Oceana in Europe

We joined forces with 25 NGOs to share our 2025 fishing recommendations with the European Commission, Hungarian Minister of Agriculture, and Member States.   Oceana notably contributed to include Mediterranean-related issues in these recommendations for the first time.   Learn more ➡ https://lnkd.in/dsZyUUS2 BirdLife Europe and Central Asia, BirdWatch Ireland, BLOOM Association, Blue Marine Foundation, Bund für Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland e.V. (BUND Bundesgeschäftsstelle), ClientEarth, Danmarks Naturfredningsforening, Deep Sea Conservation Coalition (DSCC), Deutsche Umwelthilfe Nederlandse Elasmobranchen Vereniging / Dutch Elasmobranch Society (NEV), Ecologistas en Acción, FishSec - Fiskesekretariatet, France Nature Environnement, Deutsche Stiftung Meeresschutz, Sciaena, Seas At Risk, The Shark Trust, Whale and Dolphin Conservation

Just a few weeks left for #EUOceanWeek! Join us in Brussels for a week of debates, exhibitions, and other events to celebrate Europe’s seas and explore how to rebuild their abundance. 📅 30 September - 6 October ℹ Learn more: https://lnkd.in/dmsYjHz7

We are expanding our global reach to protect our oceans! Oceana in Europe is looking for an Employer of Record to help us recruit talent and drive impactful campaigns in new European countries. Interested? 📝 Submit your proposal by 23 September. More info here➡ https://bit.ly/3XrvBO2

In the EU, one of the largest consumers of fish in the world, people struggle to identify sustainable seafood due to lax consumer information regulations for processed products like canned tuna and sardines. While fresh and frozen seafood products have stricter consumer information requirements, processed items lack crucial information such as species, origin, fishing gear, and production method.    The #FollowTheFish movement, which includes key stakeholders from the seafood supply chain is urging the European Commission to step up and change these rules! We want information on ALL seafood products, also in restaurants. Let’s demand transparency so EU citizens can make sustainable choices and avoid products associated with illegal practices. It’s time to defend EU citizen’s right to #FollowtheFish from sea to plate! 🌊🐟. Learn more 👉 https://bit.ly/4ealELn

We are pleased to announce that a group of NGOs working on marine issues, (BirdLife Europe and Central Asia, Blue Marine Foundation, ClientEarth, Danmarks Naturfredningsforening, Deutsche Stiftung Meeresschutz, Deutsche Umwelthilfe, Ecologistas en Acción, North Sea Foundation, Oceana, The Fisheries Secretariat, Sciaena and Seas At Risk), has submitted our response to the European Commission’s 2024 consultation on sustainable fishing in the EU. 🐟 📰 Our detailed policy briefing outlines key recommendations to ensure that the 2025 fishing opportunities foster long-term ocean health, rebuild fish populations, and enhance ecosystem resilience in the face of climate change. We urge the Commission to prioritise these objectives in their negotiations and decision-making processes with the AgriFish Council. Read more in our latest policy briefing➡ https://lnkd.in/dCrujCJf #CFPReality #SustainableFisheries #OceanHealth #EcosystemResilience #EUConsultation

As European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is about to publish mission letters to the newly-designated EU Commissioners, Brussels-based marine NGOs call on her to outline a clear, overarching mission to the new EU Commissioner for the Ocean to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, protect biodiversity, improve citizen health, and ensure the long-term sustainability of the ocean and the economic activities that depend on it. It's time to lead the way for a healthy ocean! 🌊 ➡ https://lnkd.in/dnnHzbpe WWF Central and Eastern Europe Seas At Risk Surfrider Foundation Europe ClientEarth BirdLife Europe and Central Asia

A healthy ocean is key to climate resilience, food security, a thriving blue economy, and prosperous coastal communities. It's time to adopt an #EUOceanDeal to ensure all ocean-related policies protect and restore our ocean in a coherent manner. 🌊

The Nature Restoration Law entered into force yesterday! It’s a truly historic moment as the law sets legally-binding targets for Member States to restore 20% of land areas and 20% of seas by 2030, and all ecosystems in need of restoration by 2050. This day follows years of advocacy and campaigning from the #RestoreNature movement to get the Nature Restoration Law across the finish line. 📽️ Watch our video recap of the campaign and let’s work together to our rivers, forests, seas, wetlands & green our cities all around Europe 🦋

According to EU laws, its citizens cannot support or benefit from illegal fishing. However, Member States do not have a comprehensive system in place to identify foreign ownership of fishing vessels. Many companies, including those with EU owners, hide behind complex corporate structures to exploit fisheries resources in non-EU countries, where controls might be weaker. Fighting illegal fishing requires acting against those who ultimately benefit from it, and the solution is making key information public. 📰Read the Financial Times article with Oceana’s insights: https://lnkd.in/dpfiVTwd

We can't have sustainable fisheries without a healthy and abundant ocean. This is why the upcoming European Commission needs to ensure coherence of all ocean-related policies, including fisheries and environmental policy. ➡️ Find out our priorities for the new mandate!