Seafood fraud is the practice of misleading consumers about their seafood in order to increase profits. Along with ripping off shoppers, these actions can have negative impacts on marine conservation efforts and human health. Types of seafood fraud include substituting one species for another without changing the label, including less seafood in the package than … Read more
Mediterranean Campaigner Role: Campaigner Department: Science Location: Madrid Contract: Full time Background Oceana www.oceana.org campaigns to protect and restore the world’s oceans. Our teams of marine scientists, economists, lawyers and advocates win specific and concrete policy changes to reduce pollution and to prevent the irreversible collapse of fish populations, marine mammals and other sea life. … Read more
Inclui uma seleção de fotografias e vídeos tirados até 500 metros de profundidade num dos enclaves submarinos mais valiosos de Portugal . A Oceana criou um visor interativo com as imagens mais interessantes do Banco de Gorringe, um grupo de elevações submarinas ao sudoeste de Portugal. O visor, disponível no Google Earth, inclui quase cinquenta … Read more
Alors que la mobilisation exceptionnelle des Français contre la pêche profonde destructrice, notamment celle d’Intermarché, grossit à chaque instant (plus de 371 000 signataires à la pétition de BLOOM), la flotte des Mousquetaires basée à Lorient, la Scapêche, déploie aujourd’hui ce qu’elle sait faire de mieux : une opération de communication, en invitant tous les … Read more
Jusqu’à 24 pays captureraient des requins en Atlantique et Méditerranée sans déclarer leurs prises à la CICTA Un nouveau rapport d’Oceana, basé entre autres sources sur les données concernant le commerce d’ailerons de requins à Hong Kong, démontre que jusqu’à 24 pays captureraient des requins dans l’Atlantique et la mer Méditerranée sans déclarer leurs prises, … Read more
OCEANA Oceana www.oceana.org campaigns to protect and restore the world’s oceans. Our teams of marine scientists, economists, lawyers and advocates win specific and concrete policy changes to reduce pollution and to prevent the irreversible collapse of fish populations, marine mammals and other sea life. Oceana is seeking a full-time LIFE Project Coordinator to join our … Read more
Data on deep-sea fisheries catches, discards, landings and fishing effort are scarce. However, scientific evidence suggests that most EU deep-sea stocks have been exploited beyond levels that are sustainable. Many stocks are depleted below levels that are considered to be biologically risky, with 21 species now prohibited for retention or landing, due to concerns about … Read more
The deep-sea starts at 200 m below the surface, where sunlight does not penetrate – but where fisheries still operate, reaching down to more than 1500 m. Most deep-sea fisheries in the North-East Atlantic sprang up in the second half of the 20th century, after the decline of traditional continental shelf stocks, and with the … Read more
Repsol hat nur ein zehn Millionstel der Fläche getestet, und es ist nicht sicher, ob die Probebohrungen, um Erdöl zu finden, wirklich in dem analysierten Bereich oder einem anderen stattfinden werden. Oceana hat Argumente gegen die Umweltverträglichkeitsprüfung eingereicht, die von Repsol durchgeführt wurde, um vor der Küste der Kanarischen Inseln nach Öl suchen zu können. … Read more
Since the launch of its European branch in 2003, Oceana has taken a results-oriented approach to effecting policy change through a targeted number of campaigns covering the main threats to our oceans – from habitats protection to sustainable fisheries, climate change and pollution. Oceana is a pioneer in garnering first-hand scientific information that is used … Read more
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