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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

Oceana welcomes another step forward on the long road to eliminate illegal driftnets in the European Union

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 presents striking images of the proliferation of jellyfish in Cabrera National Park, Balearic Islands

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 highlights the destructive shark fishing activities of EU fleets in the western and central Pacific Ocean

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…