Tag: Marine Institute
Marine Institute enters MoU agreement. The Marine Institute and the Portuguese Hydrographic Institute have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) agreement. The agreement was signed by Dr Peter Heffernan, CEO of the Marine Institute ...
Marine Institute welcomes appointment of new CEO. Dr Paul Connolly has been appointed as the next Chief Executive Officer of the Marine Institute, Ireland’s state agency for marine research, technology development and innovation. Michael Creed ...
World’s first shellfish traceability tool launched by research consortium. Studies carried out by a multi-Institutional research team led by Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT), and supported by the Marine Institute, have resulted in the development ...
Cullen Fellowship research on port performance metrics. Eamonn O’Connor has recently completed his PhD through the J.E. Cairnes School of Economics and Business at NUI Galway. Eamonn’s research is focused on ‘Understanding Port Performance in ...
ROV-ing Ireland’s offshore reef habitats. A team of Irish led international scientists on board the RV Celtic Explorer have completed the third and final leg of an extensive offshore reef study, after a 21 day ...
New research released on Irish marine and coastal tourism. Marine Research Unit (SEMRU) has released research that presents estimates on the value of coastal and marine tourism activities in Ireland for 2018. The research ‘A ...
Fulbright-Marine Institute Award applications are now open. Applications are now open for the Fulbright-Marine Institute Award which offers a unique opportunity for an Irish PhD candidate or scholar to travel to the USA to conduct ...
Faces of the Sea – Elizabeth Tray, research scientist. Research Scientist, Elizabeth Tray, is preserving past marine research through the project ‘Unlocking the Archive’. A partnership between GMIT’s Marine and Freshwater Research Centre and the ...
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 ...
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 ...
Dr Heffernan appointed to EU Mission Board. Dr Peter Heffernan, has been selected as a member of the European Commission’s Mission Board for Healthy Oceans, Seas, Coastal and Inland Waters. He is one of two ...
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 ...
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 ...
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