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Press Releases
December 4, 2012
Oceana celebrates Finnish Sea trout fishing ban
Oceana welcomes last Friday’s decision by the authorities of Uusimaa and the Southeast Finland Centre for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment to ban wild sea trout fisheries in the…
November 30, 2012
EU Fisheries ministers increase quotas for vulnerable species
Yesterday, the European Council agreed on the 2013 and 2014 TACs and quotas for deep-sea species. Oceana is deeply disappointed in the Fisheries Council agreement to increase TACs for many…
November 29, 2012
Oceana demands temporary ban of fishing for threatened sea trout stocks in the Baltic
According to recent electrofishing surveys by the Finnish Game and Fisheries Research Institute, the status of sea trout is critically endangered and very few juveniles were found in the Gulf…
November 28, 2012
EU Parliament Environment Committee votes for positive reform of fisheries subsidies
Today, the Environment, Public Health and Food Security Committee of the European Parliament voted on their opinion on the future financing mechanism for the fisheries sector, the European Maritime and…
November 22, 2012
Baltic salmon finally gets a management plan
Today, the European Parliament adopted a multiannual plan for salmon in the Baltic Sea, which applies stricter control and enforcement measures. Baltic salmon has suffered years of mismanagement through sporadic…
November 22, 2012
EU closes shark fisheries loopholes, goes “fins attached”
Oceana applauds the European Parliament for voting today in favour of a strict ban on shark finning, which will require all sharks caught in EU waters, and by EU vessels…
November 21, 2012
European Parliament to adopt a management plan for salmon in the Baltic Sea
On November 22nd, the European Parliament will vote to adopt a multiannual plan for salmon in the Baltic Sea. This species has suffered years of mismanagement through sporadic measures such…
November 19, 2012
ICCAT’s baffling contradiction: precaution on bluefin, abandonment of sharks
Agadir (Morocco) – As the annual ICCAT Meeting closes its doors today, Oceana, an official observer at the meeting, welcomes the steps taken for Eastern bluefin tuna management in 2013,…
November 16, 2012
Internal report by the balearic regional government recommends enlargement of Cabrera National Park
The seabeds which attract most attention due to their extraordinary wealth are coralligenous seabeds, where illegal trawling is being performed. The authors of the report request that trawling activities move…
November 16, 2012
Oceana regrets lack of agreement and weak ambition in key NEAFC´s decisions
Today, the North East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC), which manages the fishery resources in the international waters of its region, finished its annual meeting today in London. Although some positive…
