Marine Research Strategy/Policyhttp://hdl.handle.net/10793/412024-03-29T07:23:27Z2024-03-29T07:23:27ZIreland’s Ocean Economy, 2023Reilly, KieranO'Leary, JennyHynes, StephenClancy, Keillanhttp://hdl.handle.net/10793/18822024-03-11T10:31:31Z2023-01-01T00:00:00ZIreland’s Ocean Economy, 2023
Reilly, Kieran; O'Leary, Jenny; Hynes, Stephen; Clancy, Keillan
Ireland’s Ocean Economy Report, 2023, provides an update on Ireland’s ocean economy across three main economic indicators: turnover, gross value added (GVA) and employment (FTEs), and provides an analysis of trends over a five-year period (2018-2022). The report also provides commentary on rates of change over a ten-year timeframe (2022 to 2012), and also analyses any changes pre- and post-Covid (i.e. changes from 2019 to 2022, where evident).
The report is accompanied by an online dashboard, where data trends can be accessed. The 2023 Ocean Economy Report is the seventh in the ocean economy series.
Ireland’s ocean economy statistics are based on nominal values. The 2023 report reviews these values to also provide an estimate of ‘real values’ to adjust for inflation.
2023-01-01T00:00:00ZSummary of Marine Research Investments from 2017-2022Marine Institutehttp://hdl.handle.net/10793/18652024-02-20T10:22:59Z2023-01-01T00:00:00ZSummary of Marine Research Investments from 2017-2022
Marine Institute
This overview provides a summary of Irish participation in marine research projects from 2017-2022 using data collected from national research funding bodies participating in the Marine Research Funders’ Forum. The data also includes Irish participation in EU research funding programmes.
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Click below for the accompanying Marine Research Investments Dashboard (2017-2022).
Please view the Marine Research Investments Dashboard (2017-2022) using the link above.
From this interactive dashboard, presented in Microsoft Power BI, you can follow the tabs to see an overview of marine research investments, funders, research performing organisations (RPO), research themes, and a world map pinpointing and detailing RPO projects.
2023-01-01T00:00:00ZIreland’s Ocean Economy, 2022Norton, DanielHynes, StephenO'Leary, JennyO'Donoghue, CathalTsakiridis, AndreasLanser, Marie-Christinhttp://hdl.handle.net/10793/18072023-12-13T02:49:27Z2022-01-01T00:00:00ZIreland’s Ocean Economy, 2022
Norton, Daniel; Hynes, Stephen; O'Leary, Jenny; O'Donoghue, Cathal; Tsakiridis, Andreas; Lanser, Marie-Christin
This report provides an update on Ireland’s ocean economy across three main economic indicators: turnover, gross value added (GVA) and employment, and provides an analysis of trends over the last five years. The report also reviews demographic change in Ireland’s coastal economy, as well as highlighting developments in marine natural capital accounting. The economic trends are presented in the context of key drivers (e.g. policy, legislative, geo-political) that are directly or indirectly impacting on the performance of the ocean economy industries currently and possibly impacting into the future.
This report is the sixth in the ocean economy series2. The methodology used in compiling this report builds on previous reports allowing for a complete and comparable representation of Ireland’s ocean economy across all industries. The reference year for the data is primarily 2020 (based on best available data), with estimates based on economic projections of Ireland’s ocean economy up to 2021 also provided. These estimates are based on a forecasting exercise that combines the latest published economic data from the CSO, BIM, government economic forecasts, information and data obtained from surveys with marine-related businesses, and insights from government departments and agencies. You can view a copy of the survey by clicking on the image above.
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2022-01-01T00:00:00ZBlue Carbon and Marine Carbon Sequestration in Irish Waters and Coastal HabitatsCott, GraceBeca-Carretero, PedroStengel, Dagmarhttp://hdl.handle.net/10793/16852021-05-21T02:00:58Z2021-01-01T00:00:00ZBlue Carbon and Marine Carbon Sequestration in Irish Waters and Coastal Habitats
Cott, Grace; Beca-Carretero, Pedro; Stengel, Dagmar
Atmospheric CO2 is rising globally. Opportunities for reducing this trend include energy sector
adjustments and management of both land and ocean resources. Improved management of coastal and
oceanic ecosystems is therefore poised to contribute to, and enhance, climate mitigation and
adaptation. This report outlines the emergence of blue carbon as a concept for the integration of
coastal carbon dynamics into policy and management frameworks and defines blue carbon ecosystems.
It also emphasises the importance of marine carbon sequestration and highlights its potential role in
climate adaptation. Ireland is estimated to store at least 9.2 Mt of carbon in its saltmarsh and seagrass
habitats, which cover an estimated minimum area of 162 km2. Estimates of carbon stocks in potential
blue carbon ecosystems such as macroalgae beds are hampered by lack of data on extent, productivity
and actual contribution. Irish coastal blue carbon ecosystems and their carbon sequestration capacity
are currently threatened by anthropogenic factors such as land reclamation and poor water quality.
The possibility of including saltmarsh and seagrass habitats in Ireland’s National Inventory Report
on GHG emissions to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and
including Ireland’s potential blue carbon ecosystems in Ireland’s Nationally Determined Contributions is
highlighted. The critical knowledge gaps and future research priorities are outlined, so that Ireland can
advance the pace of scientific discovery whilst harnessing the climate change potential of its coastal and
marine environment.
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