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Press Releases
June 8, 2023
World Ocean Day: Poor ocean policies put iconic marine wildlife at risk
Oceana urges the EU to raise the ambition to rebuild marine abundance and increase ocean resilience to the climate crisis On World Ocean Day, Oceana calls on decision-makers to create…
May 24, 2023
Brussels – Today (24 May), the European Parliament’s Committee on Fisheries (PECH) has entirely rejected the Nature Restoration Law (NRL) by a difference of just 1 vote (15 for rejection,…
June 22, 2022
Today, the European Commission presented its legislative proposal on nature restoration, a new law with binding targets to restore degraded land and marine ecosystems across the EU. This is a…
June 17, 2022
Oceana expedition to Alboran Sea uncovers underwater oasis and ‘wasteland’
Gathered data will also support advocacy efforts to ban bottom trawling in European Marine Protected Areas Single-use plastics, abandoned fishing gear, and untreated waste most common pollutants found in seven-day…
June 14, 2022
EU makes poor progress on milestones to deliver a healthy ocean by 2030
Yesterday at an EU Ocean Week event, 6 NGOs published their assessment of the EU’s progress to secure a healthy ocean by 2030 – the goal set by the Blue…
May 3, 2022
Strasbourg – Today, in an important step for the protection of the ocean and the climate, Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) adopted amendments which call on the European Union to…
April 26, 2022
Just after the UK’s announcement to protect two areas of English waters by banning damaging fishing activities such as bottom trawling, it will be the European Parliament’s turn to show…
March 8, 2022
Oceana Expands Campaigns in the United Kingdom
Oceana, the world’s largest ocean conservation organisation, is expanding its campaigns to protect and restore waters in the United Kingdom (UK).More than 90% of the world’s ocean productivity is under…
February 22, 2022
As the EU celebrates the 30th anniversary of Natura 2000, NGOs highlight EU countries’ lax implementation of EU nature laws and permissiveness towards widespread destructive fishing, resulting in the conservation…
December 18, 2021
More than 150,000 Europeans call on EU to ban bottom-trawling to protect ocean and climate
A giant colourful pop-up book depicting the devastation caused by destructive bottom trawling – and how the marine environment thrives in its absence – was delivered to European Union (EU)…
