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Press Releases
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…
April 19, 2010
Oceana denounces EU’s failure to recover fishing resources
The meeting of the EU Council of Fisheries Ministers concluded yesterday night with agreements on total allowable catches (TACs) and country quotas for the Community fleet next year. The agreements…
April 17, 2010
Oceana: only an ecological reform of EU fishing policy would recover fish stocks and keep jobs
This week, the European Union is closing their public consultation for a reform of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) from 2012. Oceana is asking the European Commission to focus the…
March 23, 2010
Today the European Parliament adopted a Resolution recommending a strong EU conservation position at the upcoming CITES Conference of the Parties (COP), to be held in Qatar in March. The…
February 8, 2010
Oceana welcomes CITES call for protection of marine species
Today in Geneva, bluefin tuna, sharks and corals took one large step closer to winning protection. In an important and noteworthy announcement, the Secretariat of CITES, the Convention on International…
