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Press Releases

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

NGOs urge Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management to take a stronger stand to protect the Kattegat

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 releases a video about the marine diversity of the Cabrera National Park on its 25th anniversary

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…