PARTY PHOTOS Credit: Tom Vickers Saturday, May 9 – Santa Monica, CA: Celebrity ocean activists gathered at the Marion Davies Guest House on Friday May 8th at the 3nd Annual Nautica Oceana Beach House. The event benefited Oceana, the largest international advocacy organization focused solely on ocean conservation. It highlighted the organization’s efforts to protect … Read more
WASHINGTON DC– Oceana released a new public service announcement (PSA) today to spread awareness about the threats of drift gillnet fishing gear to marine wildlife in advance of major decisions by West Coast policy makers coming this June. The PSA features actress and ocean activist, Kate Mara, urging the public to help her and Oceana … Read more
Did you hear the exciting news about permanent protections for Chile’s seamounts? A few weeks ago, Chile finalized regulation that bans bottom trawling on all 117 seamounts located within its Exclusive Economic Zone. Now, over 68,000 square kilometers of important underwater habitat are protected, forever, within Chile’s waters. This historic move makes Chile the first … Read more
Oceana received support from London’s young philanthropists and environmentalists at this evening’s ‘Fashions for the Future’ event, which took place at London’s Phillips Auction House. The notable event benefited Oceana’s Save the Oceans; Feed the World campaign, focused on restoring ocean biodiversity and improving global food security. Organized by Oceana’s Junior Council, the event … Read more
Editor’s Note: This article orginally appeared in Oceana’s Winter 2015 magazine. Click here to view the original article. Scientists estimate that only one in 1,000 loggerhead sea turtle hatchlings survive to adulthood. From the moment these turtles hatch from their eggs, they’re at risk from natural and manmade threats. Hatchlings make a tasty treat for wildlife … Read more
WASHINGTON – Yesterday, the United States Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) leased over 350,000 acres off the coast of Massachusetts for offshore wind energy development. The sale is the largest of its kind in federal waters, almost doubling the space now available for commercial offshore wind projects. According to the Department of the Interior, … Read more
WASHINGTON – Today, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management released its draft five-year program for oil and gas development on the Outer Continental Shelf. The plan, which covers all potential leasing from 2017 to 2022, includes parts of the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans. In addition, President Obama permanently withdrew some of the important wildlife areas … Read more
Oceana released a new report today that finds offshore wind would produce twice the number of jobs and twice the amount of energy as offshore drilling in the Atlantic Ocean. The report, titled Offshore Energy by the Numbers, An Economic Analysis of Offshore Drilling and Wind Energy in the Atlantic, challenges recent claims by the … Read more
This past December, the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC)—a 33-member body charged with protecting Pacific tuna—had the opportunity to help recover two Pacific tuna species in trouble at its 11th Regular Session in Apia, Samoa. Instead—and much to the dismay of scientists and conservationists—the WCPFC failed to adequately take action for these wild … Read more
Oceana had a successful year in 2014 working to protect the world’s oceans: Thanks in part to our campaign work, President Obama established the first-ever Task Force on Combating Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing and Seafood Fraud, which recently released robust recommendations, the National Marine Fisheries Service announced emergency protections for endangered sperm whales … Read more
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