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Press Releases
January 26, 2015
EU to ban fish imports from Sri Lanka for illegal fishing
Brussels — Today, the Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF), Oceana, The Pew Charitable Trusts, and WWF welcome a decision by the European Union fisheries ministers to sanction Sri Lanka for its…
January 5, 2015
A new species of glass sponge discovered in the Mediterranean
A new species of sponge has been discovered in the Mediterranean by an international group of scientists which included members of Oceana. Sympagella delauzei is the name that has been…
December 17, 2014
Number of stocks exploited according to MSY will fall from 27 to 18 EU fisheries ministers reached an agreement concerning fishing opportunities for 2015, for the main commercial species in…
December 12, 2014
Oceana urges fisheries ministers to end overfishing in 2015
The Agriculture and Fisheries Council (AGRI-FISH) will meet in Brussels on the 15th-16th of December to decide the catch limits of the main commercial fish species in the North-East Atlantic…
December 4, 2014
Oceana celebrates the protection of Seco de los Olivos
The ministry has proposed to include four more areas of the LIFE+ INDEMARES project in the Natura 2000 network, which gives protection to the most important natural areas in the…
December 3, 2014
Oceana Elects New Leadership for Board of Directors, Simon Sidamon-Eristoff becomes Chairman
Washington, D.C. – Today, Oceana, the world’s largest organization focused solely on ocean conservation, announced its new chairman, Simon Sidamon-Eristoff of Washington, D.C. and other new officers for its board…
November 17, 2014
OCEANA ICCAT kills conservation of sharks and swordfish; keeps bluefin tuna alive
Proposal to strictly ban shark finning blocked by Asian nations for 6th year in a row Today, the annual meeting of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas…
November 15, 2014
Oceana: ICCAT cannot ignore pirate fishing happening in its waters
Today, Oceana has called upon the 49 Contracting Parties to the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) to examine and take action on activities related to illegal,…
November 14, 2014
SkyTruth, Oceana & Google Announce New Technology Initiative to Illuminate Global Fishing Activity
Today, SkyTruth, Oceana and Google announced Global Fishing Watch, a big data technology platform that leverages satellite data to create the first global view of commercial fishing. On November 14,…
November 14, 2014
Oceana celebrates NEAFC improvements on shark management
Lack of agreement for key commercial stocks like mackerel, blue whiting or herring Today, the North East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC), responsible for managing fishery resources in the international waters…
