Education that explores every aspect of our seas

Hammered by the double blow of Covid-19 and Brexit, our €1.2bn seafood industry will benefit from courses aimed at everyone from school pupils to skippers, writes Ray Ryan

Pupils of Kilternan Church of Ireland National School in Dublin being guided through VR underwater footage from salmon and mussel farms by BIM’s Aquaculture Remote Classroom (ARC) team members, Amy Geraghty and Áine O’Donnell.

Ireland's €1.22bn seafood industry, which employs more than 16,000 people directly and indirectly in coastal communities, has been badly hit by the Covid-19 crisis — and it’s facing an even more uncertain future following Brexit.