The Marine Institute has launched a new
marine fisheries Atlas containing the most
up-to-date information on commercial activity
in the seas around Ireland.
2010 opens a new ‘decade of discovery’
for Irish Marine Science, according to Minister
of State at the Department of Agriculture,
Fisheries and Food Mr. Tony Killeen TD,
who visited the national research vessel
R.V. Celtic Explorer in Galway.
The last few months have seen unprecedented
numbers of the highly venomous Portuguese Man-O-War
(a colonial jellyfish) washing up on the Welsh
and Irish coasts of the Irish Sea.
A study to record the wealth of knowledge
possessed by fishermen for the better management
of fish stocks is underway on the prawn grounds
around the Aran Islands in Galway Bay.
Irish marine researchers can now apply for
fully funded ship time in 2011 on a range of
18 ocean-going and inshore research vessels
under a new project called EUROFLEETS which
has been launched and funded by the European
Union.
The Queen’s University of Belfast is the
venue for the 2nd Marine Biodiscovery Workshop
on the 10th and 11th December, 2009 - bringing
together experts in all aspects of identifying,
harvesting and processing new ‘bioactive’
compounds from the sea.
Dr Paul Connolly of the Marine Institute, has
been elected First Vice President for the International
Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES)
at their annual meeting of Member Countries in
October.
The State’s exclusive coastal zone should be
extended from 12 miles to 25 miles to give greater
protection to marine life, according to a policy
paper published by the Institute of International
and European Affairs (IIEA).
An exotic underwater world of seahorses, sharks
and corals that surrounds the coast of Britain
is to be given greater protection under new legislation.
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