Media Contact
commseu@oceana.org
or call us at +34 687 598 529, +32 478.038.490 or +34 682.622.245
Press Releases
May 12, 2015
Stretto di Sicilia: Oceana denuncia la passività dell’Italia nel contrasto alla pesca illegale
Oceana chiede all’Italia di prendere misure contro la pesca illegale nello Stretto di Sicilia e appoggiare un piano di gestione per fermale la sovrapesca durante la riunione con Stati Membri…
April 21, 2015
NGOs Support EU’s Warning of Trade Ban Against Thailand for Illegal Fishing
Thailand is the third-largest seafood exporter in the world, with exports valued at €7.8 billion in 2012. In 2013 the European Union (EU) imported €736 million worth of seafood from…
March 12, 2015
Spanish Government opens proceedings against alleged pirates
The Spanish Government has announced the launch of ‘Operation Sparrow’, an investigation into several companies for alleged links with illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing activities. If the investigation finds…
January 26, 2015
EU to ban fish imports from Sri Lanka for illegal fishing
Brussels — Today, the Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF), Oceana, The Pew Charitable Trusts, and WWF welcome a decision by the European Union fisheries ministers to sanction Sri Lanka for its…
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,…
July 21, 2014
Oceana exposes illegal driftnet fisheries, while Italy denies it
Oceana observers, together with a cameraman from Reportime (Corriere della Sera), have gathered evidence of fishing boats using illegal driftnets in southern Italy’s port of Bagnara Calabra, as published today…
June 26, 2014
Oceana reveals illegal driftnet fishing in Morocco
Morocco officially phased out driftnets in 2010 with funding from the EU and US Oceana today revealed that the illegal use of driftnets to capture swordfish has returned to Tangiers, Morocco….
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 22, 2013
Oceana reports on illegal fishing and the destruction of highly valuable seabeds in Huelva
Huelva’s trawling closed season began on September 24. Oceana doubts this measure will be effective and requests effective control measures during this period. The Oceana Ranger research vessel, which belongs…
August 20, 2013
According to the international organisation for marine research and conservation, Oceana, once again a group of European countries, led by Spain, France, Portugal and Poland are attempting to destroy any…
