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July 30, 2024
France, Spain and Italy must urgently recover hake from near commercial collapse and rebuild Norway lobster populations As Mediterranean inhabitants sit down to enjoy their favorite summer fish dishes, Oceana…
April 5, 2024
Progress in Western Mediterranean does not match urgency to recover fish populations, warns Oceana
France, Italy and Spain are failing to sustainably manage valuable species such as hake, red mullet or Norway lobster Reacting to today’s scientific evaluation of the EU’s Western Mediterranean multiannual…
December 12, 2023
Oceana welcomes progress in setting EU catch limits in line with scientific advice
Today, EU fisheries ministers have agreed 23 catch limits for fish populations managed exclusively by the EU in the Northeast Atlantic, as well as fishing opportunities in the Mediterranean Sea…
December 9, 2023
EU and UK set fishing quotas that leave much-loved species floundering
Negotiations on yearly fishing catch limits between the EU and UK have again ended with a significant number of fish populations put at risk of overfishing and collapse, including key…
October 24, 2023
EU ministers set quotas for Baltic herring that defy fisheries laws
By: BalticWaters, Coalition Clean Baltic, ClientEarth, the Danish Society for Nature Conservation, Deutsche Umwelthilfe,The Fisheries Secretariat, Oceana, Seas At Risk, Swedish Society for Nature Conservation,and WWF Baltic Ecoregion Programme. Today…
October 19, 2023
Fisheries ministers poised to breach EU law and exacerbate Baltic ecosystem crisis, NGOs warn
On 23rd October, EU fisheries ministers will set Baltic Sea fishing limits for next year. Their decisions will likely breach EU law and worsen the dire state of the Baltic…
September 25, 2023
New report: keep the small fish plentiful to ensure ocean health
Only one in six forage fish populations in the Northeast Atlantic is both sustainably exploited and in a healthy state, according to a report published by Oceana today. The marine…
December 20, 2022
EU and UK turn their back on the most vulnerable fish
Today the EU and UK have reached an agreement on 76 catch limits for their shared fish stocks in the Northeast Atlantic and North Sea for 2023. The agreement resulted…
December 13, 2022
The Mediterranean and European eel have proven particularly contentious issues Brussels – Today, EU ministers at the Agriculture and Fisheries Council meeting (AGRIFISH) have reached an agreement on fishing opportunities…
November 21, 2022
Blue NGOs urge Council ministers not to let fish become a distant memory
Brussels – To mark World Fisheries Day, environmental NGOs created a visual reminder of how large and plentiful fish once were, outside the Council meeting of EU agriculture and fisheries…
