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Press Releases
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…
April 22, 2010
Oceana cautious os European Commision’s proposal for 2010 fishing opportunities
In a press conference today in Brussels, the European Commission presented its proposal for the 2010 fishing opportunities for Europe’s main commercial fish stocks. Oceana, the international marine conservation organization,…
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…
April 21, 2010
Oceana is calling for an urgent reduction of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions to stop acidification of oceans. Acidification jeopardizes the survival of coral reefs and numerous marine species, and with…
April 21, 2010
Spain loses seagrass prairies worth €60M every year
Oceana estimates that Spain loses seagrass prairies worth 60 million Euros every year due to trawling, the construction of ports and marinas, and dumping. The conservation organisation and the Banco…
April 21, 2010
ICCAT’s last chance to prove capable of controlling fisheries
The International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) will meet in Recife, Brazil, next week to determine the future of commercially valuable bluefin tuna, whose populations have plummeted…
April 21, 2010
“ICCAT countries sell out bluefin tuna to industry”, says Oceana
Recife (Brazil).- Today, the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas agreed to weak management measures for bluefin tuna, ignoring the only acceptable measure that would have recovered this…
April 20, 2010
Oceana denounces Xunta de Galicia insists to grant €4 million subsidies to fishing pirates
Today the international marine conservation organization Oceana is publishing a case study with two letters, revealing that the European Commission any direct responsibility for subsidies, to spend under the European…
April 19, 2010
Today the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) made public the results of a technical panel review on the proposals to list bluefin tuna and sharks on…
