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Ireland announces Brexit Inshore Fisheries Business Model Adjustment Scheme. Ireland’s Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue has announced a support scheme for the inshore fisheries sector to […]
Significant carbon emissions offset by BIM’s new diving barge. Divers taking part in the Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM) Commercial Scuba and Surface Supplied Diving Programmes are benefiting from the new […]
Sinead Keaveney – Our People. In 2021, the Marine Institute is profiling our people, sharing their study and career paths, the work they do at the Marine Institute and the […]
NWWAC launches Fisheries Management chart 2021 in three languages. On 24 September the North Western Waters Advisory Council (NWWAC) launched its 2021 NWWAC Fisheries Management Chart at the virtual meeting […]
BIM fast-track fishing gear development using side-scan sonar. Among the key challenges facing Irish fisheries are the need to: reduce unwanted catches to meet the requirements of the EU landing […]
Sustainability trends driving shift to cleaner technologies in seafood industry. At a Clean Smoke technology webinar, hosted by Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM), Ireland’s Seafood Development Agency earlier this month ( […]
Emerging technologies in aquaculture focus of BIM webinar. Ireland’s fast emergence as an innovation and new technology hub for a pioneering generation of aquaculture entrepreneurs is the focus of an […]
Young Chefs announced for BIM’s Taste the Atlantic Ambassador Programme. Five up and coming young chefs, aged between 21 and 24, have been successfully awarded places on BIM’s Taste the […]
New Sea Survival Training Unit on the cards for Ireland. Ireland’s Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue has accepted a business case from Bord Iascaigh Mhara’s (BIM) […]
Sustaining livelihoods and harnessing our ocean wealth. Oceans of Learning explores Ireland’s blue economy. As part of the national Oceans of Learning campaign to celebrate our seas, the Marine Institute […]
TY students learn about career opportunities in Irish aquaculture sector. Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue T.D. yesterday (Tuesday 25th May) spoke with a group of transition […]
Start-up aquaculture accelerator this October seeks to nurture new talent.. Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM), Ireland’s seafood development agency launches its 2021 aquaculture accelerator programme. The programme is aimed at early […]
Bord Iascaigh Mhara publish annual Business of Seafood Report. Importance of foodservice, a diversified portfolio and sector resilience key to seafood industry performance in 2020. Despite the challenges of the […]
Seafood Sector Taskforce public consultation. The Seafood Sector Taskforce committee is now seeking written submissions or observations within the scope of the terms of reference in advance of publication of […]
Fish Survivability on the Pier – Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM), Ireland’s Seafood Development Agency, has developed a new mobile fish holding unit which facilitates localised survivability experiments close to the […]
BIM aquaculture workshop success. Aquaculture workshop helps position Ireland as leader in next phase of industry’s innovation. Ten start-ups from backgrounds including tech and AI took part in this year’s […]
Role cultural values play in small-scale fisheries management, in webinar hosted by BIM. Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM), Ireland’s Seafood Development Agency, is to host a webinar on Wednesday 9th September […]
BIM launches water stewardship programme for seafood processors, supporting Irelands’ seafood processors in sustainable water. Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM), Irelands seafood development agency will launch a new Water Stewardship Support […]
Ireland in the Goldilocks zone for rich marine resources. When Dr Kathy Sullivan (68) climbed out of a tiny submersible which had returned from the bottom of the Mariana Trench, […]
Ireland and Wales join forces to show case their coastal lives and the impact of climate change Coastal Communities are the focus this week on the Marine Institute’s Oceans of […]
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