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March 23, 2010
Oceana bittersweet about CITES’ failure to protect seven out of eight shark species
Oceana, the international ocean conservation organization, applauded the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species’ (CITES) decision to protect porbeagle sharks threatened by the international trade of their meat during…
March 23, 2010
Oceana warns CITES parties that global demand for shark fins is pushing species towards extinction
From March 13-25 in Doha, Qatar, countries from all around the world are attending the 15th CITES Conference of Parties. If supported by two-thirds the 175 parties present at the…
March 23, 2010
Today the European Parliament adopted a Resolution recommending a strong EU conservation position at the upcoming CITES Conference of the Parties (COP), to be held in Qatar in March. The…
March 23, 2010
Oceana urges the European Commission (EC) and Member States to prioritize creating a broad strategy to address both the exponential loss of marine species and habitats as well as mitigate…
March 22, 2010
CITES fails to protect Atlantic bluefin tuna
Oceana, the world’s largest ocean conservation organization, released the following statement from campaigner María José Cornax today following the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species’ (CITES) failure to protect…
March 22, 2010
Oceana urges to protect 40 marine species under CITES listings
Oceana urges to protect 40 marine species under CITES listings, including banning bluefin tuna international trade under Appendix I and regulating the trade of 8 shark species and 31 red…
March 22, 2010
Oceana outraged by CITES’ failure to protect corals
Oceana, the world’s largest international ocean conservation organization, released the following statement from Ricardo Aguilar, Research Director for Oceana Europe, today following the decision to not include 31 species of…
February 10, 2010
Miguel Bosé and environmental organizations ask for bluefin tuna international trade ban
The statement has also been signed by public figures such as Kofi Annan, Javier Solana, Michael Douglas and Elle MacPherson.Ecologistas en Acción, Greenpeace, MarViva, Oceana, Pew and WWF met this…
February 8, 2010
Oceana welcomes CITES call for protection of marine species
Today in Geneva, bluefin tuna, sharks and corals took one large step closer to winning protection. In an important and noteworthy announcement, the Secretariat of CITES, the Convention on International…
July 8, 2008
EU promotes conservation efforts for two endangered shark species
Conservation efforts for other endangered European shark and ray species have also advanced recently. Still other species are in urgent need of protection.Oceana, the international marine conservation organisation, is welcoming…
