Events

A guide to using your camera skills to record marine biodiversity. Some extremely knowledgeable photographers will guide you through taking the perfect snap to capture your record. We can't promise ... Read more

We're delighted to be joined by avid Seasearcher and fish expert Lin Baldock for an evening of fishy knowledge. Lin will teach you to identify those tricky gobies and wrasse ... Read more

Divers in Galway are incredibly lucky to have a variety of unique habitats and species right on their doorstep. As part of the Seasearch Ireland National Marine Monitoring Scheme (Adopt ... Read more

David Wall of the National Biodiversity Data Centre's Explore Your Shore! project will be discussing marine citizen science in Ireland. Explore Your Shore is a Citizen Science project funded by ... Read more

The National Marine Monitoring Scheme uses an informal survey methodology combining the existing Seasearch methodology with a list of bench mark species to be monitored at each site. Sites are ... Read more

KelpRes is an EPA funded project run by NUI Galway exploring the biology, ecology and genetics of kelp (Laminaria hyperborea) in Ireland.

This talk by Dr Kathryn Schoenrock-Rossiter will explore some of the key findings of the project and how you can get involved in monitoring your local kelp ecosystem.

The Irish Ocean Literacy Network, IOLN which was formed in 2016, is an all-Ireland group of organisations including public sector, research, and non-governmental stakeholders with the vision to achieve an ... Read more

Dr. Marianela Zanolla of NUI Galway presents a guide to a 8 invasive seaweeds found in Ireland, explaining how to identify and record them as well why it's important to ... Read more

Dr Maria Vittoria Marra will be presenting this short introduction to sponge identification. Though sponges are one of the most commonly seen species by divers they are extremely under recorded ... Read more