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Press Releases
August 29, 2013
Oceana urges caution in response to the fuel price crisis in the fisheries sector
Oceana, the international ocean conservation organisation, remains convinced that increasing fuel subsidies is not an appropriate response to rising fuel prices and urges governments to find longer term structural solutions…
August 26, 2013
Oceana urges member states to eliminate pirate fishing
Today the European Commission published a Proposal for a Regulation to establish a Community system to prevent, deter and eliminate illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, by both the EU…
August 19, 2013
The detention by Norwegian patrols of two vessels flying Spanish flags, apprehended while catching Greenland halibut, has once again highlighted the wide-ranging practice of rogue fishing by companies that have…
July 16, 2013
Oceana reaction to Council of Fisheries Ministers vote on EMFF
Last night, Fisheries Ministers passed one of the last hurdles in the negotiations on the reformed European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) by reaching an agreement on the criteria that…
July 10, 2013
Today, after a year and a half of negotiations, the Fisheries Committee of the European Parliament failed to match the new fisheries subsidies mechanism to the ambitious reformed Common Fisheries…
July 8, 2013
Since 2000 fisheries subsidies in the EU have totaled € 12,9 billion. Today, Oceana released the results of a six-month study on the expenditure made by EU Member States in…
December 18, 2012
EU citizens’ representatives stand up for a sustainable future for EU fisheries
Today, after eighteen months of negotiations, the Fisheries Committee of the European Parliament finally voted on the reform of the basic regulation of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP). This was…
November 28, 2012
EU Parliament Environment Committee votes for positive reform of fisheries subsidies
Today, the Environment, Public Health and Food Security Committee of the European Parliament voted on their opinion on the future financing mechanism for the fisheries sector, the European Maritime and…
October 11, 2012
EU Parliament Committee undermines any attempt at reforming fisheries subsidies
Employment and Social Affairs Committee takes right step towards sustainable fisheries.Yesterday, the Regional Development Committee adopted its opinion on the future financing mechanism for fisheries in the EU (EMFF). Surprisingly…
October 8, 2012
Oceana calls on MEPs to stop subsidies that fuel overfishing
This week, three EU Parliament Committees will lay the foundation for the future financial mechanism for fisheries, the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF). Oceana urges the Members of Parliament…
