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Press Releases
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…
April 21, 2010
ICCAT’s last chance to prove capable of controlling fisheries
The International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) will meet in Recife, Brazil, next week to determine the future of commercially valuable bluefin tuna, whose populations have plummeted…
April 20, 2010
Oceana denounces Xunta de Galicia insists to grant €4 million subsidies to fishing pirates
Today the international marine conservation organization Oceana is publishing a case study with two letters, revealing that the European Commission any direct responsibility for subsidies, to spend under the European…
April 19, 2010
Oceana urges Fisheries Ministers to end fishing for critically endangered sharks in 2010
The EU Fisheries Council will meet 14-15 December to agree the 2010 TACs (Total Allowable Catches) for Community fleets. Oceana, the international marine conservation organization, is calling on Fisheries Ministers…
