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May 30, 2019
UK becomes ocean champion with 41 new Marine Conservation Zones
The UK government has announced today that it will create 41 new Marine Conservation Zones (MCZs), taking the new total of MCZs in the UK to 91 Zones, which together…
May 29, 2019
Calls for Emergency Halt to Baltic Fishing
Brussels May 29, 2019:- Responding to scientific advice that a number of important Baltic fish populations are in a state of crisis and cannot be fished sustainably, four non-governmental organisations…
May 21, 2019
Pascale Moehrle, new executive director for Oceana in Europe
Pascale Moehrle has been appointed Executive Director and Vice President for Oceana in Europe. Pascale has been serving as interim Executive Director since January this year, after Lasse Gustavsson announced…
May 21, 2019
Oceana urges Italy to protect marine wildlife hotspot in Sicily
Discoveries include sixteen species threatened with extinction and exceptional underwater forest of bamboo coral, Mediterranean’s most endangered coralOn World Biodiversity Day, Oceana is calling on Italy to create a marine…
May 16, 2019
Oceana and North Sea Foundation call for protection of rare reefs found during underwater research
Oceana and the North Sea Foundation call for the designation of the Brown Bank as a marine protected area, after having discovered fragile and ecologically important Sabellaria worm reefs in…
May 14, 2019
The mapping of its deep habitats could be used as a model to improve the management and conservation of this and other protected areasIn the research journal Aquatic conservation: Marine…
April 25, 2019
Oceana bifalder at Fiskeriminister Eva Kjer Hansen vil reducere fangstmængden for den østlige Østersø torsk kraftigt, men påpeger, at det er nødvendigt at helt lukke for fiskeriet med det samme,…
April 11, 2019
The report , published last week by International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES), an intergovernmental marine science organization, found that the eastern Baltic cod population has reached…
April 11, 2019
EU to fail at recovering overexploited fish stocks by 2020 deadline, report finds
Oceana is seriously concerned that overfishing is plaguing EU seas, following a new report released by the European Commission. Around 40% of Atlantic stocks and 87% of Mediterranean ones are…
April 5, 2019
Following a workshop organized by the International Council for the Exploration of the Seas (ICES) in Lisbon to evaluate the recovery and management plan for Iberian sardine (Sardina pilchardus), 15…
