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Press Releases
August 12, 2014
Oceana celebrates the creation of three protected fishing areas in the Balearic Islands
Oceana, which has been demanding this measure since 2006, congratulates the General Secretariat of Fisheries and encourages the government to continue with the protection of other similar seabeds which should…
August 6, 2014
Oceana launches an expedition to Cabrera and the Balearic seamounts
This morning, Oceana launched an expedition to document three seamounts that lie between the islands of Mallorca, Ibiza and Formentera, as well as the Fort d’en Moreu which is a…
February 6, 2014
Oceana requests the immediate convening of the Cabrera board of trustees
The lack of meetings hampers the control and monitoring of the decisions taken and the prevention of illegal fishing activities that affect the park.Oceana requests the convening, without further delay,…
December 17, 2013
Oceana films highly valuable coral forest for inclusion in the North Atlantic Protected Area
Since the beginning of June, Oceana’s research catamaran, the Ranger, has been carrying out a research campaign off the coast of Galicia, Spain, with the support of the Spanish Fundación…
August 12, 2013
Oceana to study unknown Emile Baudot escarpment in the Balearic Islands
Today marks the launch of Oceana’s 2013 Mediterranean Expedition, which is bound for the Emile Baudot escarpment, a large rocky wall to the south of the Balearic archipelago, of which…
July 17, 2013
Spanish Government to prohibit trawling in Cabrera and the underwater mountains of Mallorca
For seven years, Oceana has fought for the protection of these beds, which host threatened habitats that are essential for fishing.The Spanish Secretary for Fishing Affairs of the Ministry for…
April 23, 2013
National Geographic recommends enlarging Spain’s Cabrera National Park
Enric Sala, explorer-in-residence at National Geographic, has publicly expressed his support for the enlargement of the Cabrera National Park, based on the boundaries proposed by Oceana to José Ramón Bauzá….
April 15, 2013
Oceana calls on Bauzá to launch discussions on the enlargement of Cabrera
Five trawlers working on banned seabeds are the only opposition in the fishing sector to the enlargement of the national park. Oceana has requested, by means of a letter sent…
April 4, 2013
Oceana joins Cabrera National Park board of trustees
Amigos de la Tierra, Ecologistas en Acción, Greenpeace, SEO/Birdlife and WWF Spain have unanimously designated Oceana as the representative of Spanish conservationist organisations on the Board of Trustees of the…
November 16, 2012
Internal report by the balearic regional government recommends enlargement of Cabrera National Park
The seabeds which attract most attention due to their extraordinary wealth are coralligenous seabeds, where illegal trawling is being performed. The authors of the report request that trawling activities move…