Useful Links

              National University of Ireland Galway

·                                 The Ryan Institute

·                                 Department of Earth & Ocean Sciences

·                                 School of Political Science and Sociology

·                                 Discipline of Marketing

·                                 J.E. Cairnes School of Business and Economics                     

                                  Environmental and Natural Resource Economics Research Unit

·                                 CORALFISH

              Ireland and Europe

·                                 The Marine Institute

·                                 RERC, Teagasc

·                                 Bord Iascaigh Mhara – Irish Sea Fisheries Board

·                                 Coastal and Marine Resources Centre, University College Cork

·                                 ICoNet (Irish Coastal Network) Link

·                                 IMarEST – Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology

·                                 EUCC (The Coastal Union)

·                                 CoastNet (The Coastal Network)

                                  Irish Society for Ocean Studies

·                                 Environment Research Institute (University College Cork)

·                                 Centre for Environmental Research (University of Limerick)

·                                 EPA (Environmental Protection Agency, Ireland)

·                                 The Heritage Council

·                                 Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Government of Ireland)

·                                 Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (Government of Ireland)

·                                 Department of the Environment, Heritage, and Local Government

                                  ENCORA

               Other Marine Socio-Economic Research Centers

·                                 Regional Seas

·                                  Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS)

·                                 Coastal and Ocean Resource Economics (Core) programme –NOAA

·                                 Kenya Marine and Fisheries research institute (KMFR)

·                                 ABP Marine Environmental Research Ltd (ABPmer)

·                                 Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security (ANCORS)

·                                 The Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment (CSERGE)

·                                 EMPAFISH (Euro Marine Protected Areas for FISH)

·                                 The global forum on Oceans, Coasts and Islands

·                                 Marine Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning (MarBEF)           

·                                 Peninsula Research Institute for Marine Renewable Energy (PRIMaRE)

·                                 Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML)         

·                                 Marine Alliance for Science & Technology Scotland (MASTS)

·                                 Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution     (WHOI)

·                                 University of British Columbia (UBC)  Fisheries Economic Research Unit (FERU)

·                                 Connecticut Sea Grant through the University of Connecticut (CTSG)

·                                 Coastal Resources Centre (CRC), University of Rhode Island

·                                 National Ocean Economics Programme (NOEP)

                                  The Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS)

                                  Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science

                                  French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea