Cushla Dromgool-Regan with Anna Quinn and Dr Noirín Burke from the Explorers Education Programme based in Galway, getting ready to distribute the My Explorers Seashore Guide Workbook now also available in Irish Mo Threoir Don Chladach Leabhar Oibre to schools taking part in the Marine Institute’s Explorers Education Programme. Photo Joe Regan.
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Explorers Education Programme a highlight at international CommOCEAN Conference

Connecting children, parents, teachers and the media with the seashore in Ireland.

Fishing Boat. Photo courtesy of the Marine Institute.
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New technologies may help skippers avoid unwanted catches

The IFISH project is encouraging fishers to participate in the project and assist in developing a useful information…

Exploring Our Marine - Our Atlantic Ocean
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Exploring Our Marine with the Marine Institute - Our Atlantic Ocean

Our Atlantic Ocean

Lehanagh Pool sea site, Connemara, Co. Galway.
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The Marine Institute joins Atlantic collaboration for sustainable aquaculture

ASTRAL (All Atlantic Ocean Sustainable, Profitable and Resilient Aquaculture).

Shark diaramma by Wexford primary school children. Photo Padraic Creedan, The Explorers Education Programme Outreach Officer.
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Sharks and children from Wexford primary school features on RTE news2day

They recently took part in the Marine Institute Explorers Education Programme.

Explorers Outreach officer Carmel Madigan shows off the project workbook 'An Ocean of Stories – My Explorers Personal Story' where she will be working with classes remotely in County Clare.
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Explorers Team: Creating ocean champions in County Clare

New resources for primary school teachers and children.

An adult Atlantic salmon jumping from the water. Picture credit to Mikkel René Andersen
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Captive-bred salmon perform poorly in the wild and do not enhance wild populations

New research led by scientists at University College Cork

Exploring Our Marine - Making Waves
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Exploring Our Marine with the Marine Institute

Making Waves

Hugo Johnston and his father Graham Johnston from the Marine Institute explore Ireland’s first “Sea Science - the Wild Atlantic” at Galway City Museum during its official launch by Michael Creed TD Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine. “Sea Science - the Wild Atlantic” is a free exhibition and is a partnership between the Marine Institute and Galway City Museum. Photo:Andrew Downes, xposure
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Top accolade for Sea Science as Galway City Museum receives Tripadvisor 2020 Travellers’ Choice award

For Top Tourist Attraction in Ireland.

Marine Institute and NPWS breeding programme aims to safeguard rare freshwater pearl mussels
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Marine Institute and NPWS breeding programme aims to safeguard rare freshwater pearl mussels

through a pilot captive breeding programme based at the Marine Institute's Newport Research Facility in Co Mayo.