Marine Environment, Science, wildlife, weather & Ocean energy
#CliffsOfMoher - The visitor centre at the Cliffs of Moher, one of the most high profile and best known discovery points along the newly launched Wild Atlantic Way, is to benefit from significant upgrade works during the coming weeks. Management…
New Atlas Of Irish Mammals Across Land and Water Shows Power Of 'Citizen Science'
23rd March 2014 Marine Wildlife
#MarinerWildlife - The Irish Times reports on efforts to crowdsource data on Ireland's wildlife from land to sea from Irish 'citizen scientists' in the Atlas of Mammals in Ireland. A project of the National Biodiversity Data Centre, it aims to…
#MarineWildlife - The Irish Whale and Dolphin Group (IWDG) will be co-hosting an evening of talks on cetacean research at the Belmullet Civic Centre this coming Thursday 27 March. Held in conjunction with the Coastal & Marine Research Centre at…
#Dusty - Renewed warnings have been made to the public to keep a wide berth from Doolin's dolphin Dusty as the Irish Examiner reports she's "more jumpy" than usual. Last summer the female bottlenose earned a degree of infamy after…
€23m Package for the Repair of Storm Damaged Public Piers, Harbours & Slipways (Funding List Here)
20th March 2014 Coastal Notes
#piers – The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney TD, today announced details of a €23m package for the repair of public owned piers, harbours and slipways damaged during the winter storms and for investment in the…
#EurOCEAN – CEO of the Marine Institute, Dr Peter Heffernan yesterday welcomed the announcement of the EurOCEAN 2014 Conference in Rome recalling the very successful EurOCEAN 2004 Galway Conference and the 2004 Galway Declaration on Marine Science & Technology. The…
IMDO Shipping Review: Asia-Europe Trade Up, Record European Cruisegoers and EU Seek Security Strategy
19th March 2014 Power From the Sea
#Ports&Shipping –The latest IMDO Weekly Shipping Market Review includes the following stories as detailed below. Container Market: Asia-Europe trade increases 8% in January - Volumes on the main Asia-Europe trade lane began 2014 strongly, increasing 8% in January compared with…
#Shark - It could be a while - if ever - before Lydia the great white shark reaches Ireland's shores, as The Irish Times reports that she's turned tail mid-ocean. Last week some marine experts were predicting that the 4.4-metre,…
Children’s Art Competition Prize Winners Join National Maritime Museum Art Exhibition
15th March 2014 Coastal Notes
#ChildrensArt – As previously reported on Afloat.ie, the Children's Art Competition organised by the National Maritime Museum of Ireland, Dun Laoghaire has been a great success. The museum thanks all those who participated! It was a hard job for the…
Shell to Sea Criticises Decision to Appoint UK Consultants for Oil Energy Review
14th March 2014 Coastal Notes
#OilReview - Lorna Siggins of the Irish Times reports that the Shell to Sea campaign group claim that UK consultants Wood Mackenzie has 'close connections' to oil and gas industry. Shell to Sea have criticised a decision by Minister for…
#CoastalNotes - Seven large urban coastal areas are among more than 40 towns nationwide still seeing untreated sewage released into the water supply, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) warns. According to RTÉ News, the EPA says the current situation is…
#MarineWildlife - RTÉ News has posted some of Nigel Beers-Smith's wonderful photographs documenting Ireland's first native white-tailed eagles for over 100 years, one of which was found dead recently in shocking circumstances. As The Irish Times reports, the male white-tailed or…
#Research - Marine Minister Simon Coveney has today (11 March) announced a new call for research proposals under his department’s three competitive research funding programmes: FIRM, Stimulus and CoFoRD. Sustainable aquaculture production and safety of marine-origin foods are among the…
#hydroenergy – Clare County Council today outlined plans to facilitate the development of Pumped Freshwater Hydro Energy Storage facilities similar to those already developed at Turlough Hill in County Wicklow. Three locations, namely Slieve Callan, Slieve Bernagh and Woodcock Hill,…
#oceanology – The Marine Institute is at Oceanology International 2014 in London this week (11-13 March) promoting Ireland's fast growing marine technology sector and highlighting the opportunities to do business in Ireland. Ireland's SmartOcean Pavilion (stand B500) sponsored by the…
#MarineWildlife - If the prospect of Lydia the great white shark visiting Ireland's shores gave you goose-pimples, best stay away from the water for a good while yet - as one marine expert says this is just the beginning of…