The Government of Belize banned gillnets after years of campaigning by the people of Belize, Oceana, the Belize Coalition for Sustainable Fisheries, and our allies. This historic victory highlights Belize’s leadership in preserving ocean abundance and biodiversity, and truly valuing and protecting the livelihoods of the many who depend on the seas. Gillnets catch and kill everything … Read more
In advance of Amazon’s (AMZN) quarterly earnings report tomorrow, which analysts predict will show a continued increase in sales – and a rapid growth in Prime membership – during the COVID-19 pandemic, Matthew Littlejohn, Senior Vice President of Oceana, issued the following statement calling on the major online retailer to give its customers a plastic-free … Read more
Media contact: Gillian Spolarich (202-251-9564 / gspolarich@oceana.org) Link to media assets Public opinion research sponsored by Oceana, the world’s largest international ocean conservation organization, shows Amazon customers are buying more online due to the COVID-19 global pandemic, are overwhelmingly concerned about plastic pollution and its impact on the oceans, and want major online retailers including … Read more
Oceana campaigns in eight countries and the European Union to save the oceans and feed the world. While we share a common goal, our countries are unique in their ecosystems and their fisheries. And Chile, where Oceana has worked since 2003, is a great example – it’s a productive coastal country with some the world’s … Read more
Today, on World Oceans Day, Oceana released a Public Service Announcement (PSA) starring actor and Oceana Board Member Sam Waterston about the dangers of ocean plastic pollution and the need for companies to give consumers plastic-free choices. “Our oceans sustain life that could feed a billion people a healthy seafood meal every day, forever. But … Read more
Today, Andrew Sharpless, CEO of Oceana, received the Visionary Award at the 2020 Ocean Awards from BOAT International and Blue Marine Foundation. The Visionary Award recognizes an individual with a global vision to improve the health of our oceans and a willingness to go above and beyond others in their commitment to the cause, according … Read more
If you looked down on the streets of Europe in the late 1800s and early 1900s, you’d spot a flock of white and grey feathers bobbing above the crowds: These plumes were albatross feathers, a luxury adornment for ladies’ hats. Meanwhile, thousands of miles away in the north Pacific Ocean, the corpses of slaughtered seabirds … Read more
We can rebuild marine life and restore much of the world’s oceans in just 30 years if we take action to protect species and ecosystems at risk. A team of marine scientists from 10 countries reached this conclusion after reviewing past ocean recoveries following conservation interventions. “This provides a window of opportunity to mitigate existing … Read more
Dr. Marla ‘Max’ine Valentine is a new addition to Oceana taking on the role of Illegal Fishing and Transparency Analyst. Marla graduated from Louisiana State University in 2013 with a Master of Science in Oceanography that centered on deep-sea benthic ecology using ROVs following the Deepwater Horizon Incident. She defended her doctorate at Old Dominion University in 2018 focusing on biogeochemical cycling … Read more
There was a time when Australia’s Great Barrier Reef was great in every sense of the word. In 1981, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) signed off on a plan to make the reef a UNESCO World Heritage Site, writing in its evaluation that the area “comprises some 2,500 individual reefs of all … Read more
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