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Press Releases
August 4, 2014
Pelagos sanctuary must be given real protection
Oceana strongly welcomes the recent call from the EU Commissioner for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, Maria Damanaki to tackle the failed management of marine protected areas (MPA). Ms. Damanaki’s initiative…
July 30, 2014
Oceana has opened legal procedures against the Directorate General for Energy Policy and Mines for failing to provide documentary information about hydrocarbon exploration permits for Capricorn Spain (a subsidiary of…
July 24, 2014
Oceana congratulates the Spanish Ministry for the protection of the first 4 INDEMARES areas
The ministerial order should make reference to the Mediterranean Regulation, which defines fundamental fisheries regulations affecting two of the areas protected today. Oceana congratulates the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and…
July 21, 2014
Oceana exposes illegal driftnet fisheries, while Italy denies it
Oceana observers, together with a cameraman from Reportime (Corriere della Sera), have gathered evidence of fishing boats using illegal driftnets in southern Italy’s port of Bagnara Calabra, as published today…
July 14, 2014
Deep sea fisheries: the truth is revealed
France’s position on the reform of European deep-sea fishing regulations is even less justifiable in the light of this new information. On 2 July 2014, the French Institute for the…
June 30, 2014
European Commission confirms 91% of mediterranean stocks are overfished
Oceana today proposed a set of measures to tackle the alarming amount of overfishing occuring in the Mediterranean Sea, which affects 88 out of 97 of assessed fish stocks. The…
June 26, 2014
New Oceana report reveals slow progress in protecting the Baltic Sea
In reality, business carries on as usual inside so-called protected areas. While the number of marine protected areas (MPAs) in the Baltic Sea and Kattegat continues to increase, the number…
June 26, 2014
Oceana says EU should act against true ‘walls of death’
Driftnet fishing for large pelagic species is banned due to high by-catch rates of endangered species.Today, the European Commission announced its proposal to ban all types of driftnets from operating…
June 26, 2014
Oceana welcomes historical step to save Mediterranean fish stocks
Almost 80% of fish stocks in the Mediterranean Sea are overfishedRome – Today, high-level officials representing Mediterranean countries, including Maria Damanaki, EU Commissioner for Fisheries and Maritime Affairs, expressed their…
June 26, 2014
Oceana applauds protection of 40,000 hectares in Cabrera and the Balearic Islands
Oceana applauds yesterday’s decision by Spain’s Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment, to protect the Émile Baudot and Ausiàs March seamounts as well as the Fort d’en Moreu coral reef….
