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Press Releases
April 21, 2015
NGOs Support EU’s Warning of Trade Ban Against Thailand for Illegal Fishing
Thailand is the third-largest seafood exporter in the world, with exports valued at €7.8 billion in 2012. In 2013 the European Union (EU) imported €736 million worth of seafood from…
March 12, 2015
Spanish Government opens proceedings against alleged pirates
The Spanish Government has announced the launch of ‘Operation Sparrow’, an investigation into several companies for alleged links with illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing activities. If the investigation finds…
January 26, 2015
EU to ban fish imports from Sri Lanka for illegal fishing
Brussels — Today, the Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF), Oceana, The Pew Charitable Trusts, and WWF welcome a decision by the European Union fisheries ministers to sanction Sri Lanka for its…
November 17, 2014
OCEANA ICCAT kills conservation of sharks and swordfish; keeps bluefin tuna alive
Proposal to strictly ban shark finning blocked by Asian nations for 6th year in a row Today, the annual meeting of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas…
November 15, 2014
Oceana: ICCAT cannot ignore pirate fishing happening in its waters
Today, Oceana has called upon the 49 Contracting Parties to the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) to examine and take action on activities related to illegal,…
November 14, 2014
Oceana celebrates NEAFC improvements on shark management
Lack of agreement for key commercial stocks like mackerel, blue whiting or herring Today, the North East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC), responsible for managing fishery resources in the international waters…
November 14, 2014
SkyTruth, Oceana & Google Announce New Technology Initiative to Illuminate Global Fishing Activity
Today, SkyTruth, Oceana and Google announced Global Fishing Watch, a big data technology platform that leverages satellite data to create the first global view of commercial fishing. On November 14,…
November 12, 2014
NGO and European fishing industry join voices in calling to eradicate shark finning in Atlantic
Cepesca and Oceana have called upon the 49 Contracting Parties to the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tuna (ICCAT) to close legal loopholes that still allow some fleets…
October 15, 2014
OCEANA alerts that EU is turning blind eye to swordfish overfishing
EU maintains inaction despite accounting for 90% of the fleet responsible. Oceana, the international marine conservation organisation, has sounded the alarm today on the European Union’s reluctance to take measures…
September 19, 2014
High levels of seafood fraud revealed in Danish fishmongers
The marine conservation organization Oceana, the Danish newspaper Søndagsavisen and the TV program “Go’Aften Denmark” conducted a study revealing that 18% of cod sold in fishmongers is not actually cod,…
