Research Reports

This report provides an aggregate estimated value of Marine Education and Training in Ireland, in relation to the size of its ocean economy. The research estimates that t [...]

Marine socio-economic data are not readily available in Ireland. However, they are essential in determining the value of Ireland’s ocean economy, so as to realise its f [...]

From an economics perspective, Harnessing our Ocean Wealth (HOOW) – the integrated marine plan for Ireland (2012), is all about maximising the net benefits to society f [...]

SEMRU, at NUI Galway, carried out a survey of overseas visitors to Ireland as part of the Marine Institute’s funded project “Valuing and understanding the dynamics of [...]

Reliable socio-economic marine data is essential if policy makers are to use an evidence based approach to foster development of our ocean related industries. It is also [...]

SEMRU, at NUI Galway, carried out a survey of domestic residents in Ireland in 2019 as part of the Marine Institute’s funded project “Valuing and understanding the dy [...]

The Programme for Government commits “to prioritising the development of the marine.” This paper identifies the three global economic developments that we believe wil [...]

Marine socio-economic data are not readily available in Ireland. However, they are essential in determining the value of Ireland’s ocean economy, so as to realise its ful [...]

The aim of the Water Framework Directive (WFD) (2000/60/EC) (WFD) is ‘to establish a framework for the protection of inland surface waters, transitional waters, coastal [...]

In 2013, the Socio Economic Marine Research Unit (SEMRU) began the extensive task of data collection and analysis of Ireland’s ocean economy. Marine socio-economic data [...]