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November 21, 2016
International community takes first step for depleted Mediterranean swordfish on World Fisheries Day
Oceana welcomes long-overdue measures to rebuild the depleted and overfished stock, but the plan falls behind expectationsVilamoura, Portugal.-The International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) has today finalised…
November 18, 2016
New analysis reveals lack of trade traceability in lucrative Mediterranean swordfish market
As the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) today enters its fifth day of fisheries negotiations, all 51 countries have the future and fate of Mediterranean swordfish…
October 21, 2016
EU faces Mediterranean fish ultimatum
The European Union is now facing an ultimatum on a key fishery in the Mediterranean. Oceana has called on EU countries to stop all swordfish fishing in the Mediterranean unless…
October 10, 2016
Set crisis plan now or EU to ban fishing for Mediterranean swordfish
Mediterranean swordfish drops by 70% in 30 years from overfishingOceana is fully behind a call for an urgent and immediate action plan to rebuild rock-bottom numbers of swordfish in the…
November 17, 2015
Oceana is deeply disappointed that the 49 Contracting Parties present at the 24th Regular meeting of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) have failed to address…
November 10, 2015
Oceana requests ICCAT to sail beyond bluefin tuna and take care of swordfish and sharks
OCEANA urges the Contracting Parties of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) – the organisation responsible for highly migratory species in the Atlantic and adjacent waters…
November 17, 2014
OCEANA ICCAT kills conservation of sharks and swordfish; keeps bluefin tuna alive
Proposal to strictly ban shark finning blocked by Asian nations for 6th year in a row Today, the annual meeting of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas…
November 15, 2014
Oceana: ICCAT cannot ignore pirate fishing happening in its waters
Today, Oceana has called upon the 49 Contracting Parties to the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) to examine and take action on activities related to illegal,…
November 14, 2014
Oceana celebrates NEAFC improvements on shark management
Lack of agreement for key commercial stocks like mackerel, blue whiting or herring Today, the North East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC), responsible for managing fishery resources in the international waters…
November 12, 2014
NGO and European fishing industry join voices in calling to eradicate shark finning in Atlantic
Cepesca and Oceana have called upon the 49 Contracting Parties to the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tuna (ICCAT) to close legal loopholes that still allow some fleets…
