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Press Releases
October 4, 2012
Deepsea shark liver oil is becoming latest marine gold for pirates
Loophole in EU law allows shark liver oil captured illegally around the world to reach EU consumers as Omega-3.Oceana has called upon the European Commission to amend weak EU laws…
September 28, 2012
United Nations backs global call for landing sharks with fins attached
Oceana commends signatories to the United Nations Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) Memorandum of Understanding on the Conservation of Migratory Sharks (MoU), for further emphasising the importance of landing sharks…
September 19, 2012
Oceana: Parlamentarians support strict ban on shark finning
Oceana commends the Fisheries Committee of the European Parliament, for supporting a strict ban on shark finning in EU waters, and on EU vessels worldwide. Their report, which was voted…
September 18, 2012
Oceana: European Parliament to decide future of shark finning
Oceana urges the European Parliament Fisheries Committee to vote tomorrow in favour of a strict European ban on shark finning, which would require all sharks to be landed with their…
September 12, 2012
Oceana reveals economic costs of shark finning ban negligible when compared to public investments
Next week, the Fisheries Committee of European Parliament will vote to put in place a complete shark finning ban – a measure that the industry claims will cost them €…
July 11, 2012
Oceana: Threatened sharks and rays granted critical protection in the Mediterranean
Oceana is extremely pleased that the EU has finally voted in favour of strictly protecting ten threatened species of sharks and rays in the Mediterranean Sea, under the Barcelona Convention….
February 10, 2012
Oceana: Shameful European inaction on shark protection
Oceana deplores the failure of the European Union to take a decision on the protection of threatened sharks and rays in the Mediterranean, at the biennial meeting of the Barcelona…
February 8, 2012
European Union failing threatened mediterranean sharks
Oceana, the international marine conservation organisation, denounces the European Commission for blocking efforts to protect threatened and endangered sharks and rays in the Mediterranean Sea, under the Barcelona Convention. The…
November 21, 2011
Oceana: European Commission proposes to rectify ineffective shark finning law
Oceana, the international marine conservation organisation, commends the European Commission on its proposal, released today, to amend the EU ban on shark finning by requiring all sharks to be landed…
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…
