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March 14, 2014

Major fishing nations commit to ending fleet overcapacity

Thessaloniki, Greece – Today, a joint statement committing to adopt measures to tackle global fleet overcapacity was signed by the EU and major fishing nations including the United States, Colombia,…

January 28, 2014

EU moves away, but fails to make clean break from harmful subsidies

Today the European Parliament and the Fisheries Council reached a political agreement on the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund, the financial mechanism that will allow the implementation of the reformed…

December 18, 2013

Oceana: EU Ministers fail first test of new fisheries policy targets

Yesterday in the evening EU Fisheries Ministers reached a political agreement on 2014 fishing opportunities for the main commercial fish stocks for EU vessels in the North East Atlantic. Only…

December 10, 2013

European Parliament discards the phase out of destructive fishing practices

After 16 months of deliberations, the European Parliament has agreed on new management measures for deep-sea fisheries. Oceana regrets that a key conservation measure, namely the phase out of bottom…

November 22, 2013

Oceana calls on EU Fisheries Ministers to catch up on deep-sea protection

Oceana calls on EU Fisheries Ministers to match the efforts made by the European Commission and the European Parliament to address the critical situation of the North-East Atlantic deep-sea. The…

November 4, 2013

Oceana: EU Parliament votes for deep-sea fisheries management reform but falls short of prohibiting destructive fishing

Oceana applauds the adoption of a broad set of measures to strengthen deep-sea fisheries management in the North-East Atlantic Ocean, today by the European Parliament Fisheries Committee. Among the adopted…

November 4, 2013

Oceana calls on European Parliament to reform deep-sea fisheries management

Oceana urges the European Parliament Fisheries Committee to vote today in favour of strong management measures for North-East Atlantic deep-sea fisheries, to end overfishing and protect vulnerable marine ecosystems. EU…

August 29, 2013

Oceana urges the European Commission to take urgent measures to eliminate discards fisheries

Discards constitute 8% of total weight of world captures or more than 7.3 million tonnes of fish thrown away at sea. More than 20% of fish is discarded in European…

August 26, 2013

Oceana denounces the fact that the European Union has ignored almost 80% of scientific advice on fish quotas over the last 20 years

Species in danger of extinction, such as hake, anchovy or cod are among the worst managed. While negotiations on TACs and quotas will start next Monday, Oceana reminds EU fisheries…

August 22, 2013

The European Commission has initiated infringement proceeding against seven EU members states for non-respect of bluefin tuna rules

The announcement follows last week’s Commission decision to close this fishery to conserve stocks. The Commission made public this morning that it has opened infringement proceedings against 7 EU countries…