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Press Releases
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…
April 28, 2016
Oceana Expedition Reveals Hidden Beauty and Threats to Marine Ecosystems of the Sound
A press conference held by Oceana in Malmö this morning has unveiled early insights from a 3-week at-sea expedition to study the Sound’s marine ecosystems, funded by a generous grant…
April 27, 2016
Oceana asks EU countries to stop delaying action and end overfishing in the Mediterranean now!
Brussels – Oceana calls on EU Commission and Member States to take responsibility and end overfishing in the Mediterranean once and for all. The obligation to sustainably manage stocks was…
April 11, 2016
Launch of scientific expedition brings hope to threatened marine life in the Sound
Oceana surveys of strait shared by Denmark and Sweden will document threats to fragile marine communities and provide solid foundation for developing ambitious transnational MPAToday, Oceana launches a research expedition…
March 31, 2016
New Italian vessel list is not enough to recover heavily overfished Mediterranean swordfish
After more than a decade of overfishing, the newly established official Italian register reveals the number of vessels actually targeting swordfish is almost 90% lower than reported in 2015.After more…
