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December 20, 2012
This morning after an intense two-day negotiation process, EU fisheries ministers reached an agreement on 2013 catch limits for the main commercial species in the North East Atlantic. Oceana in…
December 18, 2012
EU citizens’ representatives stand up for a sustainable future for EU fisheries
Today, after eighteen months of negotiations, the Fisheries Committee of the European Parliament finally voted on the reform of the basic regulation of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP). This was…
December 14, 2012
Oceana urges EU Member States to reduce 2013 fishing opportunities to recover fish stocks
Next week, on the 18th and 19th December, the Council of European Fisheries Ministers will meet in Brussels to agree on the 2013 catch limits for the main commercial species…
December 10, 2012
As the law of the sea turns 30, the sea remains lawless
Today is the 30th anniversary of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) being signed, defining the rights and responsibilities of nations in their use of…
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…
