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Press Releases
August 22, 2013
Oceana identifies 84 italian driftnetters during its 2007 campaign
Based on the preliminary results, Oceana is asking for the repeal of the Italian decree authorising the use of the driftnets known as ferrettara.Driftnets, banned by the European Union since…
August 22, 2013
Last year, on the initiative of Fisheries Commissioner Joe Borg, the European Commission presented a proposal to introduce a full definition of a driftnet. A number of driftnet fleets, including…
August 22, 2013
Morocco promotes the plan to eliminate driftnets from their fleet
In 2006, the marine research and conservation organization, Oceana, undertook a campaign against the use with driftnets in the Mediterranean. Investigators documented swordfish fisheries carried out by Moroccan vessels with…
August 22, 2013
Oceana divers, working in the Cabrera Marine Park to document and record the state of the ecological communities and in surrounding areas, came across large concentrations of jellyfish in the…
August 22, 2013
Oceana captures the first images of “Seco de Palos”, a seamount 35 miles from the coast of Murcia
The discovery was made during the project Oceana is undertaking in collaboration with the Fundación Biodiversidad to detect vulnerable habitats in the Spanish Mediterranean. Oceana obtained the images from the…
August 22, 2013
Oceana discovers a carnivorous sponge in Andalusia, Spain
The project carried out by Oceana in collaboration with the Fundación Biodiversidad contributes new data to marine research.A small yet interesting carnivorous sponge has been discovered by Oceana on a…
August 22, 2013
Oceana intercepts a moroccan driftnetter fishing inside the Alboran Island reserve
Last Thursday, at seven in the evening, the Oceana Ranger research catamaran, property of the international marine conservation organisation Oceana, detected a Moroccan fishing vessel nine miles east of Alboran…
August 22, 2013
Oceana and the Fondazione Zegna condemn the deaths of thousands of corals in the Mediterranean
The situation for corals in the Mediterranean is alarming. Climate changes, contamination and destructive fishing practices are causing accelerated deterioration of this sea’s corals. For this reason, Oceana and the…
August 22, 2013
Carrefour is in favour of responsible fishing
Following meetings with Oceana, the Carrefour chain of hypermarkets has announced that they stopped selling bluefin tuna captured in the Mediterranean Sea from 1 August, in order to avoid the…
August 22, 2013
Oceana cautioned the delegates of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) today that the majority of the 96 European Union vessels, recently authorized to fish in the western…
