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Press Releases
March 14, 2016
Protection of 69 threatened species in the Baltic Sea blocked by Denmark
Three years of work by 88 leading experts were effectively scrapped during the 37th Annual Meeting of the Helsinki Commission (HELCOM) last Friday, when countries approved a heavily weakened version…
March 11, 2016
Global Fishing Watch Enables Clear View of Fishing in Marine Protected Areas
WASHINGTON – Today, Oceana released a new report highlighting the ability of Global Fishing Watch to provide a clear view of fishing activity in marine protected areas (MPAs) around the…
February 10, 2016
Oceana regrets lack of decisive actions by EU to end overfishing in the Mediterranean
Oceana is disappointed by the passive attitude shown by EU States that continues to postpone the EU’s duty to end overfishing by 2020. A high-level seminar on the state of…
February 9, 2016
Oceana calls for emergency closures of heavily overfished stocks in the Mediterranean
Oceana warns at high-level seminar that if overfishing is not stopped by 2020, closing fisheries or losing them will be the only options leftOceana urges the EU to announce this…
February 4, 2016
Oceana calls on Denmark and Sweden to take concrete steps to protect the Sound
Oceana urges the Danish and Swedish governments to jointly manage and protect the Sound from damaging human activities that are causing the decline of key marine habitats such as horse…
January 28, 2016
Oceana thanks the Dutch Postcode Lottery for generous grant to fund North Sea expedition
Oceana acknowledges the Dutch Postcode Lottery for a generous grant of €1.1 million which will fund the first research expedition into the North Sea by the international ocean conservation organisation….
December 17, 2015
Baltic cod loses sustainable certification
Today, the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) has suspended its certificates for all Eastern Baltic cod fisheries. Oceana, having previously warned about the bad condition of Baltic cod stocks, supports the…
November 17, 2015
Oceana is deeply disappointed that the 49 Contracting Parties present at the 24th Regular meeting of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) have failed to address…
November 10, 2015
Oceana requests ICCAT to sail beyond bluefin tuna and take care of swordfish and sharks
OCEANA urges the Contracting Parties of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) – the organisation responsible for highly migratory species in the Atlantic and adjacent waters…
October 22, 2015
EU fisheries ministers undermine sustainable fishing in the Baltic
Oceana condemns the decision by the EU Fisheries Council on Baltic catch limits for 2016 Today, the Agriculture and Fisheries Council of the EU reached an agreement on the 2016 total allowable catches…
