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Press Releases
February 27, 2019
UN Environment, Oceana and insurers issue first-ever guidelines to combat pirate fishing
Environmental organisations join forces with insurance industry to spearhead global campaign to tackle illegal fishingApproximately 1 in 5 fish is caught illegally, posing serious threats to the environment and global…
October 16, 2018
Oceana calls out insurer to cancel contract with pirate-fishing ship
Oceana is calling out insurance company Carina to cancel covering the Cape Flower, a fishing vessel that was added in November 2017 to an official intergovernmental blacklist of ships that…
July 12, 2018
Oceana uncovers dozens of cases of illegal fishing in protected areas in the Mediterranean
Version française | Versione italianaOceana launched today a report uncovering 41 potential cases of illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing in the Mediterranean Sea using data from Global Fishing Watch. The findings…
June 5, 2018
Oceana calls for pirate fishing to be made an environmental crime
World Environment Day & International Day for the Fight Against IUU FishingToday, Oceana is sending out an SOS to urge national governments to make pirate fishing a punishable environmental crime. Illegal,…
October 6, 2017
Global insurers unite to cut financial lifeline to pirate fishing
St. Julian’s, Malta—Leading insurers from around the world have committed to take action on pirate fishing, an unlawful practice that costs the global economy tens of billions of dollars in…
September 19, 2017
The Spanish National Court has ordered the payment of 700,000 Euros to a Chinese company in compensation for a cargo of illegally-caught Patagonian toothfish that was seized in Vietnam last…
June 21, 2017
Oceana, Environmental Justice Foundation and WWF have welcomed a new regulation announced yesterday governing the European Union’s extensive external fishing fleet, which operates across the globe and is responsible for…
March 16, 2017
Analysis: Import controls in key EU member states inadequate for barring illegal seafood
Los procedimientos no homogéneos entre Estados miembros y el sistema desfasado de documentación socavan la efectividad del Reglamento de la UE para combatir la pesca ilegalBruselas, 16 de marzo de…
March 15, 2017
Spanish Supreme Court risks opening the high seas to crime and impunity
Spanish Supreme Court agreed this week to consider Oceana’s appeal requesting the nullification of their ruling in favour of Vidal Armadores. As the Spanish newspaper El Confidencial unveiled, the Supreme…
February 2, 2017
European Parliament votes for greater transparency in EU’s fishing operations outside EU waters
The EU has one of the largest fishing fleets operating around the world and its activities represent 28% of total EU catchesMembers of the European Parliament voted today on the…
