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Press Releases
January 2, 2014
Oceana detects mercury-contaminated fish in Menorca (Balearic Islands)
The dumping of mercury-contaminated dredged material from the port of Maó into the sea would be an irresponsible act that is a hazard to health and fishing activity. Oceana has…
December 19, 2013
Oceana documents 350 species on the Gorringe Bank
The comprehensive collection of information is the result of over 60 hours of recording, filmed during 3 campaigns. Oceana scientists have identified more than 350 species on the Gorringe seamount, located…
December 18, 2013
Oceana calls for immediate protection of large pelagic fish in the Atlantic and Mediterranean
Oceana urges the parties to close bluefin tuna fisheries in the Mediterranean, create permanent tuna reserves in key spawning areas, introduce management measures for sharks and swordfish and eliminate illegal…
December 18, 2013
Italian television channel RAI 3 exposes the use of illegal driftnets in Calabria
Oceana calls for the total elimination of the use of driftnets within the context of the ICCAT meeting starting today in Marrakech. The Italian public television channel aired a documentary…
December 18, 2013
Oceana says that ICCAT has failed. Thereby condemning the future of bluefin tuna
Despite strong initial proposals, the debate on sharks also ended with very limited management measures. Today the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) closes the most crucial…
December 18, 2013
Oceana pide a la Unión Europea límites más estrictos para la pesca de tiburones y rayas en 2009
Next year’s fishing limits for the European Union (EU) will be negotiated in the Fisheries Council meeting from 18-19 December in Brussels. Fisheries Ministers from the EU Member States will…
December 18, 2013
At least 3 out of every 4 cods eaten in the EU do not come from the catches of EU fleets, but instead are imported. This happens for other species…
December 18, 2013
Oceana considers EU Fisheries Council a disappointing meeting
The last EU Fisheries Council meeting of the year has just concluded with an unsustainable Agreement on Total Allowable Catches (TACs) and quotas for 2009. As has became the usual…
December 18, 2013
Oceana: EU Ministers fail first test of new fisheries policy targets
Yesterday in the evening EU Fisheries Ministers reached a political agreement on 2014 fishing opportunities for the main commercial fish stocks for EU vessels in the North East Atlantic. Only…
December 18, 2013
North-East Atlantic Governments leave threatened wildlife in dire conditions
On December 18th, an extraordinary meeting of OSPAR, the Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic, marked a historic failure of the Convention to meet…
