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January 10, 2019
European Parliament vote puts future of Mediterranean fishing on the line
Oceana warns emergency closures to fishing could be only option to fix Mediterranean fish crisis and to comply with EU lawThe European Parliament voted today to adopt the first-ever multiannual…
July 12, 2018
Oceana uncovers dozens of cases of illegal fishing in protected areas in the Mediterranean
Version française | Versione italiana Oceana launched today a report uncovering 41 potential cases of illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing in the Mediterranean Sea using data from Global Fishing Watch. The…
January 30, 2017
Starfish with 10 to 11 arms spotted in the Mediterranean
Marine scientists have discovered a population of a species of starfish with 10 and 11 arms living more than 200 m below the surface in waters off Malta (central Mediterranean)….
December 2, 2016
Mediterranean countries need to protect an area the size of Ireland by 2020
So far only 7% of the Mediterranean has been protected and deep-sea ecosystems have almost no protection.Tangier, Morocco – An area the size of the Republic of Ireland (71,840 km2)…
April 27, 2016
Oceana asks EU countries to stop delaying action and end overfishing in the Mediterranean now!
Brussels – Oceana calls on EU Commission and Member States to take responsibility and end overfishing in the Mediterranean once and for all. The obligation to sustainably manage stocks was…
February 10, 2016
Oceana regrets lack of decisive actions by EU to end overfishing in the Mediterranean
Oceana is disappointed by the passive attitude shown by EU States that continues to postpone the EU’s duty to end overfishing by 2020. A high-level seminar on the state of…
February 9, 2016
Oceana calls for emergency closures of heavily overfished stocks in the Mediterranean
Oceana warns at high-level seminar that if overfishing is not stopped by 2020, closing fisheries or losing them will be the only options leftOceana urges the EU to announce this…
May 29, 2015
States agree first ever fisheries management in international waters of the Mediterranean Sea
Milan – Today the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean Sea (GFCM) closes the doors on its annual meeting. For the first time in its 60 year history, the Commission,…
May 28, 2015
“Jurassic Park of sponges” discovered in the Mediterranean Sea
Spanish researchers have published[i] in PLoS ONE the discovery of a ‘rock’ sponge reef unique in the world. The structure, of which its kind was thought to have been extinct…
January 5, 2015
A new species of glass sponge discovered in the Mediterranean
A new species of sponge has been discovered in the Mediterranean by an international group of scientists which included members of Oceana. Sympagella delauzei is the name that has been…
