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Press Releases
May 4, 2011
Today, stakeholders, including Oceana, the international marine conservation organization, gathered at the European Commission to exchange views on the issue of discards. Currently, due to the lack of proper regulations…
May 4, 2011
Fisheries target un EU’s 2020 biodiversity strategy unrealistic without equally ambitious CFP
Oceana welcomes the long awaited EU 2020 Biodiversity Strategy, presented at a press conference today by Commissioner Janez Poto?nik, which reaffirms the EU’s intention to halt the loss of biodiversity…
April 12, 2011
Oceana applauds EU Commission steps to improve control and enforcement in fisheries
The effective enforcement of the new rules applied to the EU Fisheries Control regulation will encourage a culture of compliance, simplify the application of control rules and harmonize standards for…
April 7, 2011
Oceana details some key points for the effective recovery of the anchovy
The international organisation is also proposing that sanctions are imposed on governments, such as the Spanish and French, which are unable to manage their fisheries properly.Oceana is asking France and…
April 7, 2011
Threatened species include sharks, rays, deep-sea fish, cod, hake, anchovy and eels.The international organisation for the defence of the seas, Oceana, has carried out a study on the state of…
April 6, 2011
Oceana calls upon the United Nations to eliminate subsidies to bottom trawling fleets
Oceana, the leading international organisation dedicated exclusively to the protection and recovery of the seas, is participating on 26 and 27 April in a meeting of experts in Geneva on…
April 6, 2011
For decades, politicians have been ignoring scientific advice on preventing the collapse of the North-East Atlantic fisheries.Despite the numerous alarms raised by scientists for years, the quotas agreed by politicians…
April 6, 2011
Some populations of deep-sea fish should be regarded as “endangered”: substantial cutbacks in their catches may not be enough to protect them.From orange roughy more than 150 years old to…
May 13, 2010
New Oceana report shows depletion of prey fish may be starving the oceans
Oceana released a new report today finding widespread malnutrition in commercial and recreational fish, marine mammals and seabirds because of the global depletion of the small fish they need to…
May 11, 2010
Oceana welcomes the constructive assessment of the present situation made by the Commission in the Green Paper, launched this morning in Brussels. This document, and the subsequent consultation period with…
