"This is the worst year on record" - Declan McGrath speaking about the 90% decline he has personally witnessed of the #Waterford Kittiwake population.

"We're finding it way too hot on hot summer days, so you know the animals are already trying to seek refuge" - Karin Dubsky of Coastwatch on the shores of the Celtic Sea, Co. #Wexford. 

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"If you had a Marine Protected Area, you'd see more fish coming, more marine life and they'll get bigger and more abundant" - Ivan Donoghue of Wexford Sub Aqua Club. 

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"Fishermen shouldn't be precluded because we're not the problem, we're part of the answer" - Fisherman Martyn Simpson of #DunmoreEast, Co. #Waterford. 

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A HUGE thank you to everyone that turned out last week in South Kerry for the first #MPADay with Sea Synergy.

A special thanks to Inbhear Sceine Sub Aqua Club, Vincent Hyland, Atlantic Irish Seaweed, Cafe Cois Trá and Ballinskelligs Inshore Rescue for making the day possible.

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Such a privilege to join Linzi & Luke from Protect Blue to deliver “UNOC Unpacked”, in Nice. We broke down the high-level UN Ocean Conference & explored how grassroots groups can turn global commitments into local action.

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We are at the #BlueMarch in Nice, France ahead of the United Nations Ocean Conference. 
Stay tuned for updates all next week from the most important ocean meeting on Earth. 

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