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Cetaceans: What Oceana Does
Oceana leads campaigns to collect scientific data on cetacean sightings. This information is included in sea bottom studies to focus on the need to declare marine protected areas.Oceana also conducted specific studies on the status of cetaceans in the Galician and Bay of Biscay and the need to boost efforts to protect them. Selectivity … Read more
Common thresher shark (Alopias vulpinus)
The common thresher shark is easily identified by the unusually long upper lobe of its caudal tail. Such a lengthy fin allows the shark to herd and stun small schooling fish such as mackerels, bluefishes, needlefishes and lantern fishes. The common thresher shark is highly vulnerable to overfishing worldwide. An important economic species that is … Read more
TACs: What Oceana Does
Political commitment to correctly apply this system is fundamental and, as such, one of Oceana’s main objectives is to pressure and influence the decisions made concerning TACs. Oceana believes it is necessary to maintain the TAC system and has expressed this in its recommendations for the new Common Fisheries Policy (CFP), as long as the … Read more
Whale shark (Rhincodon typus)
The whale shark is the world’s largest fish, with an average length of 14-20 meters. Yet, their diet consists of one of the ocean’s smallest organisms — plankton. These filter-feeders can live to be 100 years old and may have up to 300 young per litter. A majority of whale sharks are caught before they … Read more
Caribbean reef shark (Carcharhinus perezi )
The Caribbean reef shark is found from the coast of North Carolina to the coast of Brazil, but not in European waters. As the name suggests, this species is found most often around corals reefs and is considered the most abundant reef shark in its region. The Caribbean reef shark is listed as “Near Threatened” by … Read more
Discards and By-catches: Achievements
At the beginning of the year, Council Regulation (CE) 43/2009 of 16 January 2009 prohibited high grading in the North Sea. This prohibition is applicable to all commercial species. The next step for this measure is its application in all European waters and other interesting steps are being taken in other areas. The EU, Norway … Read more
Juan Fernández Islands: Species at Risk
Orange Roughy Also known as the slimehead, the Orange Roughy is actually bright red with a blue belly while it’s alive. The fish can live more than 100 years and grows very slowly, staying very still in deep waters off the coast of Chile and New Zealand in the Pacific and from Iceland to South … Read more
