A new movie on the campaign to save the kelp seaweed forest in Bantry Bay premiered in West Cork.

Siobhán Cronin🇺🇦[email protected] spoke to Dolf D'hont Bantry Bay - Protect Our Native Kelp Forest, a campaigner to save the kelp forest, who features in Forest Beneath the Waves.

Read more in this Thursday's Southern Star.

On a recent dive near the Gipuzkoa port of Getaria, on Spain's northern coast, two photographers from the Real Sociedad Underwater team encountered dozens of discarded catsharks on the seabed.

#bycatch

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An event that will provide a timely review of the effectiveness of the #supdirective with some great presenters. Booking essential, see link in post SRWMO CRNI Rediscovery Centre Dr. Joanne Rourke RITE: Ringsend & Irishtown TidyTowns & Environment Donnybrook TidyTowns Fingal County Council Bantry Bay - Protect Our Native Kelp Forest

Today new fears expressed re the future of Nature Restoration Law. It is imperative that all who promote environmental action do so in a balanced way, acknowledging the critical part played by nature in mitigating climate impacts. #marine Natural Capital Ireland Bantry Bay - Protect Our Native Kelp Forest BirdWatch Ireland

Calling Bantry Bay - Protect Our Native Kelp Forest ⬇️

Norwegian salmon farms are taking huge amounts of wild fish from West Africa.

In 2020, the industry produced salmon feed using up to 144,000 tons of pelagic fish caught off West Africa, where they could have fed between 2.5 - 4 million people.

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How first contact with whale civilisation could unfold.

If we can learn to speak their language, what should we say?

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I remember snorkling with Dolf & Tomás a few years back.. Never knew so much beauty was hidden in the freezing waters of the coast of Bantry... Bantry Bay - Protect Our Native Kelp Forest

Dull gray day in Bantry Bay 🌫️ Bantry Bay - Protect Our Native Kelp Forest

Please help if you can, met Danielle at a Department of Housing, Local Government & Heritage session last week about sensitivity mapping of species & features in the Celtic Sea. Data is key. They are pretty impressive Cobh Tidy Towns🌻 Tramore Eco Group YoughalRNLI Sustainable Water Network (SWAN) Coastwatch Bantry Bay - Protect Our Native Kelp Forest Clean Coasts Ballynamona

World's largest cruise ship leaves Miami with a warning that the liquefied natural gas (LNG)-powered ship will leak harmful methane.

'We estimate using LNG as a marine fuel emits over 120% more life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions than marine gas oil.'

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Full house Trinity College Dublin (TCD) Faculty of STEM for our Coastal Nature Protection Seminar, with welcome from Prof. of Engineering Biswajit Basu BirdWatch Ireland Irish Enviro Network The Water Forum Fair Seas Bantry Bay - Protect Our Native Kelp Forest Coastal Concern Alliance Kevin O'Sullivan

We are so proud of our Dolf and Tomás, indefatigable champions for the natural world, and for a future liveable planet. 🌎

These boats shouldn't be allowed within 6nm of the shore, they shouldn't be allowed to fish for spray (a keystone species) and they shouldn't be in the vicinity of protected habitats or submarine cables. Well done for highlighting Bantry Bay - Protect Our Native Kelp Forest Coastwatch

Bere island has been without power for over 24hrs.
Pair trawling by large 18m plus boats in our harbours has to stop. We know about of the devastation it causes wildlife but now allegedly it has resulted in a cable connecting Bere island to the mainland being damaged.

Pair Trawling in West Cork causes our 6th largest island to lose power. Map of Bere Island with the submarine cable corridor - between the wavy lines where you don’t fish or anchor. Read our full Press Release 1drv.ms/b/s!AobYdiKS_5… Bere Island Bantry Bay - Protect Our Native Kelp Forest Sustainable Water Network (SWAN)

Wicklow County Council Connemara.ie Pádraic Fogarty School of Natural Sciences, Trinity College Dublin Wicklow Wildlife Welfare Wicklow People Dolf D'hondt speaks about sprat fishing in Glengarriff SAC National Parks and Wildlife Service National Inshore Fishermen’s Association CLG Glengarriff Woods NR Bantry Bay - Protect Our Native Kelp Forest ByHedge Fintan Kelly Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM)

Habitat Production's FOREST BENEATH THE WAVES, showcasing the wonders of the seaweed in Bantry Bay, the life it sustains, and the community that has sought to protect it #WestCork Bantry Bay - Protect Our Native Kelp Forest

Premieres Friday, Nov 10th, online Ireland Wildlife Film Festival

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Its not as ambitious as many of us would have liked but great there is agreement on #naturerestorationlaw thanks to all supporters & citizens who advocated for it Cork Nature Network Green Spaces For Health Birds Ireland FarmingWithNature-BRIDE Project Bantry Bay - Protect Our Native Kelp Forest Biological, Earth & Environmental Sciences, UCC Nature Forum EchoLive.ie

A Coastwatch survey always lifts the spirits & reveals more treasures of nature in the rich coastal zone. Lovely to see daisy sea anemones today Bantry Bay - Protect Our Native Kelp Forest An Taisce Sustainable Water Network (SWAN) Fair Seas Sea Shepherd Ireland Official