New Oceana research: EU long distance fishing fleet more than double as large as officially known, when foreign-flagged vessels are included 

At the UN Ocean Conference, the organisation calls to unmask those who profit from fishing vessels flagged outside the EU  Currently, there is no obligation for EU citizens and companies to register their ownership of foreign-flagged vessels with European authorities  Nice, France. Oceana calls on EU Member States to require their citizens and companies to … Read more

NGO priorities for GFCM IN 2025

PRIORITIES FOR GFCM IN 2025; In 2023 the GFCM agreed to put in place a compliance mechanism, which will allow GFCM members to take action against non-compliance with GFCM rules. This compliance mechanism will go into force at the Compliance Committee this November. We call on the GFCM CPCs to tackle cases of non-compliance with … Read more

ClientEarth and Oceana sue the Spanish authorities

Environmental NGOs ClientEarth and Oceana are taking legal action against the Spanish government for failing to investigate and – where appropriate – sanction Spanish vessels for switching off their Automatic Identification System (AIS) for significant periods of time and for not effectively monitoring Spanish companies’ fishing operations in West Africa. With local fish stocks dwindling, … Read more

Geographical Mislabelling of cod: A Threat to Transparency

New research has uncovered a significant issue in the seafood industry: geographical mislabelling in cod. The study, led by Marine Cusa, former research assistant at Liverpool John Moores University, and currently Marine Policy Advisor at Oceana in Europe and researcher at The Technical University of Denmark, analysed over 108 Atlantic cod products and found that … Read more

The Follow the Fish movement demands consumer information for all seafood 

Currently, consumers lack basic information on  processed seafood like canned tuna and fish fingers – such as species name, origin, which country caught the fish and the catching or production method  The movement urges the European Commission to enhance transparency and require consumer information for all seafood by revising the relevant EU law   Brussels – … Read more