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December 13, 2019
Oceana: EU’s last chance to fulfil the law and stop overfishing
On 16-17 December, the Agriculture and Fisheries Council of the EU (“Agrifish”) will decide on fishing limits in EU Atlantic waters and the North Sea for 2020. For the first…
December 11, 2019
Green Deal goes blue: ocean vital to fight climate change
The European Commission unveiled the European Green Deal today, the flagship agenda driving Europe’s ecological transition to become the world’s first climate-neutral continent by 2050. Oceana welcomes that the ocean…
November 11, 2019
Mediterranean countries commit to fight illegal fishing and preserve threatened ecosystems
Oceana applauds decisions to increase fisheries transparency, protect threatened corals and preserve breeding grounds adopted by FAO’s General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) in their 43rd session. The enforcement…
October 15, 2019
Oceana: Fisheries ministers miss legal deadline to stop overfishing in the Baltic Sea
EU fisheries ministers agreed overnight Monday on the 2020 fishing limits for fish stocks in the Baltic Sea, including iconic cod and herring. Oceana criticises the Council for breaching the…
June 28, 2019
Cod crisis deepens in North Sea
The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) has announced today the collapse of the North Sea cod population, and has recommended reducing its catch limits by 70%…
April 5, 2019
Following a workshop organized by the International Council for the Exploration of the Seas (ICES) in Lisbon to evaluate the recovery and management plan for Iberian sardine (Sardina pilchardus), 15…
April 4, 2019
EU Mediterranean plan to allow trawling in fish nurseries
The European Parliament approved today in a plenary vote the first multiannual plan for demersal stocks (fish that live and feed near the sea bottom) for the Western Mediterranean Sea. With…
March 19, 2019
No-deal Brexit could create anarchy at sea
No-deal Brexit would mean lawless situation for UK waters Draft Fisheries Bill still stuck in parliamentThe UK leaving the European Union (EU) without a withdrawal deal could lead to lawlessness…
February 19, 2019
France, Spain and Italy unite to breach EU fisheries law
The European Parliament’s Committee on Fisheries (PECH) formally adopted today a political agreement on a multiannual plan for demersal species (mostly found at the bottom of the ocean) in the…
January 10, 2019
European Parliament vote puts future of Mediterranean fishing on the line
Oceana warns emergency closures to fishing could be only option to fix Mediterranean fish crisis and to comply with EU lawThe European Parliament voted today to adopt the first-ever multiannual…
