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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…
December 7, 2018
Oceana has seen evidence revealing that an EU-funded body, the Mediterranean Advisory Council (MedAC), aligned with a portion of the Italian fishing industry to lobby MEPs and postpone the latest…
November 20, 2018
EU ditches long-term conservation of deep-sea marine life
After negotiations late into Monday evening, agriculture and fisheries ministers came to a disappointing deal on “fishing opportunities” in the European Atlantic waters for the next two years. The agreement…
November 14, 2018
Oceana applauds Denmark’s decision to increase protection for the Sound
Oceana applauds the Danish government’s decision to end sand dredging in the Sound (Öresund) from January 2019 and to not issue new permits or renew the current ones, which expire…
November 13, 2018
Urgent political will needed to halt European marine habitat neglect
ClientEarth, Coalition Clean Baltic, Oceana, Seas at Risk and WWF warn that marine life across Europe is being harmed because member states are neglecting to actively manage marine protected areas….
October 29, 2018
The EU and Mediterranean countries have failed to protect critical fish nursery areas for commercial species that are already overfished, some of which stocks are near to collapse. Despite growing…
October 25, 2018
Oceana statement on UK Fisheries Bill
On the release of the UK Fisheries Bill today, Oceana has issued the following statement from Lasse Gustavsson, executive director of Oceana Europe:“The UK Fisheries Bill comes amid a growing…
October 25, 2018
EU Parliament votes to overfish the Atlantic Ocean
The European Parliament has today voted to water down its commitments made in 2013 to reform fisheries in the European Union (EU) and to manage all the bloc’s fisheries sustainably….
October 16, 2018
Oceana calls out insurer to cancel contract with pirate-fishing ship
Oceana is calling out insurance company Carina to cancel covering the Cape Flower, a fishing vessel that was added in November 2017 to an official intergovernmental blacklist of ships that…
