Look, down in the sea! It’s an advanced scientific instrument! No, it’s a pregnant virgin! Actually, it’s a shark. With their beady eyes and toothy jaws it might be easy to label sharks as the villains of the ocean, but sharks have so many amazing abilities we think they’re better cast as heroes. Read on to … Read more
After an online campaign by Oceana and its supporters, GrubHub – the dominant online food ordering company – announced that it would no longer permit restaurants to offer shark fin products through its service. GrubHub’s decision to eliminate shark fin soup from all its menus will help reduce global demand for shark fin products, as … Read more
Today, GrubHub announced that it would no longer permit restaurants to offer shark fin products through its online food-ordering service. Oceana commends GrubHub for demonstrating its commitment to shark conservation and for helping us to take an important step toward ending the indiscriminate killing of sharks. Last year, an Oceana investigation found that shark fin … Read more
Today, GrubHub, the nation’s leading online and mobile food ordering company, announced it will no longer allow restaurants to sell shark fin products through its website and subsidiary websites. It is estimated that 73 million sharks, many of which are vulnerable or even critically endangered species, are killed every year to supply the wasteful demand … Read more
OCEANA urges the Contracting Parties of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) – the organisation responsible for highly migratory species in the Atlantic and adjacent waters – to guarantee that all stocks under its concern are managed in a sustainable manner, specifically to combat overfishing. This is especially crucial for the … Read more
Today, Oceana, which was represented by Earthjustice, sued the federal government to end the overfishing of dusky sharks in U.S. waters. Dusky shark populations off the Atlantic and Gulf coasts have plummeted by 85 percent in the past two decades as a result of overfishing and bycatch – the incidental capture of fish and ocean … Read more
Did you know that there isn’t just one way sharks can breathe, and the way in which a shark breathes could affect its chances of surviving during fishing capture? Some sharks can breathe by taking water in through their mouth using muscles in their cheeks, then absorbing oxygen as they push the water out through … Read more
AUSTIN, TX – On Saturday, June 20, Texas became the 10th U.S. state to ban the trade of shark fins, when Gov. Greg Abbott signed H.B. 1579 into law, introduced by Rep. Eddie Lucio III (D-District 38). This law ensures that Texas will no longer participate in the global fin trade that is largely responsible … Read more
AUSTIN, TX—Today, a Texas lawmaker introduced a bill that would prohibit the sale, trade, purchase and transportation of shark fins in the state. H.B 1579 introduced by Rep. Eddie Lucio III (D-District 38), would ensure that Texas no longer participates in the trade in shark fins and would halt the state’s contribution to the global decline … Read more
The death of a rarely seen scalloped hammerhead (Sphyrna lewini) in the waters off Hopkins village after it became entangled in a gillnet highlights the need to transition away from this destructive fishing gear. According to Oceana Belize’s investigations into the incident, the approximately 8’ hammerhead swam into a gillnet placed in the shallow waters on … Read more
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