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May 30, 2019
UK becomes ocean champion with 41 new Marine Conservation Zones
The UK government has announced today that it will create 41 new Marine Conservation Zones (MCZs), taking the new total of MCZs in the UK to 91 Zones, which together…
May 14, 2019
The mapping of its deep habitats could be used as a model to improve the management and conservation of this and other protected areasIn the research journal Aquatic conservation: Marine…
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 20, 2019
L-R: A passerby enjoying A Human Touch exhibition; Marta Madina, Communications Director at Oceana, Rt Hon Ken Macintosh MSP, Presiding Officer, Amanda Tyndall, Festival and Creative Director at Edinburgh Science…
December 15, 2017
Mediterranean countries to decide on the protection of corals threatened with extinction
As the Contracting Parties of the Barcelona Convention are due to meet in Tirana, Oceana calls on the Mediterranean countries to approve a proposal to protect four threatened deep-sea corals….
December 20, 2016
Denmark stands alone in defiance against Baltic Sea marine protection agreement
Denmark threatened to effectively stop progress on a key Baltic Sea regional initiative during the HELCOM Head of Delegation meeting which took place on 14-15 December in Helsinki. This process,…
June 8, 2016
Progress in marine protection hampered by rising sea pollution
On the occasion of World Oceans Day today, 8 June, Oceana warns of the detrimental impact rubbish dumping and waste pollution is having on the world’s oceans and marine wildlife….
June 24, 2015
Oceana: State of Europe’s seas goes from bad to worse
According to the first State of Europe’s Seas report, published today by the European Environment Agency, our seas are neither healthy nor clean, and although they are productive at present,…
June 5, 2015
Oceana launches expedition into unknown maltese depths
Oceana launches a two-month expedition to survey deep sea areas and underwater caves in Malta. The at-sea campaign, included within the LIFE Ba?AR for N2K project, will garner documentation on…
May 20, 2015
Oceana: Dire state of ‘protected’ European marine environment underscores need for management
Today, the European Environment Agency (EEA) published its State of Nature report, a six-year assessment of the conservation status of threatened European habitats and species protected under the Natura 2000…