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Press Releases
September 10, 2018
Oceana launches interactive platform to calculate benefits of sustainable fishing
A new interactive tool launched today by Oceana explores the potential socio-economic benefits of European Union (EU) countries moving away from current fishing practices. The launch comes ahead of a…
September 3, 2018
Oceana launches expedition to explore Quark area between Finland and Sweden
Oceana has launched a 20-day expedition to survey important areas of marine life in the Quark (also known as Kvarken or Merenkurkku), between Finland and Sweden. The organisation’s second research…
July 12, 2018
Oceana uncovers dozens of cases of illegal fishing in protected areas in the Mediterranean
Version française | Versione italianaOceana launched today a report uncovering 41 potential cases of illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing in the Mediterranean Sea using data from Global Fishing Watch. The findings…
July 9, 2018
UN alert: Mediterranean is world’s most overfished sea
A health-check report on world fisheries and aquaculture by the United Nations (UN) has revealed that one-third of global marine fish stocks are now fished at unsustainable levels and have…
July 9, 2018
NGO Oceana opens office in London to protect UK seas and marine life
London becomes ocean organisation’s latest expansionTV host Patrick Aryee and ocean advocate Alexandra Cousteau attend UK opening Oceana – the largest international ocean advocacy organisation – held a welcome event last…
July 3, 2018
London Art Exhibition: ‘Changing States of Water’
The Hospital Club is pleased to announce Changing States of Water: a two-person exhibition featuring artworks from Pandora Mond and Emelie Salford on the theme of water, the impact of…
June 20, 2018
Oceana’s deep-sea expedition reveals lush coral forests around underwater volcanoes in Sicily
Oceana’s one-month expedition has unveiled stunning forests of threatened corals around the underwater volcanoes of the Aeolians Islands, north of Sicily. Researchers explored seven areas of ecological interest and found…
June 11, 2018
Today, 15 marine conservation non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from Spain and Portugal met in Lisbon – in Ecologistas en Acción’s sailboat Diosa Maat and on Liga para a Protecção da Natureza’s…
June 11, 2018
EU still far from phasing out overfishing by 2020
The European Commission today released its annual report on the state of fish stocks and the progress made so far in achieving sustainable fisheries – the main objective of the…
June 8, 2018
Oceana expeditions unveil widespread plastic pollution in Europe’s deep-sea areas
On World Oceans Day, Oceana wants to draw attention to the increasing amount of plastic litter suffocating both threatened and vulnerable deep-sea species. For each piece of plastic visible on…