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Press Releases
January 20, 2026
The organisation urges the EU to track European owners of fishing vessels flagged to high-risk countries Spanish, Portuguese, and Lithuanian operators account for the highest numbers of EU owners operating under high-risk flags Oceana warns in its new analysis that at least…
December 8, 2025
The organisation’s newly released DNA study reveals a 77% fish mislabelling rate in Brussels restaurants, including EU institutions canteens A decade after Oceana first exposed widespread seafood mislabelling in Brussels restaurants, a new investigation shows that the problem persists. Using…
December 4, 2025
Oceana reports 50 Spanish fishing vessels for disabling their geolocation systems
The organisation calls on Spain to strengthen monitoring and penalize this practice, which undermines transparency in the fishing sector Operating a fishing vessel without an Automatic Identification System (AIS) is…
November 27, 2025
DNA testing in Brussels and Milan reveals that most squid comes from distant waters, raising concerns over potential links to illegal fishing and human rights abuses Oceana demands the strengthening…
November 3, 2025
Ahead of its meeting this week, the Med Sea Alliance, alongside its members Oceana, and The Nature Conservancy calls on the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) to: Require…
November 3, 2025
ClientEarth, Ecologistas en Acción, EJF, Oceana, SEO/BirdLife, and WWF consider the legislative proposal a key opportunity to improve transparency in the fisheries sector and consolidate the country’s leadership in the…
June 9, 2025
At the UN Ocean Conference, the organisation calls to unmask those who profit from fishing vessels flagged outside the EU Currently, there is no obligation for EU citizens and companies…
June 2, 2025
France fails to issue mandatory authorisations for French vessels fishing in West Africa
Oceana’s findings reveal a breach of the EU Regulation on the Sustainable Management of External Fishing Fleets Oceana, using Global Fishing Watch1 data, has identified eight French vessels that appeared…
May 21, 2025
New research sheds light on hidden ownership of the world’s industrial fishing fleets
Companies in just 10 countries, including Spain and the Netherlands, control more than half of all large-scale fishing vessels When EU- owned but foreign-flagged vessels are taken into account, the…
April 24, 2025
Environmental NGOs ClientEarth and Oceana are taking legal action against the Spanish government for failing to investigate and – where appropriate – sanction Spanish vessels for switching off their Automatic…
