Bigger and Better Marine Protected Areas

Advocacy campaign by @irishwildlife (CRA Number: 20010966) for a just transition towards a healthy ocean for climate, nature and people.

[Bigger and Better Marine Protected Areas @BiggerBetterMPA]

Are you following @FairSeasIreland yet? 🌊

#Ireland's new #ocean campaign, calling for at least 10% highly protected areas #MPAs by 2025 and 30% by 2030 🐳

Brought to you by @IrishEnvNet @Irishwildlife @IWDGnews @BirdWatchIE and many others 💙

https://t.co/yCAl8yhNLU #30by30

[Fair Seas @FairSeasIreland]

Happy International Day of the Seal 🦭

Healthy seas, healthy seals.

Fair Seas is calling for 30% of Irish waters to be fully protected by 2030. Let's protect entire ecosystems so biodiversity can recover.

#fairseas
@seal_rescue

🎥@ctlwildlife

[Fair Seas @FairSeasIreland]

Ireland's Ocean Movement – Issue 1

#fairseas

https://t.co/0ccMnVajGX

Photo: Sinead McCahey

[Fair Seas @FairSeasIreland]

Since Fair Seas launched two weeks ago a lot has happened, we celebrated #WorldSeagrassDay, #InternationalWomensDay and basking sharks got protected in Irish waters 🦈

Change is happening and we're glad to be part of Ireland's ocean voice🌊

#fairseas

https://t.co/TyrgCnNZGJ

[Fair Seas @FairSeasIreland]

#CoralReefs, #KelpForests , #Sharks, #BlueCarbon & why Ireland needs the Fair Seas campaign and an effective network of #MarineProtectedAreas.
By @MiseAnja @irishexaminer
#fairseas

https://t.co/5cg975J2Er

[Fair Seas @FairSeasIreland]

Building a movement of ocean stewardship takes a great team and at Fair Seas we are so lucky to have just that 🌊 #fairseas

@Irishwildlife @BirdWatchIE @coastwatch_ire @IWDGnews @Swanireland @irishenvnet @streamscapes @WyssCampaign @BluNatAlliance

https://t.co/vIikd02OA6

[Bigger and Better Marine Protected Areas @BiggerBetterMPA]

The last newsletter of the Bigger & Better MPA campaign introduces Fair Seas, a coalition campaign of leading Irish NGOs that want to make Ireland a leader in marine protection. Check it out here: https://t.co/e8QonGui6c 🐳🥳

[Buzz.ie @buzzdotie]

“Fair Seas is a new and inclusive approach to environmental campaigning" @FairSeasIreland @IWDGnews @ShaunaReports
https://t.co/Nhh6TMTkNF

[Sustainable Water Network (SWAN) @swanireland]

We're delighted to be a partner within the new #FairSeas campaign. We hope that, through this campaign, Ireland goes from having one of the lowest levels of marine protection in Europe to being a world leader.

#30x30 #MPAs #oceandecade

[Fair Seas @FairSeasIreland]

Fair Seas is calling for at least 10% of Irish waters to be ‘Fully Protected’ by 2025 and at least 30% by 2030.

Irish waters are home to incredible wildlife. These Basking Sharks were photographed off the West Coast of Ireland by George Karbus.

#fairseas
https://t.co/vIikd0kpYG

[Irish Wildlife Trust @Irishwildlife]

Announcement 🥳

Introducing @FairSeasIreland 🌊
We've teamed up with other leading national environmental NGOs to bring you a brand new ocean campaign #fairseas

Check it out -> @FairSeasIreland 👍🐳
Sign-up for the latest ocean news, updates & events at https://t.co/jfkE8DDZLC

[Environmental Pillar @Env_Pillar]

Ireland urgently needs Marine Protected Areas to protect our precious marine biodiversity - we look forward to working with & supporting this campaign 🐳

[Fair Seas @FairSeasIreland]

We are Fair Seas 🌊
Our Vision is to see Ireland, with a renewed appreciation of the ocean, become a world leader in marine protection, giving our species, habitats and coastal communities the opportunity to thrive.
#fairseas
https://t.co/vIikd02OA6

[Bigger and Better Marine Protected Areas @BiggerBetterMPA]

Announcement 🥳🎉
Introducing @FairSeasIreland🌊

We've teamed up with other leading national environmental NGOs to bring you a brand new #ocean campaign #fairseas

Check it out ➡️@FairSeasIreland 🐳

Sign up for the latest ocean news, updates & events at https://t.co/FeiXOSy1HC

[Barry O'Donoghue @barryofbeale]

Came back on Twitter to put the word out there about this Beaked Whale washed up dead in Ballybunion, Co. Kerry. Deep-diving species. Very rare to wash up on Irish shores. Follows 2 Sperm Whales in Donegal in recent days. Very concerning. More to come?

#WorldWhaleDay

[Irish Wildlife Trust @Irishwildlife]

"The waters off the west coast of Ireland are among the great "superhighways" of the world for migrating whales, a major new study on the travelling patterns of the various species has revealed"

https://t.co/ElY75WouiJ

[Bigger and Better Marine Protected Areas @BiggerBetterMPA]

Whale 'superhighway' off the west coast of Ireland 🐳
#30by30
https://t.co/XUb8NyxYPt

[Pádraic Fogarty @whittledaway]

What an amazing drawing - look at how important Ireland is for migrating whales! One reason why we need Marine Protected Areas and proper management of other activities across the ocean 🐳

[Bigger and Better Marine Protected Areas @BiggerBetterMPA]

“ecosystems would recover quite quickly if we stopped trawling, and that would mean there would be more fish to catch with more sustainable practices.”

Widespread trawling takes place inside marine protected areas, and fishers are starting to worry.

https://t.co/rLWXTr3Zq4

[Bigger and Better Marine Protected Areas @BiggerBetterMPA]

4,896 hours of high-risk fishing effort annually inside Irish Natura 2000 sites @noonan_malcolm @McConalogue

That's a lot considering only 2.1% of the Irish EEZ is protected. These types of #MPAs mean nothing to nature. #30by30 #PaperParks

[Allison Perry @ocean_alli]

Our new paper published in @FrontMarineSci shows the widespread use of fishing gears known to threaten seabed habitats — inside European #MPAs that are meant to protect them.
#paperparks #BanBottomTrawling #Natura2000

https://t.co/hZAxiHee53