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Press Releases
July 18, 2011
Oceana Asks Supermarkets to Inform About the Risks of Consuming Fish with a High Mercury Content
Oceana has got in touch with the main supermarket and hypermarket chains in Spain to ask them to display posters advising the most vulnerable consumers about the health risks caused…
July 14, 2011
Oceana discovers large coral reef in the Mediterranean
Oceana discovered a deep-sea, white coral reef in the Alboran sea (Western Mediterranean) during the Oceana Ranger’s 2011 expedition. The international marine conservation organization estimates that the reef’s surface area…
July 13, 2011
Proposal changes nothing for 3/4th of species commercially exploited without management measures.Today, the Commission presented its proposal for a reformed Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) in what marks the beginning of…
July 8, 2011
Oceana presents a proposal to protect almost 3,000 km2 of the Balearic Sea
Ausías March, Emile Baudot and Ses Olives may become the first protected seamounts in the western Mediterranean Oceana presented a report this morning in Palma de Mallorca including a…
July 7, 2011
Oceana calls on the Balearic Government once again to continue advancing in marine conservation
Xavier Pastor met with the Regional Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Territory, Gabriel Company, this morning for the first time since the constitution of the new Balearic government after the…
July 4, 2011
UNESCO, IUCN And RAMSAR recommendations reinforce Oceana’s proposal to protect Doñana marine area
International agencies back the expansion of the protected marine area and acknowledge the danger of the new Balboa refinery project.Oceana applauds the recommendations made by UNESCO, the International Union for…
July 1, 2011
According to IPPC Directive, mercury use should have been phased out by 2007Oceana calls for chlorine plants using mercury cells, the main source of mercury contamination in the seas and…
June 28, 2011
Oceana discovers carnivorous sponge, prompting the protection of five areas in the Mediterranean
The discovery was published in the international journal Zootaxa along with the scientific discoveries of German and Italian universities.Oceana scientists, the University of Erlangen-Nürnberg (Germany) and Le Marche-Ancona University (Italy)…
June 28, 2011
Oceana concludes expedition to document biodiversity and fisheries in the Baltic
Compiled data will be analyzed and used to present proposals for the creation of an effective network of Marine Protected Areas.Oceana concluded one of its most comprehensive expeditions to date…
June 27, 2011
Exploring and drilling for hydrocarbons must be stopped in unique and fragile mediterranean deep sea
Particularly alarming is the recent green-lighting by the Cypriot government of drilling for gas in Cyprus’ Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) by energy company Noble Energy.A large part of the almost…
