New report on Ireland’s Ocean Economy launched

Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and the Marine, Simon Coveney launches the latest report on Ireland’s Ocean Economy, produced by NUI Galway’s Socio Economic Marine Research Unit (SEMRU). The launch took place at the Ocean Wealth Festival in Cork on July 10th. Pictured with the Minister are Dr. Stephen Hynes and Professor Micheal Cuddy of SEMRU.

This report indicates that Ireland’s maritime economy is out-performing the general economy, growing by 9 per cent between 2010 to 2012 and the full report can be downloaded at http://www.nuigalway.ie/semru/documents/semru__irelands_ocean_economy__web_final.pdf