Conservation and wildlife organisations urge the nations of the Irish Sea to work together.
BBC NI Agriculture & Environment Correspondent
A review by the Irish Sea Network has found 36% of the sea is designated as some form of Marine Protected Area.The Irish Sea Network is made up of the six wildlife trusts from the region.This includes Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales, England and the Isle of Man along with the Sustainable Water Network in the Republic of Ireland.
The review says important habitats and species have been diminished by decades of human activity; native oyster beds are scarce, landings of important fish such as cod have plummeted, and sightings of harbour porpoise have declined."The Irish Sea is a really important regional sea, both ecologically and socio-economically," said Georgia de Jong Cleyndert, from the North West Wildlife Trusts.
Carbon is locked away in the habitats that are supported by the Irish Sea, including seagrass meadows and saltmarshes.But other approaches to reducing emissions have caused Ms Clements concern.The Irish Sea region is considered to be in a degraded state but there are calls to restore it
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