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Press Releases
May 19, 2010
Italy, France and Spain carry out the most infringements of fishing legislation
Oceana, the international marine conservation organisation, has analysed the European Commission’s annual report concerning non-compliance of member states with the Common Fisheries Policy. In the last report, which analyses infringements…
May 19, 2010
Oceana expects upcoming EU shark action plan to include concrete and effective conservation measures
The European Commission is scheduled to present this Thursday 5 February the long awaited European Action Plan for the Conservation and Management of Sharks. Oceana expects this plan to include…
May 19, 2010
Oceana, the international marine conservation organization, is welcoming a commitment by the Spanish Ministry of the Environment and Rural and Marine Affairs to advance national legislation that would better manage…
May 19, 2010
Oceana demands immediate halt of bluefin tuna industrial fishing
Bluefin tuna is disappearing. However, tomorrow, bluefin tuna fishing with industrial seine will be reopened. This fishing season will be extended until June 15. The quota for the entire Mediterranean…
May 19, 2010
The agreements the Spanish government reached with the chlorine-alkali industries are at the core of Oceana’s denouncement before the European Commission and Euro MP David Hammerstein’s question to the same…
May 19, 2010
Big plans but little action for European shark protection
Today in Brussels the European Commission released the long-awaited Community Plan of Action for the Conservation and Management of Sharks, nearly a decade after the adoption of the FAO International…
May 13, 2010
The European Court of Justice condemns France for using driftnets
Oceana welcomes today’s ruling by the European Court of Justice condemning France for the use of illegal driftnets to catch bluefin tuna. The European Commission denounced the State of France…
May 13, 2010
Germany will present proposals for the listing of spurdog and porbeagle sharks on Annex II of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)….
May 13, 2010
New Oceana report shows depletion of prey fish may be starving the oceans
Oceana released a new report today finding widespread malnutrition in commercial and recreational fish, marine mammals and seabirds because of the global depletion of the small fish they need to…
May 13, 2010
Oceana denounces Spanish owned pirate fishing vessel and asks for tough measures against IUU fishing
Oceana has documented and urged action by the Spanish government against the IUU fishing vessel “Furabolos” (IMO 8604668), now named “Eros 2”, and flying a Panama flag, currently in the…
