Commercial production of sea urchins has been carried out at BMRS for the last five years. The aim is to establish our own broodstock and produce sea urchins with sufficient gonad size for sale for human consumption. Sea urchins are bei...

A new intern, Jessie Alvarado from GMIT, started in February and will be working at BMRS for two months. She has been helping out in every aspect of work at BMRS. She is helping with cleaning the lumpfish tanks, research for reports, going seaweed s...

A new state-of-the-art lumpfish hatchery is being built at BMRS. The building will include a nursery as well as on-growing facilities. Building commenced January 2018 and it should be fully completed by April 2019.   New eggs were d...

BMRS became involved in an art installation named Photo.Synth.Etica to highlight the devastating impact of carbon emissions on the planet. Known as the 'urban curtain' the installation is made up of 16, 2 x 7 metre modules, each containing micro-alga...