Conference will focus on plans to double Ireland?s ocean wealth

Taoiseach Enda Kenny will officially open a major conference on ocean wealth in Dublin Castle on June 18.

It will focus on the Government’s plan to double the value of Ireland’s ocean wealth to 2.4% of GDP by 2030 and increase the turnover from our ocean economy to exceed €6.4 billion by 2020.

The plan presents a roadmap for the Government’s vision to tap into a €1,200bn global market for seafood, tourism, oil and gas, renewable ocean energy and new applications for health, medicine and technology.