Friday, March 9, 2018

EU’s new proposal fails to save Mediterranean

Oceana calls on the EU to increase the trawling ban to a depth of 150 m all year round as the only way to reverse the alarming state of the heavily overfished sea.

Wednesday, December 20, 2017

Mediterranean countries commit at UN meeting to protect endangered corals

Protection of four deep-sea coral species from human activity marks major breakthrough in safeguarding region’s key marine life

Friday, December 15, 2017

Mediterranean countries to decide on the protection of corals threatened with extinction

Wednesday, December 13, 2017

EU ministers decide to continue overfishing in the Atlantic waters in 2018

Some progress made to rebuild EU fisheries, but fisheries ministers’ short-term industry interests win over sustainable fishing

Friday, December 8, 2017

EU fails to reach ambitious deal on management of North Sea fisheries

European Parliament, Commission and Council, backtrack on environmental protection and continue make over fishing possible

Thursday, December 7, 2017

Oceana urges EU ministers to speed up recovery of Atlantic fisheries

Decision-makers can rebuild stocks and create more jobs in the fishing industry by setting sustainable Total Allowable Catches on the 12th of December

Tuesday, November 14, 2017

Oceana study: Rebuilding overexploited Danish fisheries could generate 248 million euros annually to fisheries sector

By recovering fish stocks to sustainable levels, the amount of Danish fish landings could increase by 74% in less than 10 years