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Press Releases
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…
August 20, 2013
Oceana discovers a “forest” of corals and sea fan in Andalusia
Dolphins, pilot whales and sea turtles are frequent visitors to this important marine area of immense ecological value for which Oceana requests protectionDuring the past weeks, the specialists aboard the…
August 20, 2013
Sharks at risk – EU policies threaten species globally
Launching a report about the dangerous decline in shark populations caused by European fishing policy, the newly formed Shark Alliance today expressed dismay at the European Parliament Fisheries Committee’s push…
August 20, 2013
Sharks threatened by European Parliament finning report
The international marine conservation organization Oceana has released a report aimed at European Union (EU) Members of Parliament (Euro MPs) to express its concern about a decision that will be…
August 20, 2013
Oceana calls for an agreement between Spain and Norway to chase illegal fishing
The continued detentions of fishing vessels under Spanish and other EU flags by Norwegian patrols in Northeast Atlantic waters highlight the weakness of fishing regulations to take on the offenders…
