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September 2, 2022
Grønne NGO’er: Ny aftale om emballage er bedre end frygtet, men uambitiøs
Miljøminister Lea Wermelin og et bredt flertal i Folketinget har netop indgået en politisk aftale, der betyder, at producenter af emballage fremover bliver ansvarlige for håndteringen af deres produkter, når…
September 1, 2022
Oceana Appoints Hugo Tagholm as New Leader in the United Kingdom
Oceana, the largest international advocacy organisation dedicated solely to ocean conservation, announced today it has appointed ocean campaigner Hugo Tagholm as Executive Director of its newly expanded policy campaigns in…
June 22, 2022
Today, the European Commission presented its legislative proposal on nature restoration, a new law with binding targets to restore degraded land and marine ecosystems across the EU. This is a…
June 17, 2022
Oceana expedition to Alboran Sea uncovers underwater oasis and ‘wasteland’
Gathered data will also support advocacy efforts to ban bottom trawling in European Marine Protected AreasSingle-use plastics, abandoned fishing gear, and untreated waste most common pollutants found in seven-day expedition…
June 15, 2022
Ahead of a key negotiating meeting scheduled for the 21st of June, key Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) and the EU Fisheries Control Coalition call on the Member States…
June 14, 2022
EU makes poor progress on milestones to deliver a healthy ocean by 2030
Yesterday at an EU Ocean Week event, 6 NGOs published their assessment of the EU’s progress to secure a healthy ocean by 2030 – the goal set by the Blue…
June 6, 2022
Oceana marks World Ocean Day with expedition to Alboran Sea
An underwater robot, a flying drone, professional scuba divers and a team of scientists are documenting plastic pollution in the depths of the sea and bottom trawling in marine protected…
June 1, 2022
No improvement for collapsed stocks – time for a reboot in the Baltic Sea
Responding to yesterday’s publication of annual scientific advice for 2023 fishing limits in the Baltic Sea by the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES), a group of…
May 31, 2022
Good progress in Atlantic, but slower in Mediterranean Oceana recommends measures for most depleted stocks and forage fish Brussels – Reacting to today’s European Commission (EC) communication on the sustainability of EU…
May 5, 2022
The EU has addressed loopholes that previously allowed its fishing vessels to rapidly and frequently change flags to evade fisheries laws, a new assessment by the EU IUU Fishing Coalition*…