Tag: Ireland
Atlantic Ocean Youth Ambassadors will be inspired to spark change at Summer School – Twenty-three Youth Ambassadors from countries connected to the Atlantic Ocean will participate in a Summer School at the Marine Institute, Galway ...
Artists explore cold water coral habitats on the RV Celtic Explorer for Galway 2020’s Aerial/Sparks project. Irish artists Gareth Kennedy and Sarah Browne, who work together as Kennedy Browne, joined a six day research expedition ...
Cullen Fellow research on the carbon cycle at Burrishoole catchment. Brian Doyle is a PhD student at Dundalk Institute of Technology and a Cullen Fellow at the Marine Institute. His research topic is on ‘resolving ...
Funding announced for Killybegs quay project. As part of Project Ireland 2040, The Irish Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed TD, has announced the signing of a €14.7 million capital works contract ...
Irish rope grown mussels achieve blue label from Marine Stewardship Council. The Irish rope grown mussel fishery has achieved Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification. Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM), Ireland’s seafood development agency, is the holder ...
Plastics at bottom of deep submarine canyon. University College Cork scientists have discovered plastic at the bottom of a deep submarine canyon at 2,125m water depth while investigating cold-water coral habitats on board the Marine ...
Irish food sector told to prepare for ‘no deal’ Brexit. The Irish Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed TD, has appealed to agri-food businesses, traders and hauliers of agricultural commodities to act ...
Invasive species app for Irish fish farmers. A new smartphone app to help the aquaculture sector in Ireland identify invasive alien species is being trialled for the first time in Mulroy Bay, Co Donegal. The ...
Ireland under CFP spotlight. The European Commission has decided to ask Ireland officially to conduct an administrative inquiry to evaluate its capacity to apply the rules of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP). This comes as ...
Faces of the Sea – Jennifer Doyle, Fisheries Scientist. Fisheries scientist at the Marine Institute, Jennifer Doyle has been surveying Nephrops norvegicus stocks, commonly known as the Dublin Bay prawn, for almost 20 years. Growing ...
Marine Institute bursary students showcase their work. Twenty-one undergraduate students involved with the Marine Institute’s Bursary Programme showcased their work experience at a poster presentation day at the Marine Institute Headquarters in Oranmore. The students ...
Seafest nets another national award. SeaFest 2018 was held in Galway Harbour, and attracted 103,416 festival-goers and generated €6.5 million for the city’s tourism industry. Global event specialists, Arcana, were appointed event managers for SeaFest ...
Following a reorganisation of BIM regional services Brenda O’Riordan, Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM) has been confirmed as the new project officer for the Fisheries Local Action Group ( FLAG) in the South West region of ...
New Shark Species spotted in Irish Waters. A shark species, previously unrecorded in Irish waters, has been sighted in the Celtic Sea during a recent fisheries survey on the Marine Institute’s RV Celtic Explorer. A ...
Primary school teachers take on the ocean as marine themed teachers training courses increase. Up to 100 primary school teachers from Galway, Kerry, Waterford, and Dublin took to the beaches in the first week of ...
Irish programme to boost aquaculture businesses. A specialist programme was held in Dublin last week aimed at taking young Irish based aquaculture businesses to the next level. The two-week Innovation Workshop took place in the ...
Oceanographic modelling of Nephrops populations around Ireland. Ryan McGeady is a PhD student at NUI Galway (Zoology/School of Natural Sciences) and a Cullen Fellow at the Marine Institute. His research topic is on oceanographic modelling ...
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