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March 24, 2014
EU Council announces first-ever seafood trade ban against illegal fishing nations
Today, four leading environmental groups – Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF), Oceana, The Pew Charitable Trusts and WWF have welcomed a decision by the EU Fisheries Council to place trade restrictions…
February 28, 2014
Seafood Fraud: France, star student of Europe
Following the recent crises that rocked the meat industry in Europe, BLOOM, Oceana, researchers from INSERM and the National Museum of Natural History, and Terra eco magazine teamed up to…
August 29, 2013
In 2007, Oceana identified more than 100 vessels using illegal driftnets.Oceana presented two reports in Brussels today: “Italian driftnets: the illegal fishing activities continue” and “Thonaille: the use of driftnets…
August 28, 2013
French driftnetters will not fish in 2008
Driftnets, a fishing gear that can reach dozens of kilometres in length, were prohibited in the European Union in 2002 because they constitute a threat to the conservation of cetaceans,…
August 26, 2013
The end of pirate fishing vessel Viarsa 1
The Australian authorities have confirmed that last December one of the most infamous pirate fishing vessels, the Viarsa 1, associated with the Galician ship owning company Vidal Armadores S.A. was…
August 22, 2013
Oceana fishery research vessels attacked by fleet of french driftnetters
The arrival of two border-control and French Navy helicopters caused the attackers, who were fishing in international waters, to flee.In the early Monday morning hours, a group of seven French…
August 22, 2013
Oceana asks the new french president to eliminate driftnets from the Mediterranean
Two days after the investiture of Nicolas Sarkozy as the new president of the French Republic, the international marine protection organisation Oceana is asking him to put into place measures…
August 22, 2013
The Commission corroborates Oceana’s complaints regarding the use of driftnets in the EU
Last Tuesday, the European Commission presented a report to the European Parliament and Council regarding Member states’ monitoring of compliance with the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) during the years of…
August 22, 2013
Oceana intercepts a moroccan driftnetter fishing inside the Alboran Island reserve
Last Thursday, at seven in the evening, the Oceana Ranger research catamaran, property of the international marine conservation organisation Oceana, detected a Moroccan fishing vessel nine miles east of Alboran…
August 22, 2013
Morocco promotes the plan to eliminate driftnets from their fleet
In 2006, the marine research and conservation organization, Oceana, undertook a campaign against the use with driftnets in the Mediterranean. Investigators documented swordfish fisheries carried out by Moroccan vessels with…
