The share of the Blue Economy in the national Irish Gross Value Added is relatively low (around 1%), and has decreased by 5.4% between 2009 and 2018, according to the 2021 edition of “The EU Blue Economy Report”. In 2018, the share of ‘Blue’ jobs was 3.2% of all employment. Ireland’s Blue Economy is dominated by coastal tourism, which contributed 79.3% to jobs and 60.1% to GVA in 2018. Between 2009 and 2018, the number of jobs increased by 134% in the coastal tourism sector. However, it decreased in Marine living resources (-12.4%), Marine non-living resources (-6.2%), and maritime transport (-7.9%).