Research News
Registration Is Now Open For The Ocean Knowledge 2030 Conference
Pioneering Event to Shape Ireland’s Ocean Research Agenda for a Sustainable Future The Marine Institute is delighted to announce that registration is now open for the Ocean Knowledge 2030 Conference, set to take place on November 20th – 21st, 2024, in the RDS, Dublin....
Two Critically Endangered Angel Shark Successfully Tagged and Released in Tralee Bay
Collaboration between local fishermen, community and Marine Institute scientists key in conservation efforts of critically endangered species In a ground-breaking development for marine conservation in Ireland, two rare angel shark (Squatina squatina) have been...
High response rate to latest BIM National Seafood Survey for Fisheries
The latest National Seafood Survey for fisheries launched in October 2023, (collecting data for 2022) closed at the end of January with 500 surveys completed by vessel owners, more than double the survey returns from last year and the highest response rate achieved...
Net Zero And The Needs Of The Fishing Fleet
Clean energy company SSE Renewables operates a number of existing wind farms across the UK and Ireland, with plans for significant expansion over the next decade including an Irish pipeline of up to 5GW. After extensive dialogue with the parts of the fishing industry...
MSD Animal Health Launches New Fisheries Platform to Support Sustainable Fisheries
As the saying goes, ‘counting fish is like counting trees, except they are invisible, they keep moving and they eat each other.’ Despite this every year scientists must perform essential stock assessments on different species of fish in order to attempt to estimate...
Oceans of Learning Celebrates Ireland’s Marine Research Vessels and Ocean Explorers
The Marine Institute has launched this year’s Oceans of Learning series, celebrating Ireland’s Marine Research Vessels and Ocean Explorers – Our Past, Present and Future. Over a three-week period, Oceans of Learning celebrates our seas and Ireland’s valuable...
UK marine scientists discover breakthrough for a low impact scallop fishery
A partnership between marine scientists and fishermen in England’s South West has uncovered a new environmentally friendly fishing method for catching scallops using innovative illuminated pots which have been dubbed ‘scallop discos’. PotLight Short 3 - The Behaviour...
Better Use Of Data Will Future-Proof Our Fisheries
By Michel Kaiser, Professor of Fisheries Conservation and Chief Scientist at Heriot-Watt University The health of our seas and oceans matters, not just from an environmental point of view but from an economic one, and is high on the global policy agenda. In recent...
New Guide On Fisheries Conservation Solutions To Reduce Unwanted Catches
By: Dr Ronán Cosgrove, Fisheries Conservation Manager, BIM BIM has produced an updated guide on fisheries conservation solutions to reduce unwanted catches in Irish fisheries. The useful guide contains one-page summaries of 22 gear modifications, survival exemptions...
Angry Scottish fishermen to fund proper scientific studies of North Sea stocks
Scottish fishermen are to fund additional surveys of North Sea stocks as anger grows over the failure to tackle the issue of poor science. Shetland Fishermen’s Association (SFA) and the Scottish White Fish Producers’ Association (SWFPA), which together account for...
EU and Norwegian study sheds considerable light on marine migratory behaviour of salmon
Marine survival of salmon in the eastern North Atlantic has substantially declined in recent decades, yet little was known about the migratory behaviour and distribution of populations. A new genetic tagging study, just published in the international journal Fish...
Marine Institute calls on fishermen to participate in development of fish mapping app
Researchers at the Marine Institute are calling on fishermen from around the country to participate in a new project aimed at reducing unwanted catches across harvesting practices, in an ecological, economic, and socially sustainable way. The project, IFISH, will use...