The National Geographic Society and the international marine conservation organization Oceana welcomed today’s announcement of the creation of the Nazca-Desventuradas Marine Park by President Michelle Bachelet of Chile. The new marine park, a fully protected no-take zone where no fishing and other extractive activities will be allowed, encompasses a surface area of 297,518 square kilometers … Read more
Millions of beach-going Americans along the Atlantic Seaboard this weekend will learn some unsettling news: Giant oil-drilling rigs and the industrialization of our coast could be coming soon. That warning will come from airplane-towed banners flying over beaches from Virginia to South Carolina over the Labor Day Weekend. The banners, part of a campaign against … Read more
Link to Event Photos DANA POINT, Calif. – August. 2, 2015 – Jon Hamm, January Jones, Kiernan Shipka, Sam Waterston, Beth Behrs, Michael Gladis, Aimee Teegarden, Nolan Gould, Billy Joe Armstrong, Oscar Nunez, Leonor Varela, Lillimar Hernandez, Olympic swimmer Aaron Peirsol and featured musical performer Bethany Joy Lenz attended the 8th annual SeaChange Summer Party … Read more
PARTY PHOTO SELECTS STARTRAKS Wednesday, June 24 – New York City: Ocean activists and influentials gathered on the rooftop of the Gansevoort Park Avenue on Wednesday, June 24 for the 1st Annual Nautica Oceana City & Sea Party. The event benefited Oceana, the largest international advocacy organization focused solely on ocean conservation and highlighted Oceana’s … Read more
Baltic Sea states failed to agree on a key recommendation on the conservation of species that are threatened with extinction, at a HELCOM Heads of Delegation meeting that closed yesterday in Tallinn, Estonia. Oceana is deeply disappointed that Denmark is blocking a recommendation that is supported by all of the other HELCOM Contracting Parties, by … Read more
Overfishing is the major threat to fish species in European seas, according to the European Red List of Marine Fishes released today by the IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) and the European Commission, and carried out in collaboration with Oceana. Despite gradual improvements in EU fisheries management, the report finds that 58 of the 59 … Read more
MONTEREY, CA— The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has announced it will close southern California ocean waters to drift gillnets in order to protect endangered loggerhead sea turtles. This legally mandated closure went into effect June 1 according to regulation and is prompted by current El Niño conditions–warmer than normal ocean waters. The closure will … Read more
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
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