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Press Releases
April 26, 2022
Just after the UK’s announcement to protect two areas of English waters by banning damaging fishing activities such as bottom trawling, it will be the European Parliament’s turn to show…
February 22, 2022
As the EU celebrates the 30th anniversary of Natura 2000, NGOs highlight EU countries’ lax implementation of EU nature laws and permissiveness towards widespread destructive fishing, resulting in the conservation…
December 3, 2020
Early Christmas present for Scotland’s iconic minke whales, basking sharks and Risso’s dolphins
Oceana welcomes the designation of four new Scottish Nature Conservation Marine Protected Areas (NCMPAs) as an important contribution to the ecological coherence of the Scottish Marine Protected Areas (MPA) network….
May 14, 2019
The mapping of its deep habitats could be used as a model to improve the management and conservation of this and other protected areasIn the research journal Aquatic conservation: Marine…
November 13, 2018
Urgent political will needed to halt European marine habitat neglect
ClientEarth, Coalition Clean Baltic, Oceana, Seas at Risk and WWF warn that marine life across Europe is being harmed because member states are neglecting to actively manage marine protected areas….
September 30, 2016
EU gets tough on countries with poor marine protection
Offshore waters are the most neglected Yesterday, the European Commission ordered 12 EU countries to improve marine protection as they are not meeting their legal targets to complete the Natura…
September 26, 2016
Environmental NGOs urgently call for better protection of Europe’s oceans
98% of offshore waters remain unprotected under Natura 2000, Europe’s key conservation network.St. Julian’s, Malta. Environmental NGOs Oceana, Seas At Risk, and WWF urge the European Commission to be rigorous…
June 8, 2011
Oceans on track to irreversible damage unless immediate actions is taken
The first decade of the 21st century has been a devastating period for the oceans. Oceana warns that unless immediate action is taken, the damage will become irreversible. The international…
March 29, 2011
Oceana urges Portugal to expand the Natura 2000 Network to protect its seamounts
In 2005, Oceana was the first organisation to photograph and take video footage of the Gorringe Bank seamounts, southeast of Cape St. Vincent, identifying 36 species that had never been…
January 13, 2011
Oceana applauds the inclusion of important marine areas in the Natura 2000 Network
Oceana applauds the recent addition of important marine areas to the European Natura 2000 Network. This important step towards correcting the precarious situation of European seas is a significant advance…
