Welcome to the MarPAMM project website
MarPAMM is an environment project to develop tools for monitoring and managing a number of protected coastal marine environments in Ireland, Northern Ireland and Western Scotland. It will be completed by 31 March 2022.
It is a cross-border project because many marine species and habitats do not abide by administrative borders. To manage mobile species and border areas requires cooperation.
MarPAMM partners will collect data on the abundance, distribution and movement of marine protected species and habitats. These data will help us produce new habitat maps and develop models for a range of species, including connectivity assessment for species with mobile life stages.
We will produce a regional sea bird model, a regional model of protected seabed-dwelling species and habitats, a seal foraging and underwater noise model and a coastal processes model.
Working closely with stakeholders and partner projects such as COMPASS and SeaMonitor, the project will culminate in the development of six comprehensive MPA management plans.
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MPA story map session for @MarPAMM_project with @BirdWatchIE and @AFBI_NI staff showing successful cross border project partnerships relationships bloom and prosper despite COVID restrictions
2MPA Management Plans
Project News
SEASOH launches new interactive tool
SEASOH launches new interactive tool to explore MPAs of the [...]
SEASOH Initial engagement results
Initial engagement results show passion for the marine environment, communities [...]
Black guillemots in Northern Ireland
A recent census suggests that black guillemots may be in [...]
New maps show where our seals are when at sea
MarPAMM researchers from University College Cork teamed up with the [...]
Who is delivering the project?
