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Press Releases
August 20, 2013
International Tuna Commission calls for data, but not catch limits on imperiled species
The annual meeting of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) which ended last night, brought agreement to examine the status of Atlantic sharks, but no measures…
August 20, 2013
According to the international organisation for marine research and conservation, Oceana, once again a group of European countries, led by Spain, France, Portugal and Poland are attempting to destroy any…
August 20, 2013
In order to avoid being extradited to the United States and sentenced to prison, Vidal must cease all activities related to Chilean sea bass fishing The uruguayan company Fidalur, controlled…
August 20, 2013
Oceana calls for an agreement between Spain and Norway to chase illegal fishing
The continued detentions of fishing vessels under Spanish and other EU flags by Norwegian patrols in Northeast Atlantic waters highlight the weakness of fishing regulations to take on the offenders…
August 20, 2013
The Moroccan netters are overfishing the stocks of swordfish and killing 15,000 dolphins, pilot whales, sperm whales and other cetaceans, as well as 100,000 sharks per year. As soon as the…
August 20, 2013
Oceana asks the Italian Fisheries Minister to finally make the european ban on driftnets effective
The Director of Oceana in Europe, Xavier Pastor, has written a letter to the Italian Government’s Fisheries Minister, Mr. Paolo de Castro, in which he describes the preliminary results of…
August 20, 2013
During the Oceana Ranger’s recent expedition in the Tyrrhenian Sea, the crew on board the environmental organisation’s catamaran witnessed an interaction between illegal driftnetters and large purse-seiners congregating around the…
August 19, 2013
In view of the alarming increase in detentions of Spanish fishing vessels by the coastguards of a variety of countries due to their illegal fishing activities – on this particular…
August 19, 2013
Oceana calls on Fisheries Ministers to halt the decline in Europe’s fisheries
As the annual negotiations to set fishing quotas for next year approach, Oceana urges Ministers not to dodge the difficult decisions that need to be made in order to prevent…
August 19, 2013
Oceana asks the World Trade Organisation to withdraw subsidies for destructive fisheries
At the ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) held in Hong Kong between 13 and 18 December, Oceana called on representatives of the countries present and the Director…
