In response to the Covid-19 Pandemic the MarPAMM project team had to alter how they were going to inform, communicate, and engage with key stakeholders. This involved the transfer of in person workshops and [...]
We are excited to launch a new interactive storymap MarPAMM Irish Regions Introduction for the North Coast- North Channel, County Down- County Louth, Carlingford Lough SPA and Murlough SAC Regions. Our story map was designed [...]
As part of continued stakeholder engagement, MarPAMM Irish Regions has produced a guidance priority document which indicates key guidance themes for the North Coast – North Channel Region. This document identifies strategic guidance areas that [...]
Climate change already affects seabirds but our latest reports predict more dramatic changes over the next three decades. Researchers from the British Trust for Ornithology and the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds studied [...]
The MarPAMM project staff took advantage of the July heatwave with some on location documentary film making. The team packed their factor 50 sun screen for trips to Malin Head, Inishowen, Inishtrahull, Murlough, and Blackhead. [...]
In May 2020 the MarPAMM-Argyll steering group carried out an exercise to identify the opportunities of MPAs, what benefits these opportunities bring and the actions needed to realise these benefits. Working with local designer Art [...]
During the ‘MPA planning best practice workshop’ on 11-12 March 2019 MarPAMM staff member Owen McGrath from NatureScot ran an activity on marine spatial planning that has since made it into the curriculum for the [...]
For two weeks in June, the MarPAMM team from the Scottish Association for Marine Science used a robot to survey the inshore seabed around Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. They used the Autonomous [...]
The Irish Regions Stakeholder Steering Group met on the 17th May. The newly appointed Chair of the group, Kevin Quigley from Northern Ireland Fisheries Harbour Authority opened the meeting. The group welcomed an engaging presentation [...]
MarPAMM is celebrating World Ocean Day 2021 by launching a new film clip that explains what marine protected areas are. Marine science undergraduate student Natasha Bryan from SAMS UHI interviews the MarPAMM case worker for [...]
