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Press Releases
January 30, 2015
The number of fishermen has decreased by 86% and formerly abundant species have disappeared due to overfishingOceana estimates that the actual catches from fisheries in the Balearic Islands for the…
January 5, 2015
A new species of glass sponge discovered in the Mediterranean
A new species of sponge has been discovered in the Mediterranean by an international group of scientists which included members of Oceana. Sympagella delauzei is the name that has been…
December 4, 2014
Oceana celebrates the protection of Seco de los Olivos
The ministry has proposed to include four more areas of the LIFE+ INDEMARES project in the Natura 2000 network, which gives protection to the most important natural areas in the…
November 14, 2014
Oceana celebrates NEAFC improvements on shark management
Lack of agreement for key commercial stocks like mackerel, blue whiting or herring Today, the North East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC), responsible for managing fishery resources in the international waters…
November 12, 2014
NGO and European fishing industry join voices in calling to eradicate shark finning in Atlantic
Cepesca and Oceana have called upon the 49 Contracting Parties to the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tuna (ICCAT) to close legal loopholes that still allow some fleets…
October 10, 2014
Oceana: Deep-sea sharks still in deep trouble
Sharks in the deep waters of the Northeast Atlantic continue to face a bleak future, according to new scientific advice from the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea…
October 6, 2014
Oceana documents rich biodiversity in the Canary Islands
With the support of the Biodiversity Foundation and the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and the Environment, Oceana has conducted over ten ROV dives at depths of between 80 and 1,000…
September 15, 2014
Oceana launches expedition to El Hierro island and the Atlantic seamounts
The government projects that El Hierro will be made into the first marine national park in SpainToday, Oceana launched an expedition with the support of Biodiversity Foundation to document the…
September 10, 2014
Oceana calls for the immediate closure of the Cabrera refuge until a system of wastewater treatment is put in place in order to purify wastewater, and to ensure that there…
September 5, 2014
Marine litter is growing problem in the World’s oceans
On Saturday, Oceana joined a research expedition arranged and led by the University of Örebro and Pangaea Exploration to study marine litter in the Baltic Sea, an increasing problem in…
