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March 20, 2013
Environment Committee of EU Parliament calls for an end to deep-sea fisheries mismanagement
Today, in the first European Parliamentary vote on a proposal to amend the conditions for deep-sea fishing in the North-east Atlantic Ocean, the Environment Committee adopted an ambitious text that…
March 19, 2013
Oceana creates an interactive 3D tool to plunge into the Ibiza Channel
The project, in collaboration with Fundación Biodiversidad, includes its description, cartography, virtual flight, and archiving in Google Earth. Oceana has created a 3D interactive tool with photographs and videos of…
March 14, 2013
Oceana demands that the pouring of the polluted muds to be dredged from Maó harbour be halted, as it will coincide with the razorfish spawning season, between April and August….
March 8, 2013
Alexandra Cousteau met this afternoon with the President of the Regional Government of the Balearics, José Ramón Bauzá, to submit Oceana’s proposal for an enlargement of the Cabrera National Park…
March 8, 2013
The Member States of the Helsinki Convention on the protection of the Baltic Sea Marine Environment gathered at the 34th Meeting of the Helsinki Commission (HELCOM) in Finland, on 5…
March 7, 2013
Alexandra Cousteau meets with small-scale fishermen working in Cabrera
Alexandra Cousteau, an Oceana advisor and the granddaughter of Jacques Cousteau, met yesterday with small-scale fishermen from Colònia de Sant Jordi (Mallorca) to find out about their changes in their…
March 5, 2013
Alexandra Cousteau will visit Cabrera to support the enlargement of the National Park
Oceana proposes multiplying by 10 the protected surface, including sensitive habitats and endangered species that lie beyond the park boundaries.Alexandra Cousteau, Jacques Cousteau’s granddaughter and an Oceana advisor, has travelled…
March 4, 2013
Oceana denounces before UNESCO the dumping of polluted waste from Maó
The dumping of the waste into the sea will affect fishing activity, human health, the quality of bathing water, and the conservation of marine ecosystems. Oceana sent today to the…
February 27, 2013
Fisheries Council scoffs at full discard ban, while Parliament prepares for battle ahead
In another late night Fisheries Council meeting, France and Spain led a group of countries into dismantling a hard earned discard ban that was overwhelmingly passed through the European Parliament…
February 21, 2013
Disappointing agreement on new EU offshore drilling safety directive
Today, the EU informal trialogue came to an agreement on the proposed Directive on safety of offshore oil and gas activities – a legislation initiated by the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe…
