Day, help to save […]
The Marine Institute’s Explorers Education Programme are delighted to announce that the Explorers CPD Teacher Training course will be on offer in collaboration with five education supports centres including Galway, […]
Urgent Curbs on Drifting FADs – More than 100 organisations call for urgent curb on destructive drifting-FADs to rebuild tuna stocks and protect fragile marine ecosystems. An urgent call was […]
Loggerhead Marinelife Centre’s Go Blue Awards, nominations now open for one of the world’s most pre-eminent ocean conservation awards. The 12th Annual Go Blue Awards, hosted by Loggerhead Marine Centre […]
Sea turtle watching standard debuted by Friend of the Sea. Global certification standards body provides guidelines for sustainable observation of a wide range of sea turtle species Friend of the […]
FOS Launches Sustainable Manta Ray Watching Standard – Friend of the Sea, the preeminent global certification standard for products and services that respect and protect the marine environment, today announced that […]
Irish study into migration mortality of salmon. Aisling Doogan is a PhD student at Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT) and a Cullen Fellow at the Marine Institute. As part of […]
Next steps for establishing Plymouth National Marine Park. Representatives from the business, science, local government, conservation agencies, and NGOs recently gathered on Friday to take the next step towards the […]