Have you seen a Mermaid’s Purse while out walking on the beach?

MaREI’s Danielle Orrell, a senior postdoc on the CETUS project at University College Cork appeared on RTE’s Today Show on Tuesday, the 18th of February. Danielle discussed sharks and skates in Irish waters, focusing on the CETUS project and the Purse Search Ireland initiative. 

Purse Search Ireland is an exciting marine conservation project that involves public participation – that means you can take part! The project is a massive nationwide search for mermaids’ purses, the eggcases of sharks and skates. We’re hunting for these eggcases because they can provide valuable information on the location of nursery areas for Ireland’s egglaying sharks and skates. Report your mermaid’s purse sighting here!

To watch Danielle’s interview back click here (skip to 57mins 47 seconds)