Tag: Marine Institute
Thousands flock to SeaFest. Ireland’s largest free family-friendly maritime celebration, SeaFest, held this year at the Port of Cork in Cork City has attracted thousands of visitors to the City. Cork was transformed into a ...
Eurofleets+ launched at SeaFest. Eurofleets+, which facilitates access to the largest advanced research vessel fleet across Europe, Greenland, USA, Canada, Bermuda and New Zealand, has been officially launched at SeaFest in Cork. The Marine Institute ...
SeaFest to raise awareness of plastic pollution. An interactive hut made up of 60kg of household plastics, the average amount used by an adult in Ireland each year, will be unveiled at SeaFest this weekend, ...
Primary School Children discover Our Ocean – Marine Legends, Fairy Tales and Folklore in Ireland. The Marine Institute’s Explorers Education Programme recently introduced up to 300 primary school children from around the country to Ireland’s ...
Ocean Climate research survey underway on RV Celtic Explorer. The Marine Institute’s annual ocean climate research survey is underway on the RV Celtic Explorer and will culminate when the ship arrives in Cork on 6th ...
Irish Anglerfish and Megrim Survey goes deeper. The Marine Institute’s annual Irish Anglerfish and Megrim Survey extended the depth of its survey area to 1,500m this year to obtain additional information on selected deep-water marine ...
World Leaders convene to discuss the Health of Our Oceans. More than 30 Heads of State and Ministers, UN Representatives and Ambassadors from island nations around the globe will convene in Cork for this year’s ...
Whales, wildlife and weather on show at SeaFest in the Marine Institute’s Wild Atlantic Theatre. At SeaFest 2019, the Marine Institute’s Wild Atlantic Theatre will showcase talks from award-winning wildlife cameraman Doug Allan and Met ...
Funding for new Cypriot centre for marine research. The European Commission has announced that project “CMMI Maritec-X” has been awarded a 15M€ grant with the project’s main objective is to establish a Centre of Excellence ...
Swedish royals to visit Marine Institute. The Marine Institute will welcome King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden to the Marine Institute headquarters in Oranmore on Friday 24th May 2019. The King and ...
European Maritime Day handed over to Cork. The official handover of European Maritime Day from Lisbon to Cork took place in the Portuguese capital last night. Cork City is to host European Maritime Day (EMD) ...
Research collaboration at European Maritime Day. European Maritime Day 2019, taking place in Lisbon, Portugal from 16-17 May, is one of the largest marine science and policy meetings of the year. The 2019 programme focuses ...
TY visit encourages a new generation of Marine Scientists. The Marine Institute recently welcomed transition year students from Roscommon Convent of Mercy visit the Marine Institute to its headquarters in Oranmore, Galway. Organised by the ...
Cullen Fellowship research on ocean observation technologies. Aoife Hegarty is studying for a PhD through the Marine Institute’s Cullen Fellowship Programme and the Centre for Robotics and Intelligent Systems at the University of Limerick. “The ...
Documentary exploring the power of tides. Oceans flow over nearly three quarters of our planet and no matter how far from the shore that we live, oceans still affect our daily lives. Nowhere is this ...
Faces of the Sea – Patricia Wilson, Fish Health Unit. As an Administrator in the Marine Institute’s Fish Health Unit, Patricia Wilson deals with the health of fish and shellfish and the prevention and control ...
Capturing the Importance of the Ocean in Art. A series of watercolour illustrations and interviews have captured the importance of the ocean to coastal communities in Ireland and Wales as part of BlueFish, an EU-funded ...
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