Feature: Protected Marine Habitats
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European Parliament vote puts future of Mediterranean fishing on the line
Oceana warns emergency closures to fishing could be only option to fix Mediterranean fish crisis and to comply with EU law The European Parliament voted today to adopt the first-ever multiannual plan for fishing in the Western Mediterranean Sea but rejected the necessary conservation measures that would fix the region’s overfishing crisis, where over 80% … Read more
France, Italy and Spain team up to delay EU overfishing deadline for the Mediterranean
Oceana has had access to a proposal by the fisheries ministers of Italy, France and Spain in which they agree to end overfishing in the Mediterranean by 2025. This would imply both a five-year delay to the legally-binding EU 2020 deadline and unfair treatment over other EU countries, an unacceptable political move for the most … Read more
Le lobby de la pêche italienne utilise un organe européen pour influencer la décision du Parlement européen concernant la Méditerranée
Selon des informations recueillies par Oceana, des responsables du Conseil Consultatif pour la Méditerranée (MedAC) ont coordonné les efforts de l’industrie pour reporter un vote du Parlement Oceana a eu accès à des informations révélant qu’un organe financé par l’UE, le Conseil Consultatif pour la Méditerranée (MedAC), s’est aligné sur une partie du secteur de … Read more
Italian industry hijacks European Commission-funded body to influence EU Parliament decision on Mediterranean fisheries
Oceana has seen evidence revealing that an EU-funded body, the Mediterranean Advisory Council (MedAC), aligned with a portion of the Italian fishing industry to lobby MEPs and postpone the latest European Parliament vote on the Western Mediterranean Multiannual Plan, which could have decided the future of the most overexploited sea in the world. Senior figures … Read more
Discovery of Sabellaria spinulosa reefs in an intensively fished area of the Dutch Continental Shelf, North Sea
Abstract The tube-building polychaete Sabellaria spinulosa (Ross worm) can form conspicuous biogenic reefs that stabilize the seabed and increase biodiversity by providing a habitat for a multitude of other species. These reefs, however, are assumed to be vulnerable to human-induced physical disturbances of the seabed. In the Greater North Sea, S. spinulosa reefs are recognized to be under threat … Read more
Oceana applauds Denmark’s decision to increase protection for the Sound
Oceana applauds the Danish government’s decision to end sand dredging in the Sound (Öresund) from January 2019 and to not issue new permits or renew the current ones, which expire in 2025. The official announcement is expected this Friday and it will also include the designation of the northern part of the Sound as a … Read more
Una piu’ grande volontà politica e’ urgente per fermare la negligenza dei paesi europei di fronte al degrado degli habitat marini europei
Le organizzazioni ambientaliste chiedono di istituire misure di gestione concrete in aree marine protette ClientEarth, Coalition Clean Baltic, Oceana, Seas at Risk e WWF avvertono che la vita marina in Europa viene danneggiata dal fatto che gli stati dell’Unione Europea non stanno gestendo in modo attivo le aree marine protette. Questa negligenza, mette a … Read more
Urgent political will needed to halt European marine habitat neglect
ClientEarth, Coalition Clean Baltic, Oceana, Seas at Risk and WWF warn that marine life across Europe is being harmed because member states are neglecting to actively manage marine protected areas. This puts at risk much of the biodiversity within the marine Natura 2000 network of protected sites, which protects on paper around 10% of waters … Read more
