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April 28, 2015
EU citizens’ representatives endorse a sustainable future for the Baltic Sea
Today, a plenary session of the European Parliament in Strasbourg voted on the multiannual management plan (MAP) for fisheries in the Baltic Sea – the first MAP under the reformed Common…
March 31, 2015
European Parliament votes for a sustainable future for Baltic Sea fisheries.
Today, the Fisheries Committee of the European Parliament voted in Brussels on a multiannual management plan (MAP) for fisheries in the Baltic Sea, the first MAP under the reformed Common…
March 30, 2015
European Parliament to decide tomorrow on new multiannual plan for the Baltic Sea.
On the 31st of March, the Fisheries Committee of the European Parliament will vote on a multiannual management plan for the fisheries in the Baltic Sea, critical for the future…
March 27, 2015
Scientists back up Oceana’s proposal to protect juvenile fish in the Mediterranean Sea
Rome. Today, fisheries scientists from Mediterranean countries have validated the Oceana proposal to close nursery areas in the Strait of Sicily in order to restore the heavily overfished stocks of…
March 9, 2015
Oceana proposes protection of key fish nursery areas in the Mediterranean
Earlier this month, Oceana formally submitted a proposal to the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean Sea to permanently close key nursery areas in the Strait of Sicily to bottom…
January 30, 2015
The number of fishermen has decreased by 86% and formerly abundant species have disappeared due to overfishingOceana estimates that the actual catches from fisheries in the Balearic Islands for the…
December 17, 2014
Number of stocks exploited according to MSY will fall from 27 to 18 EU fisheries ministers reached an agreement concerning fishing opportunities for 2015, for the main commercial species in…
December 12, 2014
Oceana urges fisheries ministers to end overfishing in 2015
The Agriculture and Fisheries Council (AGRI-FISH) will meet in Brussels on the 15th-16th of December to decide the catch limits of the main commercial fish species in the North-East Atlantic…
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,…
