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Press Releases
May 29, 2020
Baltic Sea Fish Stocks Remain in Crisis – NGOs Call for Closures of Herring and Cod stocks
Responding to today’s publication of annual scientific advice for EU fishing limits for 2021 in the Baltic Sea by ICES (International Council for the Exploration of the Sea), which finds…
May 20, 2020
Oceana welcomes the European Commission’s much expected new 10-year plan, presented today, to save biodiversity and its ambition to deliver urgent action to protect the environment – something that 90%…
April 1, 2020
Oceana appoints Vera Coelho as Senior Director of Advocacy in Europe
Vera Coelho joins Oceana in Europe’s Brussels office as the Senior Director of Advocacy — a new position that oversees our four campaigns and represents Oceana before key partners and…
March 9, 2020
Dutch Postcode Lottery supports Oceana’s campaigns for vital marine conservation in Europe
Oceana has received a 1 million euro donation to support its activities focusing on reducing illegal fishing and plastics pollution, expanding and improving the management and protection of marine protected…
March 3, 2020
Oceana urges strong ambition to restore nature and oceans, EU to lead by example
Today the European Commission and the UN Environment Programme launched a Global Coalition for Biodiversity, building momentum ahead of the international negotiations of the UN Convention of Biological Diversity COP15…
March 2, 2020
Oceana calls on EU and UK to not lower environmental standards in any future fisheries agreement
Oceana urges the EU and UK to commit to retain sustainable science-based management, high environmental standards and control of fishing activities in the negotiations for a bilateral fisheries agreement starting…
January 29, 2020
10% increase in refillables can reduce ocean PET plastic pollution by 7.6 billion bottles
Oceana released a report finding that the beverage industry could decrease marine plastic pollution by 4.5 billion to 7.6 billion bottles each year, a 22% decrease, by increasing the volume…
January 29, 2020
UK government waives the rules to allow fishermen to rule the waves
The UK government has revoked the legal duty to fish sustainably, at Maximum Sustainable Yield (MSY) in the new Fisheries Bill, despite their claims to the contrary. Oceana fears that…
January 28, 2020
Environmental NGOs launch new rescue plan for Europe to make our ocean healthy by 2030 – Today, 102 environmental organisations1, led by Seas At Risk, BirdLife Europe, ClientEarth, Oceana, Surfrider…
December 17, 2019
Council of the EU endorses overfishing in 2020
The Agriculture and Fisheries Council of the EU (“Agrifish”) has decided on fishing limits in the Northeast Atlantic for 2020, and for the first time on fishing effort in the Western…
