Press Releases
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Oceana Launches New Campaign in U.S. to Stop Seafood Fraud
WASHINGTON - Oceana, the largest international advocacy group working solely to protect the world’s oceans, today launched its new campaign to Stop Seafood Fraud at The National Press... Read More
Friday, May 20, 2011
Oceana Calls for Science and Planning, Not Rush to Put Arctic at Risk
Juneau, AK – Susan Murray, Oceana’s Senior Pacific Director, issued the following statement in response to BOEMRE’s Revised Draft SEIS that intends to address significant deficiencies in the... Read More
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Oceana Receives Coveted 4-Star Rating for Sound Fiscal Management
Washington DC - For the third year in a row, Oceana has received Charity Navigator’s coveted 4-star rating for sound fiscal management. Charity Navigator, the nation's largest and... Read More
Thursday, May 12, 2011
Oceana Reacts to U.S. House Passage of Reckless Drilling Legislation
The U.S. House of Representatives today passed H.R.1229, the Putting the Gulf of Mexico Back to Work Act, with a vote of 263-163. This irresponsible bill would force... Read More
Thursday, May 12, 2011
Oceana Criticizes U.S. House Passage of H.R. 1231
The U.S. House of Representatives today voted 243-179 to pass H.R. 1231, a bill that would mandate expanded offshore drilling to double the amount of oil now extracted... Read More
Thursday, May 12, 2011
State of Washington Protects Sharks
Olympia, WA - Today, Washington Governor Christine Gregoire signed a bill to further protect sharks and ocean ecosystems. The legislation, SB 5688, which previously passed the Washington Senate... Read More
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Environmental Leaders Call on President Obama to Halt Overfishing Subsidies
Today, Mission Blue, Oceana and World Wildlife Fund (WWF) delivered a letter to President Obama calling for renewed U.S. leadership at the World Trade Organization (WTO) to end... Read More
