To kick off Coral Reef Awareness Week, Oceana and expedition partner Blancpain released the following initial findings from their May 2022 expedition to Alacranes Reef, the largest reef in the southern Gulf of Mexico and a registered Natural Protected Area (NPA) “During the expedition, Oceana found evidence of illegal fishing, diseased corals, and possible signs … Read more
Dustin Cranor (left), Beth Lowell (center), Jacqueline Savitz (right) Credit: OCEANA Oceana, the largest international advocacy organization dedicated solely to ocean conservation, announced new leadership appointments to its Executive Committee this week. Dustin Cranor, APR will now serve as Oceana’s Vice President of Global Marketing and Communications, Beth Lowell will lead as the organization’s Vice … Read more
Following a scientific expedition, Oceana calls for an expansion of Alacranes Reef Natural Protected Area conservation zone to protect Mexico’s vast marine biodiversity. According to Oceana, unregulated tourism, overfishing, and pollution are the main threats to the area. Today, Oceana released the results of its first-ever scientific expedition in Mexico to Bajos del Norte and … Read more
This week, ministers from all 164 member countries of the World Trade Organization (WTO) failed once again to curb harmful fisheries subsidies that lead to overfishing at the 12th Ministerial Conference in Geneva, Switzerland. While Oceana says that eliminating harmful subsidies is the greatest single action that can be taken to protect the world’s oceans, … Read more
This week, at Amazon’s annual meeting, 48% of the company’s shareholder votes backed a resolution asking the e-commerce giant to address its growing plastic packaging problem, falling just short of a majority. The resolution was presented by Conrad MacKerron, Senior Vice President of As You Sow, the non-profit organization that filed the resolution. The resolution, … Read more
On May 25 at Amazon’s Annual Meeting, shareholders will vote on a resolution that, if passed, would require the e-commerce giant to directly address its growing plastic problem which, according to a recent Oceana report, grew by 29% in 2020 to nearly 600 million pounds. Over 35% of Amazon’s shareholders supported a similar resolution last … Read more
On May 25 at Amazon’s Annual Meeting, shareholders will vote on a resolution that, if passed, would require the e-commerce giant to issue a report describing how the company could reduce its plastic packaging use and contribution to plastic pollution. The report would also quantify the amount of plastic packaging used by the company. 35.5% … Read more
Oceana today revealed the reason for the launch of the single-use jeans brand S1NGLES. Developed pro bono for Oceana by the award winning creative agency the community and launched with the support of celebrity Heidi Montag, the campaign brings to life the absurdity of single-use and why we should “refill again” in place of single-use … Read more
New research prepared for Oceana’s Transparent Oceans Initiative has, for the first time ever, used global data to analyze the links between illegal fishing and other maritime crimes like forced labor, drug trafficking, and money laundering, finding fishing-related crime is highly concentrated and sanctions are often inadequate. The team of researchers, led by Dr. Dyhia … Read more
Oceana, the world’s largest ocean conservation organization, is expanding its campaigns to protect and restore waters in the United Kingdom (UK). More than 90% of the world’s ocean productivity is under the direct control of 29 countries and the EU. Post-Brexit, the UK exclusive economic zone is ranked among the top 15 fishing areas in … Read more
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