The Tañon Strait Protected Seascape is the Philippines’ largest marine protected area and a major fishing ground. The strait’s 280 miles (450 kilometers) of coastline are home to thousands of families that depend on the area’s marine resources for food and income. As decades of overfishing, pollution and a burgeoning population take their toll, Tañon’s … Read more
WASHINGTON – Today, Oceana released a new report titled “Time for Action: Six Years After Deepwater Horizon” that highlights the long-term impacts of the worst environmental disaster in U.S. history, which began six years ago next week. In the report, Oceana reviews the most recently published research that documents the damage from the oil spill to … Read more
It’s a scene repeated at low tide in coastal and island nations around the world: women with plastic buckets and woven baskets fan out across the exposed seabed, scooping up small fish stranded by the retreating water, digging clams out of the muddy bottom and spearing octopuses camouflaged amongst the rocks and corals. From the … Read more
A layer of sharp thorns on its back gives this ray a considerable edge over any predators looking for a bite. The spikes, which are a mixture of large, cone-shaped thorns and smaller, pointed scales known as denticles, are critical for the porcupine ray as they lack the venomous barb most stingray species use for warding off … Read more
WASHINGTON – Today, Oceana released a new set of maps that show the threat of seismic airgun blasting to important marine life off the East Coast. Specifically, the maps depict the overlapbetween current seismic airgun permit application areas in the Atlantic and known habitats for at-risk turtles, whales and sharks, as well as commercially and recreationally important fish species. … Read more
It’s a simple question: What ocean animal are you? As we work together to protect the world’s oceans and the precious animals that live there, I want to know what inspires you. Our oceans are filled with wonder and life, and with Oceana you help ensure they stay that way. Trying to choose just one … Read more
A lifetime spent exploring the coves and beaches of the Mediterranean Sea instilled within Alexandra Cousteau a love of the oceans. A senior adviser to Oceana, she’s rubbed elbows with white tip sharks and walked with women in Africa to bring attention to water issues. Building on the legacy of her grandfather, Jaques-Yves Cousteau, and … Read more
Television star, author, and fashion designer Lauren Conrad stars alongside newly-hatched sea turtles in a PSA campaign released today by ocean conservation non-profit Oceana. Conrad is joining Oceana’s campaign, launched last week, which urges the U.S. government to take action to protect endangered sea turtles in its southeast shrimp trawl fishery. Kemp’s Ridley sea turtles, … Read more
Washington — Today, Oceana and One More Generation have teamed up to launch a new joint campaign to encourage the Obama administration to save sea turtles in the Southeast and Gulf. Every year, thousands of sea turtles are caught and killed as bycatch, which is the catch of non-target fish and ocean wildlife, by the … Read more
The Juan Fernández archipelago and Desventuradas Islands, sparsely populated groups of islands and seamounts 400 miles (644 kilometers) west of Chile, are hotspots for marine species found nowhere else on the planet. This is the surprising result of a recent report that presents research from two scientific expeditions conducted around the islands in 2014 and … Read more
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