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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This morning, the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, often called “the Supercommittee,” convened for the first time to identify up to $1.5 trillion in potential cuts in federal spending…
Sacramento, CA – Today the California Senate acknowledged the importance of the ocean’s top predator, sharks, by voting to enact a ban on the sale, trade, possession, and distribution of…
WASHINGTON – Oceana, the largest international advocacy group working solely to protect the world’s oceans, issued the following statement from Dr. Michael Hirshfield, chief scientist and senior vice president for…
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) today announced its intent to open more than 20 million acres in the Western Gulf of Mexico to new oil…
The Bureau of Ocean Energy, Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) today released a Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) for the Chukchi Sea Oil and Gas Lease Sale 193.The final…
On Friday, August 12, the National Aquarium and Oceana released three endangered Kemp’s ridley sea turtles into the Chesapeake Bay at Point Lookout State Park in Scotland, Maryland. The turtles…
