Wednesday, May 20, 2020

Oceana welcomes new EU Biodiversity Strategy as critical to rebuilding marine resilience and enabling a ‘blue’ future for Europe

EU countries to protect 30% of their seas, including 10% in strictly protected marine reserves

Wednesday, April 1, 2020

Oceana appoints Vera Coelho as Senior Director of Advocacy in Europe

Vera Coelho joins Oceana in Europe’s Brussels office as the Senior Director of Advocacy — a new position that oversees our four...

Monday, March 9, 2020

Dutch Postcode Lottery supports Oceana’s campaigns for vital marine conservation in Europe

Oceana has received a 1 million euro donation to support its activities focusing on reducing illegal fishing and plastics pollution,...

Tuesday, March 3, 2020

Oceana urges strong ambition to restore nature and oceans, EU to lead by example

Strong protection of 30% of the ocean is needed by 2030 to build climate resilience and buffer from other threats like overfishing

Monday, March 2, 2020

Oceana calls on EU and UK to not lower environmental standards in any future fisheries agreement

Oceana urges the EU and UK to commit to retain sustainable science-based management, high environmental standards and control of fishing...

Wednesday, January 29, 2020

10% increase in refillables can reduce ocean PET plastic pollution by 7.6 billion bottles

Oceana study finds that as many as 34 billion plastic bottles produced by the soft drink industry enter the ocean each year

Wednesday, January 29, 2020

UK government waives the rules to allow fishermen to rule the waves

The UK Fisheries Bill to be laid before parliament today would make overfishing legal, a serious setback to the legal obligation to fish sustainably under EU law, warns Oceana