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Press Releases
July 22, 2010
Oceana warns against near lack of shark fisheries management all around the world
Sharks are less managed than other fish species although they have fewer offspring and play a critical role in ensuring healthy oceans.In a new report by Oceana, The Race for…
May 19, 2010
Big plans but little action for European shark protection
Today in Brussels the European Commission released the long-awaited Community Plan of Action for the Conservation and Management of Sharks, nearly a decade after the adoption of the FAO International…
May 13, 2010
New Oceana report shows depletion of prey fish may be starving the oceans
Oceana released a new report today finding widespread malnutrition in commercial and recreational fish, marine mammals and seabirds because of the global depletion of the small fish they need to…
May 11, 2010
Oceana welcomes EU fish council conclusions urging quick action for shark conservation in Europe
The EU Fisheries Council meeting today in Luxembourg has adopted the Council Conclusions on the EU Plan of Action for the Conservation and Management of Sharks[1]. Oceana, the international marine…
May 6, 2010
Oceana asks nations to stop overfishing tunas and sharks
Oceana denounces that the management of tuna and sharks fisheries is insufficient. Today, the majority of commercially important tuna stocks are overfished, some to the point of commercial collapse, and…
May 4, 2010
Oceana calls for regulations of shark catches in international ewaters
Oceana calls for regulation of high-seas shark fisheries, as these vulnerable species lack any management measures in international waters despite being highly exploited. Delegates from the international marine conservation organization…
May 1, 2010
Oceana urges CITES protection for two endangered species
Oceana is expressing its support for a proposal by Germany to list two shark species, the porbeagle shark (Lamna nasus) and spurdog (Squalus acanthias), on the Convention on the International…
May 1, 2010
Oceana calls for regulation of shark catches in international waters
Oceana calls for regulation of high-seas shark fisheries, as these vulnerable species lack any management measures in international waters despite being highly exploited. Delegates from the international marine conservation organization…
May 1, 2010
Oceana welcomes the EU countries support for proposing the listing of two shark species in CITES
Oceana is pleased that the European Union countries have agreed to submit Germany’s proposals on sharks to the CITES Conference of the Parties next year. These proposals are to list…
April 22, 2010
The European Union should lead shark conservation and management in ICCAT
Oceana, the international marine conservation organization, is calling on the European Union to present effective proposals to regulate sharks that are caught in the Atlantic Ocean during the upcoming meeting…
