While many EU fisheries are failing to break even, tax exemptions that fuel unsustainable practices are putting the whole sector at risk.
19 Jul 2021 Read more »
After a year of forced pause due to the pandemic, the Blue Panda, WWF’s Mediterranean Marine Initiative sailboat, is ready to set sail for a ...
25 Jun 2021 Read more »
Almost 1000 alien species have already migrated into the warming waters of the Mediterranean Sea and replaced endemic species, while increasingly ...
08 Jun 2021 Read more »
The Plastic Smart City of Dubrovnik has formally adopted the first plan of actions to tackle its plastic pollution by 2026 including key measures to ...
16 Apr 2021 Read more »
WWF is looking for an engaged and creative communications expert to join our Blue Panda boat crew and local teams and promote the protection of ...
15 Apr 2021 Read more »
The stock of Atlantic bluefin tuna is slowly recovering, but what needs to happen to move from recovery to full sustainability?
22 Mar 2021 Read more »
Today, the City of Venice has formally joined the global WWF Plastic Smart Cities initiative.
19 Mar 2021 Read more »
Mediterranean fish stocks, including the most commercially valuable hakes and groupers, could strongly recover if 30% of the sea is effectively ...
25 Feb 2021 Read more »
Once fished to the point of collapse, the population of Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean bluefin tuna has experienced several years of growth after ...
05 Feb 2021 Read more »
Croatia’s government has adopted the first fishery management plans for the Telašćica and Lastovo Islands nature parks
07 Jan 2021 Read more »
On Wednesday December 23, a sperm whale was found stranded on the beach of Freattida, close to the port of Piraeus- one of the busiest ports in the ...
24 Dec 2020 Read more »
Trogir, Croatia, 30 October 2020 - After Dubrovnik, the City of Trogir is the second Croatia city to say “NO” to plastic pollution and to join WWF’s ...
30 Oct 2020 Read more »
Today, WWF sent a public letter to the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) raising concerns over the potential certification of the French SATHOAN ...
28 Oct 2020 Read more »
Abandoned fishing gear is the deadliest form of plastic debris for marine life and has already driven the vaquita porpoise and other marine mammals ...
20 Oct 2020 Read more »
The city of Dubrovnik has recently signed an agreement with the Croatian Association for Nature, Environment, and Sustainable Development Sunce and ...
07 Aug 2020 Read more »
The increase in fisheries classified as overfished by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), and the growing gulf between well managed and ...
08 Jun 2020 Read more »
In a Mediterranean region ravaged by the COVID-19 epidemic and that is struggling to kick off an unpromising 2020 tourism season, on World Oceans Day ...
08 Jun 2020 Read more »Rome, Italy - WWF is objecting to the potential sustainability certification by the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) of the first Atlantic bluefin ...
01 Jun 2020 Read more »With the release of the MSC’s Fisheries Certification Process v 2.2 on 25 March 2020, WWF is very concerned by the lack of overall improvements, and ...
01 Apr 2020 Read more »