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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…
December 18, 2013
Given these threats, there is a real and immediate need for a precautionary European Arctic Policy. In response to the Communication adopted today by the European Commission: The EU and…
December 18, 2013
European Union proposes sweeping shark management measures in ICCAT
While the plight of the bluefin tuna is grabbing much of the world’s attention at this week’s meeting of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) in…
December 18, 2013
Migratory sharks up for getting a conservation boost at the convention on migratory species in Rome
Today in Rome, Italy, parties to the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS) will decide on boosting conservation initiatives for four shark species. Oceana, the…
December 17, 2013
Oceana documents the overfishing of bluefin tuna south of the Balearic Islands from the Marviva Med
Last week, a team of Oceana marine biologists on board the Marviva Med oceanographic vessel obtained images of a fleet of 25 vessels dedicated to the industrial bluefin tuna fishery,…
December 17, 2013
Mediterranean study reveals dramatic declines in top predator populations
Several species of large predatory sharks in the Mediterranean Sea have decreased from 96-99.99% relative to their former abundances, according to a new scientific study called “Loss of Large Predatory…
December 17, 2013
Oceana requests an immediate halt to fuel subsidies for “Lose-Lose” fisheries
Oceana asks instead for a restructuring of these fisheries that are ecologically and economically absurd Oceana researchers are drawing attention to a fleet of more than 40 trawlers fishing with illegal…
December 17, 2013
The early closure of the bluefin tuna fishery came into effect on June 16 for all EU tuna purseiners, except the Spanish fleet. The European Commission prohibited fishing as an…
