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Spanish Whale Migration corridor declared specially protected Area of Mediterranean Importance

by OceanCare | 03/12/2019 | Media Release

Naples, December 3, 2019: On the second day of the 21st Conference of the Parties (COP21) to the Barcelona Convention (Convention for the Protection of the Mediterranean), the area between the Balearic Islands and the Spanish mainland has been formally approved as...

Traffic rules for shipping in important whale and dolphin habitat is essential, conservationists say

by OceanCare | 08/11/2019 | Media Release

Istanbul, 8th November 2019: Today, the 7th Meeting of the Parties (MoP) to the Agreement for the protection of whales and dolphins in the Mediterranean and Black Seas (ACCOBAMS) came to a close. The government of the Republic of Turkey – which became the most recent...

OCEANCARE WELCOMES THE CLOSURE OF TWO FILES TO SEARCH FOR HYDROCARBONS WITHIN THE SPANISH WHALE MIGRATION CORRIDOR

by OceanCare | 04/11/2019 | Media Release

OceanCare demands the Greek government to protect the Hellenic Trench and its endangered marine wildlife from the menace of hydrocarbon exploration projects Zurich/Madrid, 4 November 2019: OceanCare welcomes the positive news about the closure of two files to search...

Norway’s Whaling Future Uncertain after Survey Shows Little Domestic Appetite for Whale Meat

by OceanCare | 04/10/2019 | Media Release

2nd October 2019: The future of Norway’s whaling industry appears to be in serious doubt as it struggles to deal with low catch numbers, falling prices for whale meat and declining interest in its products on the domestic market. The head of Norway’s Whalers’...

Call to discontinue search for new oil and gas deposits

by OceanCare | 25/09/2019 | Media Release

OceanCare calls on governments to commit to an immediate Phase-Out Roadmap for hydrocarbon exploration in the seabed New York, 25th September: Speaking at the Climate Action Summit and after today’s Blue Leaders breakfast, and responding to recent information about...

Innovative hightech-project to save endangered whales from ship-strikes already started

by OceanCare | 17/07/2019 | Media Release

Athens/Zurich, 17th July 2019: Today, the multinational interdisciplinary “SAvE Whales” project, which combines expertise from the fields of marine biology, underwater acoustics, applied mathematics, computer networking, informatics and real-time marine traffic data,...

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