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Press Releases
August 21, 2013
Millions of tons of fish are thrown away at sea each year around the world
The discarded fish constitute 8% of the total weight of the world’s captures, or more than 7.3 million tons of fish that are thrown away at sea. Oceana affirms that this…
August 21, 2013
The European Union is about to close the legal loopholes that allow the use of driftnets in France
Oceana congratulates the Euro MPs for approving this definition and hopes for the quick approval by the European Union Council of Fisheries Ministers.Driftnets constitute an indiscriminate fishing method, banned by…
August 21, 2013
In contrast, the Portuguese government has provided Oceana with all of the information requested regarding its fleet. Oceana, the international marine conservation organization, has expressed its disappointment with the Spanish…
August 21, 2013
The European Union annually provides €1.25 million for the elimination of driftnets in Morocco
Oceana is sceptical about this and demands effective control measures to ensure compliance with international agreements.The last step was taken in the approval of the fishing agreement between the European…
August 20, 2013
Oceana investigates french ports in the Mediterranean to uncover an illegal fleet of driftnetters
Researchers from the international marine conservation organisation Oceana carried out an expedition through the coasts of France and Monaco, travelling approximately 2000 kilometres and visiting 27 ports in four days….
August 20, 2013
During the Oceana Ranger’s recent expedition in the Tyrrhenian Sea, the crew on board the environmental organisation’s catamaran witnessed an interaction between illegal driftnetters and large purse-seiners congregating around the…
August 20, 2013
Oceana believes the closed season for anchovy is too short
The poor state of the anchovy stock in the Cantabrian fishing grounds has once again obliged the European Commission to close them down for the second consecutive year. The aim…
August 20, 2013
His lawyer is asking to be relieved from representing Vidal’s Uruguayan company due to a conflict of interest. Galician shipping magnate Antonio Vidal will have to face US justice on…
August 20, 2013
Oceana asks the Italian Fisheries Minister to finally make the european ban on driftnets effective
The Director of Oceana in Europe, Xavier Pastor, has written a letter to the Italian Government’s Fisheries Minister, Mr. Paolo de Castro, in which he describes the preliminary results of…
August 20, 2013
The Moroccan netters are overfishing the stocks of swordfish and killing 15,000 dolphins, pilot whales, sperm whales and other cetaceans, as well as 100,000 sharks per year. As soon as the…
