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Press Releases
August 30, 2013
Oceana appeals to Berlusconi’s government to put a definitive end to driftnets
The two conservation organisations have criticised the Italian government’s support of an illegal fishing fleet and the fraudulent use of European subsidies. Oceana and Marevivo presented the report, “Italian drift…
August 29, 2013
Oceana discovers a new mediterranean habitat in a area threatened by oil exploration
The European Commission has asked Spain what environmental safeguards will be put in place in response to Cairn’s exploration project, which ignored valuable marine ecosystems in its impact assessment.Oceana has…
August 29, 2013
In 2007, Oceana identified more than 100 vessels using illegal driftnets.Oceana presented two reports in Brussels today: “Italian driftnets: the illegal fishing activities continue” and “Thonaille: the use of driftnets…
August 29, 2013
Oceana urges the European Commission to take urgent measures to eliminate discards fisheries
Discards constitute 8% of total weight of world captures or more than 7.3 million tonnes of fish thrown away at sea. More than 20% of fish is discarded in European…
August 29, 2013
Only 48 hours after the Oceana Ranger catamaran departed Valencia towards the Atlantic to begin its expedition in Galicia and the Cantabrian Sea, Oceana simultaneously begins a Mediterranean expedition in…
August 29, 2013
More sharks in danger because of a soup
A report presented last week at a meeting of the U.N. Convention on Biological Diversity in Bonn, Germany, revealed that a total of 11 species of pelagic sharks are now…
August 29, 2013
Oceana urges caution in response to the fuel price crisis in the fisheries sector
Oceana, the international ocean conservation organisation, remains convinced that increasing fuel subsidies is not an appropriate response to rising fuel prices and urges governments to find longer term structural solutions…
August 28, 2013
Oceana reaches a kilometre deep at the Emile Baudot escarpment
Cabrera National Park will be the first in Spain to include an escarpment if Oceana’s proposed extension is accepted. Oceana has captured the first images in existence of the Emile…
August 28, 2013
European shark management, long overdue but now closer
Oceana, the international organisation dedicated to protecting the oceans, has been campaigning for years for solid shark conservation measures to be established in Europe, a place where one-third of sharks…
August 28, 2013
French driftnetters will not fish in 2008
Driftnets, a fishing gear that can reach dozens of kilometres in length, were prohibited in the European Union in 2002 because they constitute a threat to the conservation of cetaceans,…
