• Ocean Literacy for European Maritime Day

    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

  • Invasive seaweeds in Irish waters

    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

  • Sponge identification workshop

    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

  • Online seaweed identification workshop

    We're delighted that Dr Kathryn Schoenrock-Rossiter of the KelpRes project is once again offering her vast expertise on all things algae related. This workshop will cover how to identify, press ... Read more

  • Serpula reefs – Galway’s Hidden gem

    Biogenic reefs are hard material created by living things that build up to form structures. While typically we think of things like the Great Barrier reef, tropical waters and corals ... Read more

  • Photo Identification – Photos and Nudibranchs

    The first of a series of 3 talks on adding photo identification to your tool kit for identifying species while diving. Some extremely knowledgeable photographers (award winning even) will guide ... Read more