On Seascapes this week, the Corkwoman who's head of European Fisheries Control, the Lithuanian scientists measuring ship pollution using drones, and the artists who are focusing on islands.

This week on Seascapes with Lorna Siggins, the focus is on cruise ships; the economic benefits, the environmental cost and the lives of those working on board.

On this week's Seascapes Lorna Siggins is in Cork for EU Maritime Day, and a seaside bookseller shares a recommendation.

20 years since the Shell to Sea Campaign and the jailing of five local men, who became known as 'The Rossport Five', Lorna Siggins revisits the story, and we ask people whose lives involve the sea to tell us about their favourite marine books.

In this edition of Seascapes, a public meeting to discuss proposed new windfarms out in the Irish Sea, and Lorna Siggins meets the first woman to windsurf a giant wave in Hawaii, made famous by a Bond movie.

Fergal Keane visits the Coastguard station in Valentia Island in County Kerry. Valentia is one of the main marine search and rescue centres in the county and plays a major role in rescue efforts right along the south west coast.We also hear from Owen Brislin about how the station operated.

Seascapes this week comes from the Ireland on the Water Expo. We hear from Olympic gold medal rower, Fintan McCarthy, ambassador for the event. We hear from Bloom Field House Boats. Madeline Kelly tells us about women in angling. We hear about the solar powered boat Grid Buster, Atlantic Costal Cruises and CH Marine on paddle boards.

Lorna Siggins reports from the recent Skipper Expo in Limerick and also meets the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue. Fergal Keane hears about a new pier in Howth which has just been opened for large trawlers. Chief Engineer at the Department of Agriculture and Marine, Noel Clancy, speaks about the new pier.

Author Jon Gower chats about his new book, The Turning Tide, A Biography of the Irish Sea. It is a facinating mix of travelogue, nature and history of the stretch of water which separates us from Wales. Also, Joanna McNicholas reports on the worrying increase in the numbers of Loggerhead Turtles which are being washed up on the Irish Coast.

Senator Sean Kyne speaks about the ongoing crisis in Inland Fisheries Ireland, where the Minister for Environment this week removed the last remaining board members, on a no fault basis. We also hear about the annual Seafarers Conference and the Skipper Expo.