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SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

Marking World Ocean Day – 8 June 2025, ocean conservation charity Blue Marine Foundation,  has launched “The Bottom Line”, a darkly satirical film starring two of the charity’s ambassadors, actors Theo James and British broadcaster Stephen…

8th June 2025

FILM: Stephen Fry, Theo James join call for bottom trawl ban

8th June 2025

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

Launched on International Day for the Fight Against Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing (5 June 2025), new Oceana  analysis of China’s global fishing activity worldwide reports that the country’s 57,000  industrial fishing vessels dominated…

5th June 2025

Analysis: China dominates 44% of world’s fishing activity

5th June 2025

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

More than 500 fisherfolk, civil society groups and coastal communities across the Philippines have come together to demand action to protect their livelihoods.

4th June 2025

Philippines’ fisherfolk demand protection

4th June 2025

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

EU leaders are under fire as a new legal complaint targets bottom trawling in Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) ahead of the UN Ocean Conference.

3rd June 2025

EU faces legal heat over bottom trawling

3rd June 2025

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

A new report has revealed widespread opacity in the ownership of the world’s large-scale fishing fleets, raising serious concerns over fisheries governance and sustainability.

22nd May 2025

Hidden owners behind fishing fleets

22nd May 2025

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The UKs offshore marine protected areas (MPA) were subjected to over 20,600 hours of suspected bottom trawling in 2024, according to a new report by Oceana UK.

21st May 2025

UK MPAs are a ‘sham’, says Oceana

21st May 2025

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The European Commission has deducted over 3,000 salmon from Finland’s 2025 fishing quota after uncovering unauthorised commercial fishing disguised as scientific research in the Baltic Sea last year.

7th May 2025

Brussels penalises Finland salmon breach

7th May 2025

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Following the conclusion of second edition of the European Ocean Days, held in Brussels from 3 to 7 March 2025, ocean advocates BLOOM, Blue Marine Foundation, Défense des Milieux Aquatiques, Empesca’t, National…

11th March 2025

Kadis urged to affirm stance on bottom trawling

11th March 2025

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

European leaders have received a fresh call to ban destructive fishing practices in marine protected areas (MPAs) and to simultaneously provide support for small-scale fishing sectors and marine ecosystems.

11th February 2025

Macron, EU urged to end fishing in MPAs

11th February 2025

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Environmental NGOs have praised the Danish government’s proposal to ban bottom trawling in over 17% of its waters.

5th February 2025

NGOs praise Danish trawl ban

5th February 2025

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

In a groundbreaking move for marine conservation, Sweden has taken the first steps towards a potential ban on bottom trawling in its marine protected areas (MPA), a decision that has been widely…

24th January 2025

NGOs hail Swedish trawling ban

24th January 2025

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Seafood supply chain collective Follow the Fish has called on the European Commission to require more consumer information on all seafood. To address this lack of transparency, the group met with the head of…

12th December 2024

EU pressed to provide consumer info on all seafood

12th December 2024

INSIGHT

INSIGHT

Transitioning to an EU fisheries sector that decarbonises and shifts practices toward lower energy-intensity and lower impacts on depleted fish populations and the ocean is crucial for achieving climate objectives, ensuring the…

3rd December 2024

New EU Commissioners urged to end fisheries’ fossil fuel subsidies

3rd December 2024

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has released an action plan that recommends improvements to the United States’ Seafood Import Monitoring Program (SIMP) following a year-long review of the programme.

15th November 2024

NOAA issues action plan to improve US seafood import monitoring

15th November 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Environmental NGOs Oceana and ClientEarth are filing legal action against the Spanish government after finding that bottom trawling is taking place in many MPAs in Spain, which they maintain violates EU and…

29th October 2024

Legal action launched against Spain for bottom trawling

29th October 2024

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

A new Oceana poll shows overwhelming support among consumers in Belgium, France, Spain and Cyprus for expanded information on processed seafood, with 84% of respondents calling for greater transparency.

23rd October 2024

EU customers demand seafood transparency

23rd October 2024

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

Despite industry claims to the contrary, the global aquaculture sector has an increasing dependence on wild fish for use in feeds. Added to this, the growing consumer appetite for farmed salmon could…

17th October 2024

Study: More wild fish being used in aquafeeds than previously estimated

17th October 2024

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Oceana is urging the European Commission to expand labelling requirements for processed seafood products, calling for greater transparency for consumers.

19th September 2024

Oceana demands processed seafood transparency

19th September 2024

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

Sustainable seafood eco-labelling scheme Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) is failing to identify forced labour violations in the fisheries it certifies despite claims to the contrary, claims new research published in Ocean Sustainability.

10th September 2024

Report: Tuna vessels using forced labour hiding behind eco-label

10th September 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Oceana, represented by Earthjustice, is taking US federal fisheries managers to court, alleging the agency is failing to protect the Gulf of Alaska seafloor from the destructive effects of bottom trawling.

23rd August 2024

Oceana sues NMFS over seafloor destruction

23rd August 2024