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Press Releases
May 5, 2010
Oceana obtains evidence proving bluefin tuna is being caught illegally in Italy and Turkey
The bluefin tuna fishery closes today for most industrial seiners, except for those that have requested additional days due to bad weather. The fishing season was marked by illegality and…
May 4, 2010
Italian government keeps challenging EU driftnet ban
With a letter today addressed to Commissioners Dimas and Borg, Oceana, the international marine conservation organization, has called for an end to the illegal use of an Italian driftnet called…
April 30, 2010
Oceana and Marviva welcome European Commission support for bluefin tuna listing in CITES
Oceana, the international marine conservation organisation, and Fundación Marviva have been urging the Commission to support the listing of bluefin tuna on Appendix I of the Convention on International Trade…
April 26, 2010
Enviromental NGOs urge Fisheries Ministers to expedite “new scenario fo ocean life”
Baiona, Spain –.The environmental organizations, Ecologistas en Acción, Greenpeace, Oceana, Seas At Risk and WWF present in Baiona (Spain) at the Ministerial gathering of 47 countries from the five continents[i] …
April 26, 2010
Madrid, Spain –. NGOs committed to the sustainable use and conservation of fisheries resources are concerned with the lack of transparency and communication of the Spanish Minister of the Environment,…
April 26, 2010
In a letter addressed to Joe Borg, the EU commissioner responsible for fisheries and maritime affairs, Xavier Pastor, the executive director of Oceana in Europe, asked Spain to support the…
April 26, 2010
European Union member states ignore their responsability to conserve bluefin tuna
Oceana and Marviva are disappointed at the irresponsible behaviour of EU member states in today rejecting support for the Monaco proposal to add bluefin tuna to CITES Appendix I. The…
April 22, 2010
Oceana cautious os European Commision’s proposal for 2010 fishing opportunities
In a press conference today in Brussels, the European Commission presented its proposal for the 2010 fishing opportunities for Europe’s main commercial fish stocks. Oceana, the international marine conservation organization,…
April 22, 2010
Oceana and Marviva welcome a step forward in bluefin tuna protection
Last night, United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) decided to support Monaco’s proposal for listing Atlantic bluefin tuna on Appendix 1 of the Convention on International Trade of…
April 21, 2010
“ICCAT countries sell out bluefin tuna to industry”, says Oceana
Recife (Brazil).- Today, the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas agreed to weak management measures for bluefin tuna, ignoring the only acceptable measure that would have recovered this…