by Niall Duffy | Dec 13, 2022 | Ireland, News
Ireland announces major boost in marine environmental protection to coincide with COP15 Area of Irish waters and seafloor allocated for biodiversity conservation now tripled and 10% area target on track for mid-2023 New Marine Protected Areas legislation will...
by Niall Duffy | Sep 1, 2022 | Ireland, News
MMO response to actions by Greenpeace in South West Deeps MMO has a statutory responsibility to protect our precious marine environment. We had already announced a programme of work to manage all fishing activities in England’s 40 offshore marine protected areas...
by Niall Duffy | Jun 30, 2022 | News, UK
More than half of Scottish waters could be closed to fishing fleets by 2050 if the industry continues to be marginalised by the development of offshore renewables and expansion of enhanced marine protected areas. That is the stark warning contained in a major new...
by Niall Duffy | Jul 20, 2021 | News, UK
The government’s process to select Highly Protected Marine Areas (HPMAs) needs a rethink say the NFFO It is deliberately relegating human use issues to a second tier to be considered only once sites have been identified exclusively based on a set of ecological...
by Niall Duffy | Feb 17, 2021 | Featured Article, Ireland, News
The Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Darragh O’Brien, and the Minister for Heritage and Electoral Reform, Malcolm Noonan, today launched a public consultation on the process of expanding Ireland’s network of marine protected areas (MPAs). MPAs are...
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