Contacts: Gillian Spolarich: gspolarich@oceana.org, 202.467.1909 Anna Baxter: abaxter@oceana.org, 202.868.4064 Amazon’s other big problem – its staggering plastic use – is set to feature at the company’s upcoming annual general meeting (AGM) later this month, when shareholders will be asked to vote on a resolution requiring the e-commerce giant … Read more
Big wave surfer Maya Gabeira (left, photo credit ©Pablo Garcia) and entrepreneur Elizabeth Wahler (right, photo credit ©David Tosti) join Oceana’s Board of Directors Washington, D.C. – Today, on Earth Day, Oceana, the international ocean conservation organization, announced longtime supporters Maya Gabeira and Elizabeth Wahler have joined the organization’s Board of Directors. “Maya and … Read more
Statement Date: Wednesday, March 24, 2021 Today, Netflix released a new movie titled Seaspiracy that features passing references to Oceana and a brief excerpt from what was a two-hour interview with a former employee, who was one of Oceana’s key leaders in winning policy victories against illegal fishing. To set the record straight, what Oceana campaigns … Read more
Carie joins Oceana after spending over a decade at the Humane Society of the United States, where she developed the social media program into an integral part of the organization’s fundraising and communications strategies. She also held department director roles at the Humane Society and United Way, and spent the last two years in the … Read more
Washington, DC – This week, a new study titled “Protecting the global ocean for biodiversity, food and climate” was published in the scientific journal Nature. The study reveals that protecting select areas of the world’s oceans from fishing practices, including destructive bottom trawling, and other damaging activities helps safeguard critical habitat, boost biodiversity, and reduce … Read more
Today, the members of Oceana’s International Board of Directors wrote the Hon. Francisco Sagasti Hochhausler, President of the Republic of Peru, to request the removal of an eleventh-hour provision to allow fishing for Patagonian toothfish in the proposed Nasca Ridge National Reserve. The bottom fishing methods used to catch Patagonian toothfish could damage the very … Read more
Yesterday, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos announced that he will step down from his position as company CEO this year. Bezos’ announcement accompanied Amazon’s fourth quarter of 2020 earnings report, which revealed that the company’s net sales increased by 38% in 2020 and are expected to grow another 33% in the first quarter of 2021 (as … Read more
Also available in: Español, Français, Portugês, Bahasa Indonesia, Kiswahili Additional media contacts:Lauren Gleason, WWF, (202) 495-4319Martin Muir, Blue Ventures, martin@blueventures.orgNathan Williams, Fauna & Flora International, +44 (0) 7725 594205Perry Broderick, Ocean Outcomes, (503) 758-6893Philippine Wouters, IPNLF, philppine.wouters@ipnlf.orgDr. Simon Cripps, Wildlife Conservation Society, +44 (0)7555 780 025Tad Segal, Environmental Defense Fund, (202) 572-3549 A global coalition of partners … Read more
Today, NBC and Oceana debuted a new public service announcement (PSA) featuring actor, activist, and longtime Oceana Board Member Ted Danson asking viewers to call for policy change to ditch plastic pollution and make the world’s oceans a better place for us all. Danson stars as the fictional mayor of Los Angeles in the new … Read more
Oceana has today released a report – based on an analysis of e-commerce packaging data – that found Amazon generated 465 million pounds of plastic packaging waste last year. This is comprised of the air pillows, bubble wrap, and other plastic packaging items added to the approximately 7 billion Amazon packages delivered in 2019, according … Read more
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