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January 11, 2024
European Parliament at risk of backpedaling on marine protection ambition
Plenary likely to approve report by Fisheries Committee that supports destructive fishing and undermines Parliament’s position on biodiversity targets Marine NGOs Seas At Risk and Oceana are sounding the alarm…
December 30, 2023
Oceana applauds the designation of seven new marine protected areas in Spain
These sanctuaries are havens of biodiversity and serve as safeguards against climate change To be effective, the designation must be coupled with good management Oceana celebrates the announcement by Spain’s…
December 14, 2023
Spain sanctions 25 fishing vessels for disabling tracking devices following Oceana investigation
Oceana’s report shows that sanctioned vessels repeatedly switched off their Automatic Identification System (AIS) while fishing The Spanish Directorate-General for Merchant Shipping has issued fines of up to €60,000 per…
December 12, 2023
Oceana welcomes progress in setting EU catch limits in line with scientific advice
Today, EU fisheries ministers have agreed 23 catch limits for fish populations managed exclusively by the EU in the Northeast Atlantic, as well as fishing opportunities in the Mediterranean Sea…
December 9, 2023
EU and UK set fishing quotas that leave much-loved species floundering
Negotiations on yearly fishing catch limits between the EU and UK have again ended with a significant number of fish populations put at risk of overfishing and collapse, including key…
November 28, 2023
Three out of four Spanish trawlers fished in marine protected areas in 2022
The information is distilled from official data from the General Secretariat for Fisheries Trawling, one of the most destructive fishing methods, is allowed in marine protected areas despite being a…
November 10, 2023
Mediterranean countries unite to protect unique deep-sea coral from fishing impacts
The measures will protect Cabliers Bank, the only cold-water coral reef known to be growing in the Mediterranean and first researched by Oceana Mediterranean states also agree to adopt measures…
November 6, 2023
New Measures Would Allow Authorities to tackle non-compliance and illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing As officials from Mediterranean countries gather this week for the General Fisheries Commission for the…
October 24, 2023
EU ministers set quotas for Baltic herring that defy fisheries laws
By: BalticWaters, Coalition Clean Baltic, ClientEarth, the Danish Society for Nature Conservation, Deutsche Umwelthilfe,The Fisheries Secretariat, Oceana, Seas At Risk, Swedish Society for Nature Conservation,and WWF Baltic Ecoregion Programme. Today…
October 19, 2023
Fisheries ministers poised to breach EU law and exacerbate Baltic ecosystem crisis, NGOs warn
On 23rd October, EU fisheries ministers will set Baltic Sea fishing limits for next year. Their decisions will likely breach EU law and worsen the dire state of the Baltic…
