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Press Releases
November 21, 2011
Oceana Applauds ICCAT Decision to Protect Vulnerable Silky Sharks
ISTANBUL – Oceana, the largest international advocacy group working solely to protect the world’s oceans, applauded the 22nd Regular Meeting of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas…
November 10, 2011
Oceana’s protection proposal MedNet, presented to South Mediterranean countries
Oceana has been invited by the European Commission’s IMP-Med project to present its proposal for a MedNet network of Marine Protected Areas for the countries on the Mediterranean Sea’s southern…
July 14, 2011
Oceana discovers large coral reef in the Mediterranean
Oceana discovered a deep-sea, white coral reef in the Alboran sea (Western Mediterranean) during the Oceana Ranger’s 2011 expedition. The international marine conservation organization estimates that the reef’s surface area…
June 28, 2011
Oceana discovers carnivorous sponge, prompting the protection of five areas in the Mediterranean
The discovery was published in the international journal Zootaxa along with the scientific discoveries of German and Italian universities.Oceana scientists, the University of Erlangen-Nürnberg (Germany) and Le Marche-Ancona University (Italy)…
June 14, 2011
Oceana celebrates the advance toward the expansion of the waters of Cabrera National Park
Oceana congratulated the members of the Board of Trustees of Cabrera National Park, which includes a wide range of interested parties from fishermen and scientific institutions to the Balearic and…
August 19, 2010
The international marine conservation organization’s research catamaran, the Oceana Ranger, in collaboration with Fundación Biodiversidad, has just finished an expedition in Palma de Mallorca. The odyssey lasted almost three months,…
May 25, 2010
Oceana urges the Balearic Government to prohibit trawling on the continental shelf
Oceana urges the Balearic government to prohibit bottom trawling on the continental shelf or at less than 150 meters depth. The international marine conservation organisation sent island authorities a series…
May 13, 2010
Oceana satisfied with the arrest of three owners of illegal drifnetters in Southern Italy
Oceana is satisfied with the arrest of three captains and shipowners in the Italian port of Bagnara Calabra for their use of illegal driftnets. The accused are under house arrest…
May 4, 2010
Italian government keeps challenging EU driftnet ban
With a letter today addressed to Commissioners Dimas and Borg, Oceana, the international marine conservation organization, has called for an end to the illegal use of an Italian driftnet called…
April 21, 2010
Spain loses seagrass prairies worth €60M every year
Oceana estimates that Spain loses seagrass prairies worth 60 million Euros every year due to trawling, the construction of ports and marinas, and dumping. The conservation organisation and the Banco…