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In 2011, Oceana’s scientific reports were integral in advancing our policy objectives. Soon after the release of our first report on seafood fraud, “Bait and Switch: How Seafood Fraud Hurts Our Oceans, Our Wallets and Our Health,” the U.S. Congress advanced legislation to combat fraud.

REPORTS

• Proposal of Marine Areas of Ecological Importance –

Canary Islands • Vulnerable Sharks in the Atlantic Ocean: The Need for International Management • False Sense of Safety: Safety Measures Will Not Make

Offshore Drilling Safe • Bait and Switch: How Seafood Fraud Hurts Our Oceans,

Our Wallets and Our Health • Breaking the Habit: Eliminating Our Dependence on

Oil from the Gulf of Mexico by 2020, the Persian Gulf by 2023, and All Other Nations by 2033 • Forage Fish: Feeding the California Current Large

Marine Ecosystem • The European Union and Fishing Subsidies • Protecting the Oregon Coast: Identifying and Protecting

Important Ecological Areas • Seamounts of the Balearic Islands: Channel of Majorca • Oceana MedNet: MPA Network Proposal for the

Mediterranean Sea • Does a Future Exist for Balearic Fishing? Sustainable

Management, a Guarantee of Long-term Viability • Recreational Fishing in the Balearic Islands: A Booming

Activity • Responsible Artisanal Fishing: the Future of Fishing in the Balearic Islands • Marine Protected Areas: A Tool to Fight Overfishing and Preserve Marine Ecosystems • Trawling: Declining Fishing Method Needing Urgent

Rationalization • Conservation Proposals for Ecologically Important

Areas in the Baltic Sea • Expedition to Easter Island and Salas y Gómez • Proposal for the Creation of La Higuera-Isla Chañaral

Marine and Coastal Multiple Use Protected Area

Opposite page, top: A sea turtle near Easter Island. Bottom left: A fish near Easter Island. Bottom right: A diver with corals near Easter Island. This page, left: Scientists aboard the Hanse Explorer in the Baltic Sea. © OCEANA | Carlos Minguell