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February 27, 2019
UN Environment, Oceana and insurers issue first-ever guidelines to combat pirate fishing
Environmental organisations join forces with insurance industry to spearhead global campaign to tackle illegal fishingApproximately 1 in 5 fish is caught illegally, posing serious threats to the environment and global…
February 21, 2019
More garbage caught than cod: NGOs call for emergency measures to protect Eastern Baltic cod
NGOs in the Baltic Sea Region have sent an urgent letter to the European Commissioner in charge of Environment Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, Karmenu Vella, urging him to implement emergency…
February 19, 2019
France, Spain and Italy unite to breach EU fisheries law
The European Parliament’s Committee on Fisheries (PECH) formally adopted today a political agreement on a multiannual plan for demersal species (mostly found at the bottom of the ocean) in the…
February 12, 2019
EU fails to show leadership on marine conservation with weak plan for Atlantic fisheries
An unambitous plan was adopted today by the European Parliament, for management of fisheries in the European waters of the Atlantic Ocean Even though, the Western Waters multi-annual plan (WWMAP)…
February 1, 2019
Spain to create second-largest marine national park in the Mediterranean, south of Mallorca
Spain is set to announce today it will create the second-largest marine national park in the Mediterranean[i], making the area of Cabrera National Park nine times larger and taking the total…
January 25, 2019
Pascale Moehrle, Interim Executive Director for Oceana in Europe
Pascale Moehrle has taken on the role of Interim Executive Director and Vice President for Oceana in Europe after the announcement of Lasse Gustavsson leaving Oceana at the end of…
January 10, 2019
European Parliament vote puts future of Mediterranean fishing on the line
Oceana warns emergency closures to fishing could be only option to fix Mediterranean fish crisis and to comply with EU lawThe European Parliament voted today to adopt the first-ever multiannual…
December 19, 2018
EU ministers reject calls for sustainable catch limits in Atlantic waters
The EU’s Agriculture and Fisheries Council reached an agreement early Wednesday morning on 2019 fishing limits for commercial stocks in the Atlantic Ocean and the North Sea. After all-night negotiations,…
December 17, 2018
EU countries could catch 56% more fish if ministers stopped overfishing in Atlantic waters
The EU could increase the amount of fish landings from the North-Eastern Atlantic and the North Sea by 56%, up to more than 5 million tonnes, if tomorrow’s Council of…
December 13, 2018
France, Italy and Spain team up to delay EU overfishing deadline for the Mediterranean
Oceana has had access to a proposal by the fisheries ministers of Italy, France and Spain in which they agree to end overfishing in the Mediterranean by 2025. This would…
