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Press Releases
June 8, 2016
Progress in marine protection hampered by rising sea pollution
On the occasion of World Oceans Day today, 8 June, Oceana warns of the detrimental impact rubbish dumping and waste pollution is having on the world’s oceans and marine wildlife….
June 3, 2016
Mediterranean countries to close bottom trawling fishing to rebuild fish stocks
Oceana applauds the closure to bottom fish trawling of three nursery areas for hake and deep-sea rose shrimp in the Strait of Sicily and a temporal closure in the Gulf…
June 1, 2016
Oceana unveils images of fish nursery areas damaged by bottom trawling in the Strait of Sicily
Oceana calls to preserve these essential habitats for hake and deep-water rose shrimp during this week’s GFCM meetingToday Oceana unveiled never-before-seen images from the Strait of Sicily, showing damage caused…
May 31, 2016
22,000 EU vessels fishing outside EU waters highlights need for greater transparency
As WhoFishesFar.org discloses vessels authorised to fish in non-EU waters since 2008, a lack of official data on those operating in Africa under private agreements raises alarm bells.The recently-updated WhoFishesFar.org…
May 27, 2016
Oceana embarks on 10-week expedition to explore deep-sea areas in Malta
The at-sea campaign will complement findings carried out in 2015 and will lead to the designation of protected areas under Natura 2000Today Oceana launched its second expedition to document previously…
May 25, 2016
Oceana welcomes proposal to stop sand dredging in the Sound
Oceana welcomes a proposal to protect the Sound from sand dredging from 1 September 2016, which was presented yesterday by Mette Abildgaard (K), Maria Gjerding (Ø), and Martin Lidegaard (R)….
May 24, 2016
Coalition Clean Baltic, Danish Society for Nature Conservation, Greenpeace, Landsforeningen Levende Hav, OCEANA and WWF sent an open letter today to the interim Director General of the Swedish Agency for Marine…
May 12, 2016
Oceana calls on the European Commission to close fish labelling loophole in restaurants
The European Parliament points at restaurants as the weak link of fish traceability.Oceana is calling on the European Commission to carry-out a targeted EU-wide study on the mislabelling of fish…
May 9, 2016
Oceana congratulates Denmark on new areas to protect key ecosystems in Kattegat
Unfortunately, current government decision weakens original proposal in favour of private interests.The Danish government has finally released its long-awaited decision to establish new marine protected areas (MPAs) in Kattegat, to…
April 29, 2016
Oceana joins in the celebrations of the 25th anniversary of the Cabrera Archipelago Maritime-Terrestrial National Park by releasing a video showing the extraordinary marine wealth of the national park and…
