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Native Seaweed Resources
– taking action to protect and use wisely
INTERNATIONAL COASTWATCH CONFERENCE on protection, monitoring and sustainable use of seaweeds around Ireland,
prompted by the recent rise in seaweed demand and gaps in law and knowledge.
Keynote speaker: Dr Robin Hadlock Seeley, Academic Head of Marine Lab. Cornell University
Thursday, 5th May 2016 9am-3pm in Trinity College of Dublin followed by fieldtrip with
training session in the Dublin Biosphere Reserve.
Contacts and Registration: Coastwatch, Civil and Env Eng. TCD,
Dublin 2, Ireland
Contact:
Karin Dubsky, 00 353 (0) 86 8111 684
Marinella Pellé, 00 353 (0) 89 4540 205
Venues:
Trinity College of Dublin
9 am – 3 pm
Followed by Dublin
UNESCO Biosphere
fieldtrip til 5.30 pm with
training in seaweed ID and monitoring.
8:45 am Registration 9:15 am Welcome – TCD Introduction, Karin Dubsky Coastwatch Coordinator 9:30 am Session I – Seaweed Values, Threats and Management Chair: Micheál Ó Cinnéide, Director EPA
Keynote Address: Seaweed Values and Protection/Management International Experience. Dr Robin Hadlock Seeley, Senior Research Associate, Cornell University.
Questions and Answers 10:30 am Panel Discussion: Seaweed protection and harvest –concerns and challenges:
3 minute statements presenting views, followed by discussion From Foreshore licencing and MSFD implementation RoI point of view; From Marine Team NI point (protection and monitoring) point of view;
Traditional seaweed harvester Sean O Chonghaola Seaweed Harvesters; Connemara From a Nature Protection Agency (NPWS) point of view;
From an environmental group point of view Coastwatch (see briefing paper 1).
11:00 am Coffee Break 11:15 am Session II – Law for seaweed ecosystems, consumers, traditional harvesters
Chair: Prof. Ronan Long Jean Monnet Chair European Law NUIG An overview of relevant legislation and policy in Ireland – John Wilde Crosbie BL and Marinella Pellé Coastwatch)
11:30 am Seaweed in EU Policy and Legislation with focus on the Organic Seaweed Regulation Richard Bates – European Commission, DG Mare 12:00 am Discussion tables focussing on specific action points with facilitator introduction
Group 1: Implementing Nature, Organic and Water law - Dr Robert Wilkes, EPA; Group 2: Public information, participation and citizen science Group 3: Social and traditional rights Land Registry Rep tbc.
1:00 pm Lunch Break 1:45 pm Feedback from Workgroups 2.00 pm Session III – Resource harvesting, monitoring and control – from historic to today
Seaweed harvest traditions around Ireland, current situation and needs. Seagh Mac Siurdain, historian and community organiser Small scale harvest and processing operation sustainable for the ecosystem and community. Evan Talty, Wild Irish Sea Veg
2:30 pm Seaweed and wellbeing. Why it’s worth getting it right: Dr. Prannie Rhatigan, doctor and author Discussion 3.15 pm Conclusions and close. 3.30 pm Bus Travel to Scotsman’s Bay Dublin Bay coast for low tide fieldtrip
FIELDTRIP AND TRAINING in Dublin UNESCO BIOSPHERE seaweed riches 4.00 – 5.30 pm. Start Joyce’s (Martello) Tower Sandycove for a grand shore view. Part 1: Demo and training: seaweed monitoring under EC WFD and Marine law – Dr Robert Wilke RoI and Claire Young NI; Part II: Seaweed ecosystem of Scotsman’s Bay and the food and medicinal values. Prannie Rhatigan and Coastwatch Ecologist led exploring of the rocky urban high biodiversity shore.