Island nation engages with Clean Oceans Initiative

People in Ireland play their part in tackling the global challenge of saving marine life by fully supporting the 'Clean Oceans Initiative' led by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Ireland is an island nation with a coastline of 7,500km and a marine territory extending far beyond that to 880,000km2, an area more than ten times our landmass.

 In Ireland, 1.9 million people live within 5km of the coast and many communities along the Irish coast depend on industries such as tourism, fishing and aquaculture.