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Press Releases
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…
December 5, 2016
European Parliament supports steps for transparency in EU fishing operations outside EU waters
Members of the Fisheries Committee of the European Parliament voted today on the European Commission’s proposal to regulate activities of the EU’s fishing fleet operating outside EU waters. The Committee…
November 21, 2016
International community takes first step for depleted Mediterranean swordfish on World Fisheries Day
Oceana welcomes long-overdue measures to rebuild the depleted and overfished stock, but the plan falls behind expectationsVilamoura, Portugal.-The International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) has today finalised…
November 18, 2016
New analysis reveals lack of trade traceability in lucrative Mediterranean swordfish market
As the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) today enters its fifth day of fisheries negotiations, all 51 countries have the future and fate of Mediterranean swordfish…
October 21, 2016
EU faces Mediterranean fish ultimatum
The European Union is now facing an ultimatum on a key fishery in the Mediterranean. Oceana has called on EU countries to stop all swordfish fishing in the Mediterranean unless…
October 12, 2016
Oceana rallies insurers against IUU fishing
At an upcoming OECD conference on combating crime in the fisheries sector, Oceana will be launching a project aimed at mobilising the global marine insurance industry in taking action against…
October 10, 2016
Set crisis plan now or EU to ban fishing for Mediterranean swordfish
Mediterranean swordfish drops by 70% in 30 years from overfishingOceana is fully behind a call for an urgent and immediate action plan to rebuild rock-bottom numbers of swordfish in the…