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Press Releases
August 19, 2013
In view of the alarming increase in detentions of Spanish fishing vessels by the coastguards of a variety of countries due to their illegal fishing activities – on this particular…
August 19, 2013
Important decision of the Spanish Government to protect mediterranean marine habitats
The new Ministerial Order, which establishes an Integral Fisheries Management Plan for the Mediterranean Sea, includes for the first time the protection of habitats of great importance in the Mediterranean…
August 19, 2013
Brief informative note on the accident of the ECE chemical tanker in the English Channel
Phosphoric acid (H3PO4) is harmful to marine life, even in small quantities. The main risk is the change in pH it causes, which can lead to the death of marine…
August 19, 2013
Oceana has voiced its satisfaction at the exemplary decision taken by the European Commission to fine the French government 57 million euros for having allowed the capture and commercialisation of…
August 19, 2013
The federations of Fishermen’s Associations of Galicia, Asturias, Cantabria and the Basque Country have written to the Ministry of Agriculture demanding the abolition of bottom trawling in the 12 miles…
August 19, 2013
The conservationist organisation, Oceana, has announced that the Spanish shipowner, Antonio Vidal Pego, who has turned himself in to U.S. authorities in Miami, is being also sought by other international…
August 19, 2013
European fisheries ministers set to betray the 2002 Common Fisheries Policy reform
At their meeting on 22-23 May, European Union Fisheries Ministers will meet to strike a deal on the European Fisheries Fund (EFF), which will determine how millions of euros of…
August 19, 2013
The research catamaran of the international organisation for marine conservation, Oceana, is at this moment sailing in the Gulf of Genoa, where it is filming the ecosystems of the sea…
August 19, 2013
Oceana patrolling the Mediterranean in search of illegal drifnetters
At midnight Oceana’s research catamaran left the harbour of Portoferraio in Elba and headed to the fishing grounds of the Western Mediterranean, where a fleet of dozens of Italian fishing…
August 19, 2013
Spanish musician Miguel Bosé boards the Oceana Ranger to combat drfitnet use
Miguel Bose participated for a week in the actitivities of Oceana, the international conservation organisation. The singer joined the catamaran, Oceana Ranger, during its stay in the Corsican harbour of…
