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Press Releases
August 5, 2015
Oceana celebrates the protection of the Gorringe Bank
Since 2005, Oceana has been working to get the Gorringe Bank, one of the world’s most spectacular seamounts, protected. They will now be included within the network of protected sites…
July 29, 2015
29th July 2015: Today, the Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF), Oceana and WWF heralded a new era of fisheries transparency with the launch of an online database detailing 15,264 EU vessels…
July 20, 2015
European Commissioner Karmenu Vella visits ‘Oceana Ranger’
Karmenu Vella, European Commissioner for the Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, visited the research catamaran Oceana Ranger last Friday to learn about the scientific expeditions carried out by the international…
June 29, 2015
North-East Atlantic threatened species left in the lurch
North-East Atlantic countries have adopted recommendations for the management of four threatened species and habitats: blue mussel beds, allis shad, sea lamprey and Azorean limpet. The decisions were taken at…
June 25, 2015
A scientific study highlights the increase in marine litter in the south west of Portugal
Scientists from CCMAR (University of the Algarve) and Oceana have found an abundance of litter in the São Vicente submarine canyon, located in the south west of Portugal. The article[i]…
June 25, 2015
Cientistas do CCMAR (Universidade do Algarve) e da Oceana descobriram uma grande quantidade de resíduos no canhão de São Vicente, situado no sudoeste de Portugal. Num artigo científico[i], os autores…
June 24, 2015
Oceana: State of Europe’s seas goes from bad to worse
According to the first State of Europe’s Seas report, published today by the European Environment Agency, our seas are neither healthy nor clean, and although they are productive at present,…
June 23, 2015
Elsa Pataky on board the ‘Oceana Ranger’
Elsa Pataky and her husband, Chris Hemsworth, spent a day with an ongoing expedition currently being carried out by Oceana to document previously unexplored the depths off the Maltese coast….
June 19, 2015
Record-breaking fines imposed on beneficiaries of illegal fishing
The Spanish Government has today[1] announced penalties that could reach more than 11 million Euros against Spanish nationals, including companies involved in illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.An EU coalition…
June 19, 2015
Amendes record infligées aux bénéficiaires de la pêche illicite
Le gouvernement espagnol a annoncé aujourd’hui[1], (19 juin 2015), des sanctions qui pourraient atteindre plus de 11 millions d’euros infligées à des ressortissants espagnols, y compris des entreprises impliquées dans…
