For seven years, Oceana has fought for the protection of these beds, which host threatened habitats that are essential for fishing. The Spanish Secretary for Fishing Affairs of the Ministry for Agriculture, Food and Environment and other involved sectors have reached an agreement to prohibit trawling over the coralligenous communities and rhodolites beds on the … Read more
Enric Sala, explorer-in-residence at National Geographic, has publicly expressed his support for the enlargement of the Cabrera National Park, based on the boundaries proposed by Oceana to José Ramón Bauzá. In a letter to the President of the Balearic Islands, Sala stated that the project would lead to “immediate environmental, fishing production, and economic improvements … Read more
Five trawlers working on banned seabeds are the only opposition in the fishing sector to the enlargement of the national park. Oceana has requested, by means of a letter sent to the President of the Balearics Regional Government, José Ramón Bauzá, that the initiatives to approach the project for the enlargement of the Cabrera National … Read more
Amigos de la Tierra, Ecologistas en Acción, Greenpeace, SEO/Birdlife and WWF Spain have unanimously designated Oceana as the representative of Spanish conservationist organisations on the Board of Trustees of the Cabrera Maritime-Terrestrial National Park. Oceana will use this appointment to promote the enlargement of the park, a proposal made by the organisation, which secured unanimous … Read more
The seabeds which attract most attention due to their extraordinary wealth are coralligenous seabeds, where illegal trawling is being performed. The authors of the report request that trawling activities move to greater depths. The enlargement of the Cabrera National Park has the support of many researchers who have examined the seabeds surrounding this area. A … Read more
The only existing images of the area in which the volcano has appeared were filmed by Oceana two years ago and they have been sent to scientists. Oceana has put forward a proposal for the creation of a marine protected area of at least 1,650 km2 all around the island of El Hierro, in order … Read more
Xavier Pastor met with the Regional Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Territory, Gabriel Company, this morning for the first time since the constitution of the new Balearic government after the last regional elections. Oceana’s director put forward two proposals in late stages of development. The international marine conservation organization believes the Balearic government must continue … Read more
Como parte de los trabajos de muestreo para conocer los fondos submarinos españoles que Oceana está llevando a cabo desde 2006 en colaboración con la Fundación Biodiversidad, durante 2009 se preparó una expedición de 2 meses de duración al archipiélago canario. El motivo de esta campaña era obtener información sobre ecosistemas y especies canarias con … Read more
In the coming months, Oceana will be presenting new data, video footage and photographs taken off the coast of Doñana National Park. This documentation was compiled during the 2010 Oceana Ranger Expedition, conducted with the support of Fundación Biodiversidad (Spanish). Oceana’s scientists are currently studying this material, including species never before found in the area. … Read more
Oceana will today meet with representatives of the World Heritage Centre of UNESCO and of the Ramsar Convention Secretariat to present an analysis of the two biggest threats endangering the integrity of the marine environment of Doñana National Park: the planned expansion of the petroleum industry and illegal fishing. This meeting, also attended by other … Read more
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