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Press Releases

March 11, 2016

Global Fishing Watch Enables Clear View of Fishing in Marine Protected Areas

WASHINGTON – Today, Oceana released a new report highlighting the ability of Global Fishing Watch to provide a clear view of fishing activity in marine protected areas (MPAs) around the…

March 8, 2016

Internationally pursued fishing poachers arrested in Spain

Spain – Yesterday, the Spanish Civil Guard raided the offices of the company Vidal Armadores according to local press. Based on the same source, agents of Interpol and Europol may…

February 10, 2016

Oceana regrets lack of decisive actions by EU to end overfishing in the Mediterranean

Oceana is disappointed by the passive attitude shown by EU States that continues to postpone the EU’s duty to end overfishing by 2020. A high-level seminar on the state of…

February 9, 2016

Oceana calls for emergency closures of heavily overfished stocks in the Mediterranean

Oceana warns at high-level seminar that if overfishing is not stopped by 2020, closing fisheries or losing them will be the only options leftOceana urges the EU to announce this…

February 4, 2016

Oceana calls on Denmark and Sweden to take concrete steps to protect the Sound

Oceana urges the Danish and Swedish governments to jointly manage and protect the Sound from damaging human activities that are causing the decline of key marine habitats such as horse…

February 2, 2016

Tough EU illegal fishing legislation needs stronger implementation to reach full potential, say NGOs

The European Union’s regulation to prevent, deter and eliminate illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing has made an impact, but implementation must be more robust to ensure that no illegal…

January 28, 2016

Oceana thanks the Dutch Postcode Lottery for generous grant to fund North Sea expedition

Oceana acknowledges the Dutch Postcode Lottery for a generous grant of €1.1 million which will fund the first research expedition into the North Sea by the international ocean conservation organisation….

January 22, 2016

North-East Atlantic governments delay protection of species at risk of extinction

Oceana is outraged that governments have refused to expand the OSPAR list of threatened and declining species and habitats, thus further delaying the protection of declining ecosystems and species at…

January 21, 2016

NGOs welcome EU move to fight illegal fishing through vessel numbering scheme

Today, the Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF), Oceana and WWF welcomed a new European Commission requirement that all EU fishing vessels, and foreign vessels fishing in EU waters, need to have…

January 18, 2016

79% of fish species threatened with extinction ignored by North-East Atlantic governments

Tomorrow, in Trondheim, Norway, representatives from 15 governments and the EU will convene under the OSPAR Convention to discuss the protection of threatened marine species and habitats in the North-East…