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Press Releases
May 1, 2010
Oceana captures the first images of the Sahara seamounts in the Atlantic
Oceana has images of the Sahara seamounts, the southernmost seamounts in Spain, for the first time. These seamounts have never previously been filmed and information about them is still scarce….
May 1, 2010
Oceana finds a dozen species in the Canary islands not previously known to live in these waters
Oceana has found around a dozen species in the Canary Islands whose existence in the archipelago was unknown until now. Glass and rock sponges, ball, white and black coral, and…
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 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…
May 1, 2010
Oceana solicita la intervención de la UNESCO ante la creciente amenaza de mareas negras en Doñana
Oceana ha informado a la UNESCO sobre el proyecto de instalación de una nueva boya de descarga de petróleo de la empresa Refinería Balboa enfrente de Doñana y sobre la…
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…
April 30, 2010
Oceana and Marviva welcome European Commission support for bluefin tuna listing in CITES
Oceana, the international marine conservation organisation, and Fundación Marviva have been urging the Commission to support the listing of bluefin tuna on Appendix I of the Convention on International Trade…
April 30, 2010
Oceana denounces a pirate fishing vessel that is illegally receiving provisions today in Spain
Today, the international marine conservation organization Oceana informed the Spanish government, the European Commission and the Northeast Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC) that the Eros II (ex Furabolos), a fishing vessel…
April 26, 2010
European Union member states ignore their responsability to conserve bluefin tuna
Oceana and Marviva are disappointed at the irresponsible behaviour of EU member states in today rejecting support for the Monaco proposal to add bluefin tuna to CITES Appendix I. The…
April 26, 2010
In a letter addressed to Joe Borg, the EU commissioner responsible for fisheries and maritime affairs, Xavier Pastor, the executive director of Oceana in Europe, asked Spain to support the…
