OceanCare News
Japan leaves International Whaling Commission!
Wädenswil, 26th December 2018. It is official. In a press conference today, the Japanese government confirmed that it is going to resume commercial whaling with effect from 1st July 2019, as their membership to the IWC will officially end 30th June. Commercial whaling...
read moreIs Japan serious? Rumours are spreading that Japan might leave the International Whaling Commission
Wädenswil, 20 December 2018. According to Japanese news agency Kyodo News, the Japanese government intends to leave the International Whaling Commission (IWC) and to start commercial whaling in coastal waters. According to the agency, no commercial whaling activities...
read more“Our Blue Lung”
There is a commitment by the Member States of the European Union to achieve clean and healthy seas by the year 2020. This objective has been adopted via a Directive in 2008. Ten years later we know that governments will fail. It is again up to the civil society to...
read moreSide Event on underwater noise impacts at Fish Forum 2018
On Wednesday, 12th December, OceanCare organised a side event at the Fish Forum 2018 of the General Fisheries Commission of the Mediterranean (GFCM) on ocean noise impacts on fisheries in the context of SDG 14. The participants heard presentations by Bjørnar...
read moreOceanCare and UNEP/MAP hold workshop on marine pollution at Fish Forum 2018
On Monday, 10th December, OceanCare and UNEP/MAP held a joint workshop at the Fish Forum 2018 of the General Fisheries Commission of the Mediterranean (GFCM) on the prevention and reduction of marine litter in the Mediterranean Sea. The panelists speaking were...
read moreProblem child Mediterranean Sea
The report "The State of Mediterranean and Black Sea Fisheries 2018" was published at the Fish Forum currently taking place in Rome on 11 December. The report, which was awaited with great anticipation, raises hope on the one hand, but on the other it clearly shows...
read moreOceanCare at the Fish Forum 2018
The Fish Forum 2018 of the General Fisheries Commission of the Mediterranean (GFCM) in Rome from 10 to 14 December, bringing together regional scientists and experts in fisheries and marine conservation, in particular for the Mediterranean and the Black Sea, started...
read moreA new book calls for cleaning up our act: namely on beaches worldwide.
Wädenswil/Vienna, 22 November 2018: Our oceans and beaches are increasingly mutating into waste dumps. Austrian marine biologist Dr. Michael Stachowitsch has tackled this pressing environmental issue in his new book “The Beachcomber’s Guide to Marine Debris” – and...
read morePre-screening of the documentary “Whale like me”
250 people followed the invitation by OceanCare and Shifting Values on 9th of October to attend a special pre-screening of the documentary "Whale like me" in Vienna. The interest was overwhelming and at least another hundred or more people could have joined the...
read moreWhales relieved. Pandora’s box to resume commercial whaling remains closed.
Florianópolis, Brazil, 14th September 2018. The last day of the Meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) saw the long-awaited discussion about the package proposal submitted by the government of Japan called “A way forward”. The controversial proposal is...
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