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Press Releases
November 16, 2013
Oceana blasts lost opportunity to improve fisheries management in the Atlantic
London – Last Friday, the week-long annual meeting of the North East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC), which manages the fisheries resources in the international waters of this region, came to…
November 15, 2013
Oceana: Holistic approach crucial to Baltic Sea management
Today, experts, industry and fisheries managers from around the EU are meeting in Vilnius, Lithuania to discuss how to best to manage the various activities in European marine waters. Oceana,…
November 11, 2013
The proposal is based on the inclusion of European fisheries regulations governing the protection of vulnerable Mediterranean ecosystems.Oceana has submitted to the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment (MAGRAMA) a…
November 8, 2013
Oceana demonstrates its willingness to work with the Regional Government, the scientific institutions and the fishing industry to protect the waters around the park.Oceana has released a message from Alexandra…
November 4, 2013
Oceana and Alexandra Cousteau demonstrate the existence of seabeds threatened by trawlers in Cabrera
Using a submarine robot (ROV), Oceana and Alexandra Cousteau have documented the presence of maerl and coralligenous seabeds, two threatened habitats that are protected by European and Spanish legislation, in…
November 4, 2013
Oceana calls on European Parliament to reform deep-sea fisheries management
Oceana urges the European Parliament Fisheries Committee to vote today in favour of strong management measures for North-East Atlantic deep-sea fisheries, to end overfishing and protect vulnerable marine ecosystems. EU…
November 4, 2013
Oceana applauds the adoption of a broad set of measures to strengthen deep-sea fisheries management in the North-East Atlantic Ocean, today by the European Parliament Fisheries Committee. Among the adopted…
October 28, 2013
Baltic Sea MPAs: protected only on paper
Dumping, marine constructions and aquaculture are the most commonly forbidden activities in Baltic Sea marine protected areas (MPAs). Yet, a recent HELCOM report reveals that eutrophication, commercial fishing and pollution…
October 23, 2013
Parliament axes most harmful fisheries subsidies
Today, after almost two years of negotiations the European Parliament has taken positive steps in the vote on the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF). Members of Parliament wisely rejected…
October 22, 2013
Oceana invites regional minister Company to see the Cabrera seabed with a submarine robot
Oceana has invited the Regional Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Territory, Gabriel Company, to check in situ the existence of protected habitats in the area around the Cabrera National Park….
