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Press Releases
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…
April 26, 2010
Madrid, Spain –. NGOs committed to the sustainable use and conservation of fisheries resources are concerned with the lack of transparency and communication of the Spanish Minister of the Environment,…
April 26, 2010
Enviromental NGOs urge Fisheries Ministers to expedite “new scenario fo ocean life”
Baiona, Spain –.The environmental organizations, Ecologistas en Acción, Greenpeace, Oceana, Seas At Risk and WWF present in Baiona (Spain) at the Ministerial gathering of 47 countries from the five continents[i] …
April 22, 2010
U.S. and E.U. leading the way in global shark conservation
Oceana is applauding the United States for submitting proposals today to list six threatened shark species – oceanic whitetip, dusky, sandbar and great, scalloped and smooth hammerheads – under Appendix…
April 22, 2010
Questa mattina, a Roma, Oceana ha presentato un rapporto sull uso delle reti derivanti illegali nel Mar Mediterraneo, il cui uso si osserva in paesi come l’Italia, il Marocco, la…
