Oceana in Europe

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!

Most EU citizens want political leaders to prioritise #MarineProtection, as shown by recent polls across 7 EU countries: Denmark, Germany, Ireland, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain & Sweden. We call on EU policymakers to protect Europe’s seas and respond to the climate and biodiversity crises threatening them! Find out more ➡ https://bit.ly/4bwdVFJ

Reacting to the European Commission Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries’ first report on the implementation of the #WestMedMAP, we highlight that France, Italy, and Spain must urgently #EndOverfishing and recover populations like European hake and Norway lobster 🐠🦞   Taking action now is crucial to avoid saying goodbye to these and other beloved fish.    Our reaction ➡ https://lnkd.in/gXksMbtf Ministère Écologie Territoires Ministero delle Politiche Agricole Alimentari e Forestali Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación Louise Roche Pauline Gautier giacomo chato osio Eric BANEL Rafael González Cano

NEW research from the University of Hawaii at Manoa shows that fish are bigger just outside #MarineProtectedAreas boundaries.   This provides further evidence of the spillover effect and the growing benefits of these zones to nearby ecosystems over time! 🐠   Learn more⤵️

🌊 Packaging is everywhere in our daily lives and is the main contributor to marine plastic pollution. 94% of ocean plastic lies on the seafloor, out of sight but not out of harm's way. Only by ditching disposable plastics can we face the issue. 📹 Watch our video to learn more! #PlasticFreeJuly  #SaveOurOcean #BreakFreeFromPlastic

We congratulate Ursula von der Leyen on being re-appointed as President of the European Commission 🇪🇺 The prosperity of European fisheries and fishers relies on a healthy marine environment, and fisheries must be managed hand in hand with ocean protection. Our reaction ➡ https://bit.ly/3Wa8jvp

In our 🆕 analysis in France (co-authored with BLOOM Association) and in Spain about how these two largest EU fishing nations allocate fishing opportunities to their fishers, we recommend them to change their practices to further support EU legal requirements. ➡️ Swipe through to learn why!