Oceana press releases share updates on our campaigns and mission to protect and restore the world’s oceans. They include explanations of the issues that our oceans face, our work to solve those issues, and ways that you can advocate for ocean protection and restoration.
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The National Marine Fisheries Service today finalized protection of 41,914 square miles of protected critical ocean habitat off the shores of Washington, Oregon and California for the endangered Pacific leatherback…
Washington , DC – Oceana is pleased to announce that Ricardo J. Cisneros has joined its expanding board of directors. “I’m a diver and underwater photographer, so I’ve seen first…
Washington, DC – Oceana recently announced that Sydney Davis has joined its board of directors. An artist, philanthropist and community volunteer, Davis is also a passionate conservationist whose diverse talents…
Washington, DC – Oceana is pleased to announce the addition of Rogier van Vliet to its board of directors. Van Vliet is chairman of Adessium Foundation, a privately funded public…
Oceana today applauded the National Ocean Council’s (NOC) new plan to better manage our oceans and coasts. Specifically, the NOC Policy Draft Implementation Plan focuses on nine objectives to address…
Oceana, the largest international advocacy group working solely to protect the world’s oceans, filed a complaint today about the United States government’s decision in October of 2010 to allow eight…
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) paved the way to opening roughly 63 million acres in the Central Gulf of Mexico today by issuing its Final Supplemental Environmental Impact…