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Press Releases
June 10, 2019
On eve of political summit, Oceana releases online viewer displaying information on crucial lifecycle areas for fish populations, and current sites closed to fishingAhead of a political meeting to address…
May 30, 2019
UK becomes ocean champion with 41 new Marine Conservation Zones
The UK government has announced today that it will create 41 new Marine Conservation Zones (MCZs), taking the new total of MCZs in the UK to 91 Zones, which together…
May 16, 2019
Oceana and North Sea Foundation call for protection of rare reefs found during underwater research
Oceana and the North Sea Foundation call for the designation of the Brown Bank as a marine protected area, after having discovered fragile and ecologically important Sabellaria worm reefs in…
May 14, 2019
The mapping of its deep habitats could be used as a model to improve the management and conservation of this and other protected areasIn the research journal Aquatic conservation: Marine…
April 11, 2019
The report , published last week by International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES), an intergovernmental marine science organization, found that the eastern Baltic cod population has reached…
April 5, 2019
Following a workshop organized by the International Council for the Exploration of the Seas (ICES) in Lisbon to evaluate the recovery and management plan for Iberian sardine (Sardina pilchardus), 15…
April 4, 2019
EU Mediterranean plan to allow trawling in fish nurseries
The European Parliament approved today in a plenary vote the first multiannual plan for demersal stocks (fish that live and feed near the sea bottom) for the Western Mediterranean Sea. With…
March 20, 2019
L-R: A passerby enjoying A Human Touch exhibition; Marta Madina, Communications Director at Oceana, Rt Hon Ken Macintosh MSP, Presiding Officer, Amanda Tyndall, Festival and Creative Director at Edinburgh Science…
February 19, 2019
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…
February 1, 2019
Spain to create second-largest marine national park in the Mediterranean, south of Mallorca
Spain is set to announce today it will create the second-largest marine national park in the Mediterranean[i], making the area of Cabrera National Park nine times larger and taking the total…
