Fair Seas Ireland’s long-promised network of Marine Protected Areas (MPA) is inching forward at a painfully slow pace. MPAs are areas of our seas and coasts designed to legally protect nature in our seas from activities that damage them. This is just the first step in drafting the necessary legislation to designate and manage marine protected areas in Irish waters. Jack O'Donovan Trá: 'Ireland has a once-in-a-generation opportunity to design an MPA network that avoids the pitfalls seen elsewhere.' Ireland now has a once-in-a-generation opportunity to design an MPA network that avoids the pitfalls seen elsewhere.

Source: Irish Examiner December 30, 2025 01:06 UTC