Tag Archives for " Marine Protected Areas "

PRESS RELEASE: Irish Wildlife Trust calls for all trawling to be prohibited within the coastal zone   The Irish Wildlife Trust (IWT) has made a submission to the public consultation on Minister Michael Creed’s (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine) review of trawling activity inside the 6 nautical mile zone. In our submission we […]

New report from Irish Wildlife Trust highlights government failure in protecting our seas The Irish Wildlife Trust (IWT) is urging the government to get on with the task of establishing a network of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) – something which it is required to deliver by 2020 but where little progress has been made to […]