Seagrass beds are vital to the fight for a healthy climate. They suck up huge amounts of CO2, and store it for decades or centures in the thick mud the seagrass grows in. But the ocean is losing 7 percent of its seagrass habitats every year. We have to safeguard these underwater meadows, and it turns out … Read more
Today, Oceana campaign director Lora Snyder testified before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, in a hearing titled, “Examining the Regulation of Shark Finning in the United States.” Congress took a major step to protect sharks from finning by enacting the Shark Finning Prohibition Act in 2000, which banned shark finning and discarding the … Read more
In the 1975 film Jaws, shark-hunter Quint described the eponymous villain’s peepers as lifeless and black, “like a doll’s eyes.” But Jaws got a laundry list of things wrong, and eyes are no exception. Sharks and their ray relatives boast a dazzling diversity of pupil shapes and eye sizes, which offer hints about how they … Read more
No purchase or payment of any kind is necessary to enter or win this contest sweepstakes. 1) How to Enter: No purchase necessary to enter or win. To enter the Oceana Shark Week 2017 Sweepstakes click here and complete the signup form. You must submit all required information to be eligible for the prize. Incomplete, corrupted or untimely … Read more
This year, Oceana and Discovery are teaming up to help protect vulnerable hammerhead sharks, which are one of the species most threatened by the shark fin trade because of their highly valuable fins. Among all shark species, fins from as many as 73 million sharks end up in the global shark fin trade each year. … Read more
Take Action Every year, fins from as many as 73 million sharks end up in the global fin trade. The gruesome and inhumane practice of shark finning poses one of the greatest threats to shark’s survival. It’s up to us to do something about it. Add your name now and tell Congress to ban the trade of all shark … Read more
A shadow looms out of hazy, blue depths. It circles once, then fades as quickly as it came. That’s all you see of the shark: a faint shape. Yet you float suspended between awe and fear, watching the place where that phantom appeared. Sharks bring out the best and the worst in us. They glide … Read more
WASHINGTON –Today, the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation voted to pass the Shark Fin Trade Elimination Act (S. 793), which would ban the buying and selling of processed shark fins in the United States. The bipartisan legislation was introduced earlier this year by Sens. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and Shelley Moore Capito (R- W. … Read more
WASHINGTON –Today, more than 150 scientists from around the world sent a letter to Congress urging the passage of the Shark Fin Trade Elimination Act (S. 793/H.R.1456), which would ban the buying and selling of shark fins in the United States. The letter, led by Dr. Francesco Ferretti from the Hopkins Marine Station of Stanford … Read more
WASHINGTON — Today, Oceana, represented by Earthjustice, has filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration for its continued failure to end the overfishing of dusky sharks in U.S. waters and rebuild the depleted population, as required by law. The lawsuit was filed in response to a final rule the federal government issued in April to address … Read more
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We have already protected over 4 million square miles of ocean and innumerable sea life - but there is still more to be done.