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Press Releases
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…
May 13, 2010
Oceana satisfied with the arrest of three owners of illegal drifnetters in Southern Italy
Oceana is satisfied with the arrest of three captains and shipowners in the Italian port of Bagnara Calabra for their use of illegal driftnets. The accused are under house arrest…
May 11, 2010
Oceana calls for swordfish management before it is too late
Swordfish in the Mediterranean is overexploited. The marine conservation organisation, Oceana, highlighted this during a presentation in Rome on European Maritime day. Oceana calls for the implementation of management measures…
