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Get Your Hungry Shark Holiday Cards
Oh SNOW you didn’t! Great choice checking out our whale-y great holiday cards. Oceana and Hungry Shark are pleased to offer these pun-tastic holiday cards for your sharing pleasure. Post to your social media accounts. Email to your friends. Simply download and have fun. You can help save sharks today. Add your … Read more
California Stops Use of Destructive Fishing Gear that Kills Dolphins, Turtles, and Sharks
The California swordfish drift gillnet fishery kills more dolphins than all observed U.S. West Coast fisheries combined. Thanks to a years-long campaign by Oceana and our allies, a new California law will clean up the fishery by phasing out the use of drift gillnets through a buyout transition program and incentivizing the use of cleaner … Read more
Dispatch: Sharks aren’t the only predators on this reef
In the turquoise waters off Tobacco Caye, Belize — part of the second-largest barrier reef system in the world — spearfishermen come to hunt. Here, local sport fisherman Brad Bowman surfaces in December 2015. He lifts a snapper over the gunwale of his small boat, before plunging 15 to 25 feet in search of more fish. … Read more
Oceanic Whitetip First Shark Listed as “Threatened” in the Continental U.S. Atlantic
Today, the Trump administration announced the oceanic whitetip shark will be listed as “threatened” under the Endangered Species Act, the first shark species to receive these protections in Atlantic continental U.S. waters. Although it was historically considered one of the most abundant shark species, research has suggested that the oceanic whitetip has suffered population declines of 70-80 … Read more
Nina Dobrev Joins Oceana to Help Save Sharks
Today, Oceana announced Nina Dobrev, actress and ocean advocate, as its newest Oceana Ambassador. To mark the announcement, Oceana launched a new Public Service Announcement (PSA) campaign that features Nina Dobrev and her efforts to help protect the world’s sharks. Oceana is currently advocating for legislation that would ban the sale and trade of shark … Read more
Nina Dobrev Wants to Save Sharks
While shark finning is illegal in U.S. waters, shark fins – including imports from countries that allow finning – continue to be bought and sold throughout the U.S. The demand for shark fins is one of the greatest threats facing shark populations around the world. “I am thrilled to join up with Oceana and help … Read more
Climate change is a giant question mark for the future of sharks
If you had to gamble on a creature that could survive a climate apocalypse, you might not pick the epaulette shark. This yard-long species only lives in shallow coral reefs across Southeast Asia and Australia — the same reefs that climate change is knocking down like dominos. No reefs, no reef-dwelling sharks. But the epaulette shark … Read more
Watch: Sharks fight climate change by scaring turtles
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
