This research will address the anticipated issues around the expansion of Ireland’s Marine Protected Areas (MPAs). Research outputs will inform the appropriate and effective development, regulation and use of MPAs, broader marine spatial planning and management frameworks including the National Marine Planning Framework. It will determine legislative requirements in an Irish context and make recommendations for specific updates, as required.
It is envisaged that this research will build on previous work, and develop new links with fisheries, seafood, socio-economics, marine spatial planning and maritime security research groups, as well as Government Departments to provide pertinent and timely knowledge to support regulation and policy.
This award will contribute to further developing research capacity in Ireland in the area of Oceans Law and Governance, and should also involve opportunities to interact with similar research projects in the EU and international working groups (e.g. ICES, OSPAR, OECD).
- Name of organisation
- Marine Institute
- Type of organisation
- National authority
- Type of action proposed
- Research and innovation
- The action contributes to the following objective or enabler
- Protect and restore marine and freshwater ecosystems and biodiversityOcean and waters knowledge system
- List of Partners
1) Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine and 2) Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
- Start date of the action
- End date of the action
- Budget allocated for the action
- 900000
- Basin coverage
- Atlantic/Arctic coast
- Website link
- funding@marine.ie
- Country
- Ireland