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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…
February 19, 2013
Oceana has published the results of the expedition which it launched in early January in the area where the Port Authority intends to dump the waste from the dredging of…
February 15, 2013
Oceana blasts seismic testing plans off Spain’s Costa Brava
This type of exploration is the first step towards deepwater drilling, which has a potential for incredible damage Oceana, the international marine conservation organization, blasts the Spanish ministry of Energy,…
February 8, 2013
The unsustainable situation in Cabrera reaches the European Parliament
On the basis of Oceana’s claims, MEP Raül Romeva, of the Verdes/ALE group, has addressed as Parliamentary question to the European Commission on the unsustainable situation in the Maritime-Terrestrial National…
February 6, 2013
OCEANA: Paramount decision adopted today for the future of EU seas
In an historical move, the European Parliament today adopted an ambitious position for the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy. After almost twenty months of debate, 502 of the voting…
