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Press Releases
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…
April 22, 2010
Oceana, opposes fishing subsidies for Pescanova and other Spanish fishiing giants
The international marine conservation organization Oceana opposes fishing subsidies for fish processing and aquaculture plants for large fishing companies. Earlier this week, the large Galician fishing companies, among them Pescanova,…
April 22, 2010
Oceana claims mismanagement is to blame for the failings of the fishing quota system
The international marine conservation organisation, Oceana, has sent the European Commission a study analyzing the failures in management of the total allowable catch (TAC) system. The EC will table this…
April 22, 2010
Oceana and Marviva welcome a step forward in bluefin tuna protection
Last night, United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) decided to support Monaco’s proposal for listing Atlantic bluefin tuna on Appendix 1 of the Convention on International Trade of…
April 22, 2010
Oceana warns about loopholes in the European Union fight against IUU fishing
The international conservation organization Oceana welcomes yesterday’s publication of EU regulation 1010/2009 that lays out rules for the implementation of a community system to prevent, deter and eliminate illegal, unreported…
April 22, 2010
Spain is the first EU country to prohibit hammerhead and thresher shark fisheries
Oceana congratulates the Spanish Ministry of Environment and Rural and Marine Affairs today for publishing in the Official State Bulletin a total prohibition on the catch of hammerhead and thresher…
April 22, 2010
EU Court of Justice has ruled against Italy for continued use of driftnets
Oceana and MarViva welcome today’s judgment by the EU Court of Justice which has found Italy in breach of EU law for continuing to use driftnets, a fishing gear banned…
