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Maurice Clarke, Emma Horgan and Stephanie Ronan of the Marine Institute with Professor Emeritus Noël P. Wilkins, NUI Galway.
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December 17, 2019
Prof Wilkins presents on the deep roots of the Marine Institute
The Marine Institute recently welcomed Professor Emeritus Noël P. Wilkins, NUI Galway to present to staff on the origin...
EuroSea consortium at the project’s kick-off meeting in Brussels. Photo provided by EuroSea, photographer Michael Chia.
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December 13, 2019
Improving ocean observation through the EU project EuroSea
The Marine Institute is one of 55 partners involved in EuroSea, a €12.6 million EU funded project which aims to...
Dr Paul Connolly, CEO, Marine Institute, Dr Stephen Hynes, director of SEMRU, NUI Galway and Prof Ciarán Ó hÓgartaigh, President of NUI Galway at the opening of the 10th Annual Marine Economics and Policy Research Symposium held in the Marine Institute, Oranmore.
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December 12, 2019
Celebrating 10 years of Marine Economics and Policy Research
The 10th Annual Marine Economics Policy Research Symposium was recently held at the Marine Institute in Oranmore and...
Explorers team at Galway Science and Technology Festival 2019. Photo Garry Kendellen
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December 6, 2019
Explorers Education Programme at the centre of increasing children’s ocean knowledge
The ocean is one of our planets major life support systems, yet many of us may not be aware of the reasons why we...
Minister Creed presented with The Atlas of Commercial Fisheries around Ireland. Photo by Jason Clarke.
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December 6, 2019
Minister Creed presented with The Atlas of Commercial Fisheries around Ireland
Minister of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed TD, was recently presented with the Marine Institute's...
MacDara Flavin and Jack Gavin from Barna learn about Argo Floats at the Marine Institute exhibition stand at Galway Science and Technology Festival.
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December 5, 2019
Two primary students win Marine Institute competition at Galway Science Festival
Two primary school students from Galway are the winners of the Marine Institute's competition held as part of Galway...
Bringing Ireland’s Deep Atlantic into the classroom
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December 4, 2019
Bringing Ireland’s Deep Atlantic into the classroom
The Marine Institute welcomes the addition of new online classroom resources for Junior Cycle students, which will...
Stephen McGirr - a Cullen Fellow research to improve biotoxin monitoring in shellfish
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December 2, 2019
Cullen Fellow research to improve biotoxin monitoring in shellfish
Stephen McGirr is a PhD student at the Institute of Technology, Sligo and a Cullen Fellow at the Marine Institute....
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Minister Michael Creed TD has received the 2019 Marine Institute Annual Stock Book. The Stock Book, which is one of the principal annual publications of the Institute, provides the latest impartial scientific advice on commercially exploited fish stocks of interest to Ireland. The Stock Book is used by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine at the annual fisheries quota negotiations with the EU in December of each year and throughout the year at fis
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November 22, 2019
Minister Creed Receives 2019 Marine Institute Annual Stock Book
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed, T.D., has received the 2019 Marine Institute Annual...
Dr Elvira DeEyto, Zoologist, Marine Institute. Photo Wonkyeye Photography.
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November 22, 2019
Faces of the Sea - Dr Elvira De Eyto, Zoologist, Marine Institute
For the past 18 years, Dr Elvira de Eyto's role at the Marine Institute in Newport, Co Mayo has focused on the long-...

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