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Fair Seas highlights urgent need for marine protection. Campaign group issues call for legislation ahead of event in Clare. Fair Seas has expressed disappointment at the lack of progress on […]
Nature saved from the abyss, the ocean protected but… we’ll have to be patient and combative. The die has been cast. In Strasbourg, MEPs have just saved the biodiversity pillar […]
First three marine areas receive highest levels of protection. Three Highly Protected Marine Areas come into force today Allonby Bay, North East of Farnes Deep and Dolphin Head receive highest […]
Marine scientists from UK and Belize discuss marine pollution. Scientists and leaders from across Belize came together at the Water Quality and Marine Pollution Workshop on 27th June 2023 in […]
European Parliament delegation in Croatia to look into fisheries restricted areas. The challenges of fisheries restricted areas was the focus of a Fisheries Committee delegation to Split and Hvar, in […]
Marine Instruments’ dFAD recovery project prevents them from reaching coral reefs. Since 2021, the galician company has been collaborating with the NGO The Nature Conservancy (TNC) in the recovery of […]
Protecting large ocean areas doesn’t curb fishing catches. A new study published in Science Advances provides evidence that large-scale, offshore, and fully-protected marine areas (MPAs) protect biodiversity without negatively impacting fishing and […]
Scottish Government urged to prioritise jobs over politics with proposed marine ban. The Scottish Government has been urged not to put politics before jobs with a proposed ban on all […]
Salmon Scotland raises concerns about proposed marine activity ban in letters to First Ministerial candidates The trade body for Scottish salmon has written to all three First Ministerial candidates to […]
Marine Institute welcomes historic UN agreement on protecting marine biodiversity in international waters. After more than a decade of negotiations, the countries of the United Nations have agreed the first […]
UN delegates reach historic agreement on protecting marine biodiversity. UN Secretary-General António Guterres has congratulated UN member countries for finalising a text to ensure the conservation and sustainable use of […]
Protection and preservation of marine biodiversity on show at Expo. The Marine Institute will be exhibiting at the Irish Skipper Expo on the 24th and 25th February 2023 at the […]
Protected marine areas are one of the essential tools for the conservation of natural resources affected by human impact —mainly fishing—, but, are they enough to recover the functioning of […]
New protected marine area announced off Canada. At the Fifth International Marine Protected Areas Congress (IMPAC5) in Vancouver, the Honourable Joyce Murray, Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast […]
New science-based tool to support spatial planning of threatened marine life. First map of Important Shark and Ray Areas released. The Important Shark and Ray Areas (ISRA) project has released […]
New mapping tool for marine planning. Joyce Murray, Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, has launched the new Canada Marine Planning Atlas (the Atlas). The Atlas is […]
Launch of new marine conservation project in the Mediterranean. A new project is deploying remote underwater systems to document the status of marine wildlife in the Mediterranean Sea, marking one […]
Study offers new insights into the early-life stage of marine fish. The first global analysis of larval orientation studies found that millimetre-size fish babies consistently use external cues to find […]
Volunteers from the Pitcairn Islands have showcased the incredible biodiversity thriving in their vast and remote waters thanks to a UK marine protection scheme. Commercial fishing, drilling and other extractive […]
Canada announces new support for marine conservation. At the United Nation’s Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15), the Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, the Honourable Joyce Murray, […]
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