Mapping Seabed Habitats in North West Europe
Press Release about INTERREG IIIB funded programme - Mapping European Seabed Habitats (MESH) - aim to create new seabed habitat maps, collate existing data, and develop predictive modelling for unmapped areas.
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Press Report Regarding Worms in Salmon
Press Release about the Marine Institute concern regarding recent newspaper reports on the discovery of the nematode parasitic worm Anisakis in a number of fish from around the coast. The following statement was prepared by Marine Institute staff and those of the Veterinary School at University College Dublin.
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Budding Marine Biologists make a splash at Young Scientists Awards 2005
Press Release on Marine Institute special award at the Esat BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition 2005 presented to Lee Caplin
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Irish container routes show record traffic growth in 2004
Press Release about Ireland’s container traffic continues its record growth 2004. The statistics are revealed in the latest issue of the Irish Maritime Transport Economist from the Irish Maritime Development Office (IMDO) of the Marine Institute.
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Genetic Fingerprinting Techniques Harnessed to Track Wild Salmon Stocks
Press Release about the Irish Marine Institute, the National University of Ireland Cork, and BioTrove in the United States, will be collaborating to identify individual Atlantic salmon stocks using a new, high-throughput system for detecting candidate Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) in large populations.
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IMDO hopeful that solution to Irish Ferries outsourcing dispute can be found
Press release about IMDO hopeful that solution to Irish Ferries outsourcing dispute can be found
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Red Tide Reported on West and North West Coast
Press Release about Marine Institute identifying an algal bloom (or "red tide") of a microscopic planktonic species called Karenia mikimotoi on West and North West coast.
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Marine Tourism Industry Boating Facilities can Double Property Prices
Press Release about regeneration and an opportunity for the development of Marine Leisure as part of Ireland's €631 million marine tourism industry. Global marine tourism was valued at €168bn in 2004.
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Dial a Buoy. The Ultimate Mobile Phone Accessory
Press release about connecting to the Marine Institute's network of five data buoys giving weather forecasts, shipping bulletins, gale and swell warnings, as well as public information and research news, all delivered by SMS text message direct to your mobile phone.
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Marine Minister Presents AquaReg Award to Tory Island Students
Press Release about the Marine Minister, Pat the Cope Gallagher, T.D., presenting the Marine Institute AquaReg Award to three Coláiste Phobail Cholmcille students on Tory Island, Donegal.
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Press Release Where Have All The Salmon Gone
Press Release on the decline of Irish salmon stocks
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Marine Minister on Mission to Net 80,000 US Tourists this Year for Ireland
Press Release about the Minister Marine, Mr. Pat the Cope Gallagher, T.D.leading an Irish industry trade mission to the United States in a bid to develop and continue to sell Ireland as a prime destination for an estimated potential 80,000 US Cruise tourists in 2005.
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Maritime Development Agency Welcomes end to Ferry Deadlock
Press Release about the Irish Maritime Development Organisation (IMDO) welcomes the announcement that a deal had been reached in the Irish Ferries dispute.
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Major international shipping group establishes Irish operation
Press Release about the Irish Maritime Development Office (IMDO) welcoming the news that APL will open a dedicated Irish office next month in Dublin. The new office will focus on the Irish Liner shipping and logistics market.
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Ireland calls on Europe to recognise the value of the sea
Press Release about the need to better organise and focus marine research within the forthcoming 7th EU Research Framework Programme (2007-2013.
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Waterbased activity contributing 434million Euro to Irish economy
Press release on water-based activity contributing €434million to Irish economy. Marine Institute Publishes National Survey of Water-based Leisure Activities in Ireland
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Energy from Nature
Press release first of a major series of public lectures to celebrate the Golden Jubilee of the Marine institute's Newport laboratory, Duncan Stewart, will chair three talks covering various aspects of Energy from Nature
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Conserving salmon habitats - Leading expert outlines the challenges at RDS lecture
Press Release about the Prof. John Armstrong of Scotland's Fisheries Research Services Freshwater Laboratory, speaking at the RDS, Dublin as part of the "Buckland Lecture Series" in collaboration with the Marine Institute to celebrate the 50th anniversary of their Newport research laboratory, which specialises in salmonid studies.
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World's Longest Running Total Salmon Trapping Facility Celebrates 50th Anniversary
Press Release about the Marine Institute, Newport celebrating 50 years of research and innovation, since it was first established as the Salmon Research Trust of Ireland in 1955.
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Possible case of Bonamia Ostrea in Lough Foyle Oysters
Press Release about the Marine Institute investigating a potential case of Bonamia ostrea, in a wild oyster bed in Lough Foyle.
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Marine Institute Triathletes to Raise 20k for Carna Lifeboat
Press Release The Marine Institute's Turloch Smith, MacDara O' Cuaig and Robert Bunn aim to raise €20,000 towards the Carna lifeboat fund
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Historic Agreement Recognises Ireland's Place in Marine Science
Press Release aobut A historic Memorandum of Understanding between the Marine Institute of Ireland and the prestigious Norwegian Institute of Marine Research (IMR) in Bergen was signed Wednesday 15th June in Dublin to promote collaboration and co-operation in fisheries science, seabed surveys, underwater robotics, fish farming and fish health.
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New Call for Marine Research Proposals
Press Release aobut 2005 call for marine research proposals
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Marine Research Community Meets to Unlock Irelands Ocean Potential
Press Release about the oportunities for Ireland to develop its share of the €3,850 billion worldwide global maritime sector through a co-ordinated national marine research programme
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Ireland Ideal Natural Laboratory to Study Marine Climate Change
Press release aobut climate change report released by the Marine Institute
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New Research to Improve Seafood Safety
Press Release about the EU funded project, called BIOTOX, which aims to develop and validate new methods of testing for marine biotoxins in shellfish, and to develop cost-effective risk management tools and traceability systems.
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