EUROPE

Ricardo Aguilar, Director of Projects and Research

Based in: Madrid, Spain
“One of the factors that has driven me to defend the oceans is the destruction that escapes our eyes.” >> more

Ester Casado, Executive Assistant

Based in: Madrid, Spain
"And the more I learn about the wonders all around us, the greater is my certainty that the ocean in the most important piece of the big puzzle that our planet represents." >> more

Julie Cator, Policy Director

Based in: Brussels, Belgium
"I have always believed in the power of civil society to bring about improvements to our world." >> more

Giorgio Contessi, Communications Officer

Based in: Madrid, Spain
The future of the waters - lakes, rivers, seas, oceans - is in our hands. In all of our hands. >> more

María José Cornax, Campaign Officer

Based in: Madrid, Spain
"From the fisherman who brings in his nets to the farmer waiting for rain or a child turning on a tap in the middle of the city, all of them are bound to the continuity of the cycles of our oceans". >> more

Eduardo De Ana, Webmaster

Based in: Madrid, Spain
"In spite of living in Madrid and being so many kilometres away from the sea, I’ve always felt very close to it." >> more

Soraya de Miguel, Accountant - Financial Officer

Based in: Madrid, Spain
"Oceana is teaching me to discover the marvels that oceans hide and the needs they have to being protected to preserve them and to get our planet can continue being as it is." >> more

Rebecca Greenberg, Marine Wildlife Scientist

Based in: Madrid, Spain
"Without voices of their own, these and so many other animals and the underwater habitats they call home, need people to stand up for their protection." >> more

Maribel Lopez, Office Manager

Based in: Madrid, Spain
"The seas and the marine ecosystem are the principal link in the chain of life, and we should never forget that we humans are only another link in the same chain." >> more

Marta Madina, Communications Director

Based in: Madrid, Spain
"Whatever the perspective from which we look at the oceans, they are still, in my opinion, the great unknown of our era". >> more

Concha Martinez, Development Director

Based in: Madrid, Spain
“Destructive fishing methods, such as trawling, are depleting resources, either because no specific legislation is in place or because this legislation has not been implemented, and this is having a serious impact on poor local communities." >> more

Xavier Pastor, Executive Director of Oceana in Europe

Based in: Madrid, Spain
“The privilege of visiting extraordinary places in seas all over the world has also caused me great distress as I witnessed brutal attacks on the marine environment. ” >> more

José Peñalver, Logistics Officer

Based in: Madrid, Spain
"Far from improving, our oceans’ situation is quickly worsening. Through my work aboard the Oceana Ranger research catamaran, I hope to contribute the necessary effort to ensure the safety of the oceans, the place where life originated." >> more

Carlos Perez, Operations Director

Based in: Madrid, Spain
"My experience in the environmentalist movement ranges from contributing as a member to participating in resistance and peaceful intervention activities..." >> more

Sandrine Polti, Marine Wildlife Scientist

Based in: Brussels, Belgium
"My interest in the oceans and experience acquired thoughout ocean-related work in the Mediterranean Sea, Pacific and Indian Oceans enabled me to become conscious of the extreme weakness of marine ecosystems..." >> more

Angeles Sáez, Documentalist

Based in: Madrid, Spain
"The images of the seabed that cross my computer screen every day are tools that help to illustrate the hugely unknown depths of the sea and underscore accusations of illegal fishing practices." >> more
 

A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT ILLEGAL DRIFTNETS

Oceana in the documentary made by the producer EarthOcean about illegal drifnetters in the Mediterranean Sea. The video includes an interview with Xavier Pastor, Oceana’s Director for Europe, and also images of illegal driftnetters recorded during the expeditions on board the catamaran Oceana Ranger. Driftnets are banned since 2002 because they represent a major threat for the conservation of endangered species such as marine turtles and cetaceans.

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