Canary Islands: Maps
PROPOSAL OF MARINE AREAS OF ECOLOGICAL IMPORTANCE – CANARY ISLANDS Proposal in Google Earth Species documented by Oceana in El Hierro
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Oceana supports Spanish Government decision to close mackerel fishery early
Spain has already exhausted close to 90% of its assigned quota Oceana believes the decision made by the Spanish General Secretariat of the Sea to close the mackerel fishery in the north-eastern Bay of Biscay is justified because of the imminent exhaustion of its corresponding quota, particularly when the agreed catch quota has been ignored … Read more
Oceana unveils MedNet, the most comprehensive proposal for Marine Protected Areas in the Mediterranean
Oceana MedNet is the first Mediterranean network covering a wide variety of specific and ecologically important habitats, including the high seas. Oceana today unveiled Oceana MedNet, the first comprehensive network of Marine Protected Areas (MPA) for the Mediterranean that details specific locations. The proposal includes 100 sites distributed throughout the basin, covering an extension of … Read more
Oceana MedNet: Maps
Marine Protected Areas Network in the Mediterranean. OCEANA proposal Note: Mozilla Firefox is strongly recommended for a correct functioning of the viewer below. Layers View MedNet in Google Earth
Oceana MedNet: Maps
Marine Protected Areas Network in the Mediterranean. OCEANA proposal Note: Mozilla Firefox is strongly recommended for a correct functioning of the viewer below. Layers View MedNet in Google Earth
Bluefin Tuna’s fate in Slippery Hands
On Tuesday this week, the European Union fisheries ministers met in Luxembourg to discuss their position for the upcoming meeting of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) – they rejected the EU Executive arm’s proposal to cut the Bluefin tuna quota for 2011. The Mediterranean countries (including France, Spain, Greece and … Read more
What’s Next for Deepsea Drilling in Europe?
Last Thursday the European Parliament rejected a call to ban deepwater drilling, opting instead to tighten regulations to control exploration safety and compensation in the event of a spill. However, according to his spokesperson, the EU Energy Commissioner will be calling for a ban on new deepwater oil drilling on the 13th. Meanwhile, on the … Read more
Friday, October 1, 2010
After 10 days at sea on board the Oceana Latitude, we put into port in St. Petersburg after more than 150 miles of sailing and running away from a tropical storm that looked uglier as it got closer. For our luck, it turned east towards Florida’s eastern coast. We barely had six campaign days left … Read more
Gulf of Mexico Expedition 2010: Route
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Marine Strategy Framework Directive: What Oceana Does
An EU-wide stakeholder consultation process on the implementation of the MSFD is being organized by the European Commission, and Oceana is an active member of this process. We currently follow several working groups, including on the definition of Good Environmental Status (GES) and on Economic and Social Assessment (ESA). At the regional scale, Oceana being … Read more
