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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…
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…
January 31, 2013
Portugal to nominate Gorringe Bank as new marine protected area
At 5000 m high, the Gorringe seamounts, located in the Atlantic, 300 km off the Portuguese shore, are on their way to becoming a new Marine Protected Area, following their…
January 30, 2013
Oceana publishes an IEO report against the project for the dredding of Maò harbour
IEO believes that the material to be dredged in Maó harbour has very high pollution levels, and can have a negative impact on fishing and the marine environment. Oceana has…
January 16, 2013
Oceana has warned about the breach of practically all the obligations assigned to the Board by the National Parks Act and its own regulations.The maritime conservation organisation Oceana has described…
