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July 27, 2012
Oceana satisfied with courts sanctions deterrent enough prevent overfishing in Europe
Yesterday, a United Kingdom court ruled against two Spanish shipowners connected with the notorious pirate shipowners Antonio Vidal Suárez and Antonio Vidal Pego. The court has imposed a fine of…
July 23, 2012
Oceana warns: Only 60 days left to avoid massive failure of EU Habitats Directive
Oceana is alarmed at the EU Mediterranean Member States’ long delay in submitting management plans for protected areas proposed within the Natura 2000 network. On September 21st, the deadline granted…
July 19, 2012
Deep-sea species and habitats are extremely vulnerable to exploitation. Today, the European Commission published a strong draft regulation establishing access requirements and conditions applicable to deep sea fisheries in the…
July 16, 2012
Oceana calls for freeze of unmanaged shark catches
Oceana today echoed management recommendations from scientists of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT), who have called for caution in Atlantic fisheries for shortfin mako sharks…
July 13, 2012
Oceana welcomes the new Chairwoman of the Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission (known as HELCOM), Helle Pilsgaard, in her new position, and looks forward to the two-year Danish Chairmanship of…
July 12, 2012
Oceana warns the Government that, by law, Cabrera Park must be enlarged
According to the Mediterranean Regulation, the Barcelona Convention, the Habitats Directive, and the Spanish National Parks Law, the habitats around Cabrera should be already protected. Oceana believes that the Government…
July 11, 2012
Oceana: Threatened sharks and rays granted critical protection in the Mediterranean
Oceana is extremely pleased that the EU has finally voted in favour of strictly protecting ten threatened species of sharks and rays in the Mediterranean Sea, under the Barcelona Convention….
July 11, 2012
Management plan for endangered baltic salmon riddled with loopholes that threaten the stock
Today, members of EU Parliament Fisheries Committee adopted the report by Marek Gróbarczyk (ECR, PL) to establish a multiannual plan for the Baltic salmon. Oceana is disappointed in the outcome…
July 9, 2012
Stocks in trouble according to disappointing world fisheries report card
Today, the FAO released its biennial report on the “State of the World Fisheries and Aquaculture”. According to the report, 57% of evaluated stocks are fully exploited with no room…
July 4, 2012
New laws to protect Europe from oil spills must be toughened up, not watered down
Even with the Commission’s proposed regulation on offshore safety, the risks of oil or gas accidents in European waters would remain unacceptably high. The proposal needs strengthening, not watering down.Deepwater…