Legacy: Mediterranean Sea at Risk
France, Spain and Italy unite to breach EU fisheries law
The European Parliament’s Committee on Fisheries (PECH) formally adopted today a political agreement on a multiannual plan for demersal species (mostly found at the bottom of the ocean) in the western Mediterranean Sea. The plan will not end overfishing by 2020 but will now extend the sustainable fishing deadline to 2025, therefore failing to rebuild … Read more
European Parliament vote puts future of Mediterranean fishing on the line
Oceana warns emergency closures to fishing could be only option to fix Mediterranean fish crisis and to comply with EU law The European Parliament voted today to adopt the first-ever multiannual plan for fishing in the Western Mediterranean Sea but rejected the necessary conservation measures that would fix the region’s overfishing crisis, where over 80% … Read more
France, Italy and Spain team up to delay EU overfishing deadline for the Mediterranean
Oceana has had access to a proposal by the fisheries ministers of Italy, France and Spain in which they agree to end overfishing in the Mediterranean by 2025. This would imply both a five-year delay to the legally-binding EU 2020 deadline and unfair treatment over other EU countries, an unacceptable political move for the most … Read more
Italian industry hijacks European Commission-funded body to influence EU Parliament decision on Mediterranean fisheries
Oceana has seen evidence revealing that an EU-funded body, the Mediterranean Advisory Council (MedAC), aligned with a portion of the Italian fishing industry to lobby MEPs and postpone the latest European Parliament vote on the Western Mediterranean Multiannual Plan, which could have decided the future of the most overexploited sea in the world. Senior figures … Read more
Le lobby de la pêche italienne utilise un organe européen pour influencer la décision du Parlement européen concernant la Méditerranée
Selon des informations recueillies par Oceana, des responsables du Conseil Consultatif pour la Méditerranée (MedAC) ont coordonné les efforts de l’industrie pour reporter un vote du Parlement Oceana a eu accès à des informations révélant qu’un organe financé par l’UE, le Conseil Consultatif pour la Méditerranée (MedAC), s’est aligné sur une partie du secteur de … Read more
Oceana criticises UN and EU’s failure to protect areas for young fish in the Mediterranean, the world’s most overfished sea
The EU and Mediterranean countries have failed to protect critical fish nursery areas for commercial species that are already overfished, some of which stocks are near to collapse. Despite growing international concerns over the state and health of the Mediterranean – the sea with the most fish stocks heading towards depletion (above 80%) – the … Read more
The Mediterranean Statement
< Return to campaign Oceana’s “Mediterranean Statement” urges the EU and its member states to end the environmental crisis in the Mediterranean. As of September 20th, 2018, the letter has been backed by over 150 scientists from Europe, North America and from as far as Australia. The letter was released prior to the EU negotiations … Read more
Oceana praises new political pact for small-scale fisheries in the Mediterranean
Fisheries ministers from Mediterranean countries signed today a historical declaration on a Regional Plan of Action for small-scale fisheries. The Ministerial Conference, organised by the GFCM and FAO’s Fisheries and Aquaculture Department, lays down a new framework for fisheries governance in the region and builds on the 2017 MedFish4Ever initiative. The declaration marks a political … Read more
