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Oceana Sues Trump Administration to Protect Overfished Dusky Sharks
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
Forget Giraffes: 5 Reasons Why Sharks Have the Coolest Pregnancies
Last weekend, what seemed half the globe watched with bated breath as April the giraffe’s baby took a 6-foot tumble from the womb into the world. As epic as giraffe birth is — That terrific fall! Those wobbly legs! — shark mothers have April beat fins-down in the pregnancy department, and here are five reasons … Read more
Thank you for helping to protect our oceans, Hungry Shark World player!
You’re jawesome! As a special thanks, enjoy the two downloadable wallpapers below for your mobile device from Oceana and Hungry Shark World. Don’t forget to tell your friends about Oceana’s effort to ban the trade and sale of shark fins in the United States by sharing Hungry Shark World’s Facebook post here. Hungry Shark World is teaming up with Oceana to help … Read more
Feds Release Inadequate Final Rule to Protect Overfished Dusky Sharks
WASHINGTON – Today, in response to a 2015 Oceana lawsuit, the Trump administration finalized new measures to address the overfishing of dusky sharks in U.S. waters. According to Oceana, although this rule is a first step for dusky conservation, it fails to address the main cause of dusky shark declines, which is bycatch – the … Read more
The Value of Keeping Sharks Alive
Co-authored by Louis Bacon, Chief Executive Officer of Moore Capital Management and Founder and chairman of The Moore Charitable Foundation How much is a shark worth? That might sound like a strange question. To conservationists, biologists or people who love the ocean, it might be impossible to quantify the value of such a magnificent creature. For fishers … Read more
