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February 28, 2014

Seafood Fraud: France, star student of Europe

Following the recent crises that rocked the meat industry in Europe, BLOOM, Oceana, researchers from INSERM and the National Museum of Natural History, and Terra eco magazine teamed up to…

February 21, 2014

The period announced by REPSOL for the prospecting in the Canary Islands is the most dangerous time of the year

Oceana has pointed out that the time of year chosen by Repsol for oil exploration in the Canary Islands is the most dangerous in terms of accidents, and is when…

February 19, 2014

Oceana demands a fine of €160,000 for every poacher in Cabrera

The open disciplinary proceedings do not take into account the fact that the poachers were in national park waters, and currently lists fishing without a licence as the only offence….

February 11, 2014

Half of the Spanish Mediterranean could be opened to oil and gas exploitation

Oceana warns that 45% of Spanish Mediterranean waters would be open to exploration and exploitation of hydrocarbons if the projects pending administrative authorisation are approved. These almost 12 million hectares…

February 7, 2014

France has cancelled the oil exploration permits in the Mediterranean. Oceana asks that Spain does the same

Oceana asks Mariano Rajoy’s executive to take a stance similar to that of France which, during the mandate of Nicolas Sarkozy, cancelled all the permits for the exploration of oil…

February 6, 2014

Oceana requests the immediate convening of the Cabrera board of trustees

The lack of meetings hampers the control and monitoring of the decisions taken and the prevention of illegal fishing activities that affect the park.Oceana requests the convening, without further delay,…

February 4, 2014

Baltic Sea Expeditions highlight critical need for marine protected areas

Based on the findings of three expeditions, Oceana has proposed 13 areas of high ecological importance to become new marine protected areas in the Baltic Sea. Most of them host…

February 3, 2014

Cairn to carry out half a million explosions with seismic airguns between the Balearic Islands and Valencia

Cairn’s study does not assess the impact on fishing in the Gulf of Valencia, an important area for bluefin tuna, hake, red shrimp, sardines and anchovies.  Oceana has calculated that…

January 31, 2014

National Geographic and Oceana screen documentary on pristine chilean islands

Santiago, Chile, January 30, 2014 – The National Geographic documentary film “Desventuradas: The Wildest Chile,” was screened last night in Santiago, Chile, in partnership with Oceana. The documentary is the…

January 29, 2014

Oceana launches interactive viewer with never-before-seen images of Gorringe Bank

Oceana has created an interactive viewer with the most interesting pictures it has taken in the Gorringe Bank, a group of seamounts south-west of Portugal. The display, available in Google…