Tuesday, July 6, 2021

Oceana calls for strong political leadership to implement new 2030 Mediterranean fisheries strategy

Protection of Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems and greater transparency of fishing vessels must take priority

Wednesday, June 30, 2021

New Oceana-Supported Research Maps Wealthy Nations’ Harmful Fisheries Subsidies Supporting their Fleets Abroad, Including in the Waters of Least Developed Countries

Oceana calls on WTO member states to curb the harmful fisheries subsidies that facilitate overexploitation and unsustainable distant water fishing

Thursday, June 24, 2021

Closing 70% of Europe’s seas to bottom trawling: little loss to fishing sector but huge environmental gains

Advice by the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) released today shows that reducing bottom-trawling efforts by 26%...

Wednesday, June 23, 2021

Refillable systems could prevent 390,000 coffee cups from entering the sea in Denmark every year

Oceana estimates that around 390,000 single-use coffee cups discarded in Denmark end up in the marine environment annually Danes use 300...

Wednesday, June 9, 2021

Overfishing rate back on the rise after a decade of recovery

43% of Atlantic and 83% of Mediterranean fish populations assessed are overfished

Tuesday, June 8, 2021

Oceana calls for urgent action by UK Government to end bottom trawling in Britain’s Marine Protected Areas (MPAs)

New data shows 10% increase in total trawling hours in UK benthic MPAs in 2020, despite COVID19 On World Oceans Day, 8 June 2021,...

Wednesday, June 2, 2021

New study: Oceana detects apparent illegal bottom trawling in the Strait of Sicily

Evidence shows Italian vessels apparently fishing in areas where bottom trawling is forbidden Oceana calls on the GFCM and the EU to...