Media Contact
commseu@oceana.org
or call us at +34 687 598 529, +32 478.038.490 or +34 682.622.245
Press Releases
November 28, 2022
Oceana and Inmarsat join forces to tighten the net on illegal fishing
Inmarsat, the world leader in global, mobile satellite communications, supported by Oceana, the largest organisation solely dedicated to protecting and restoring the world’s ocean, have taken further steps to tackle…
November 21, 2022
Oceana welcomes ICCAT’s decision to prohibit companies from supporting illegal fishing
Member countries of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) have agreed to investigate and act against businesses that support illegal fishing Oceana commends the International Commission…
November 21, 2022
Blue NGOs urge Council ministers not to let fish become a distant memory
Brussels – To mark World Fisheries Day, environmental NGOs created a visual reminder of how large and plentiful fish once were, outside the Council meeting of EU agriculture and fisheries…
November 11, 2022
Mediterranean countries commit to protect unique deep-sea coral from destructive fishing
Countries also agree to disclose list of vessels allowed to fish for key stocks in the Strait of Sicily Tirana, Albania – Today, member countries of the General Fisheries Commission…
November 7, 2022
Climate and biodiversity crises leave no room for error in fish talks
NGOs urge UK and EU to end overfishing and set 2023 catch limits in line with scientific advice Today the EU and the UK are starting formal negotiations for the…
October 27, 2022
A new analysis carried out by Oceana has found that the level of destructive fishing in protected areas appears to be greater than previously estimated Having analysed apparent bottom trawling…
October 17, 2022
Some good news for overfished stocks in the Baltic Sea but could be too little too late
Baltic Sea EU member states choose to set some quotas at precautionary levels to safeguard depleted fish populations but fail to proactively protect declining herring and cod stocks in the…
Break Free From Plastic campaign, #WeChooseReuse, delivers signatures to EC Vice President Frans Timmermans in the run up to the revision of the Packaging & Packaging Waste Directive Brussels, Belgium…
September 26, 2022
The EU must do more to block illegal seafood products from the EU market
European Court of Auditors determines that there are effective EU rules in place to prevent illegal fishing and to stop illegally-caught seafood from ending up on European dinner plates. However,…
September 20, 2022
Spain fines fishing vessels for turning off mandatory location tracker, following Oceana analysis
As a result of data provided by Oceana, the Spanish government sanctioned two Spanish fishing vessels, Releixo and Egaluze, with a fine of 20.000 euros for turning off their automatic…
