Monday, February 21, 2005

Every six minutes, an illegal hydrocarbon dumping incident takes place in european waters

The European Parliament plenary session will vote on their report on the draft Directive to impose criminal sanctions on those responsible for ship-source pollution.

Thursday, January 27, 2005

One of the main sources of marine pollution from mercury is the chlorine-alkaline industry

Oceana is calling on the EU to maintain the 2007 deadline for the elimination of an obsolete technology that emits tonnes of mercury into the atmosphere each year.

Tuesday, January 18, 2005

Chronic marine oil pollution may soon no longer pass unpunished in the European Union

The European Parliament debates a proposal for imposing criminal sanctions against offenders.

Monday, January 17, 2005

Oceana embarks from Los Angeles on its first transoceanic expedition

The expedition is headed by oceanographer Xavier Pastor, the organisation’s director in Europe.

Tuesday, December 14, 2004

The fishing grounds off the Iberian penninsula, the west of Ireland and the North Sea are those in the worst state

Norwegian lobster, hake and monkfish in Cantabrian and Galician waters and cod in the North Sea, the west of Ireland, the western Baltic and the eastern English Channel cannot withstand any more fishing pressure.

Monday, December 13, 2004

Orange roughy, bioluminescent fish and other deep-sea species are now a commercial target due to the scarcity of traditional fisheries

Proposals to catch almost 45,000 tonnes of deep-sea fish in 2005 have been made.

Tuesday, April 27, 2004

Oceana calls upon the United Nations to eliminate subsidies to bottom trawling fleets

Ricardo Aguilar, Director of Projects and Research for the international marine organisation, is presenting Oceana’s proposals that subsidies should only be granted to artisanal and shallow-water fishing fleets.