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 Obama administration’s National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling released its final report today. In addition to describing the systemic problems that lead to…
The threatened fish species, eulachon, a type of Pacific smelt, may soon receive much needed critical habitat designation. Scientists at Oceana find the government proposal is a step in the…
Arctic sea ice and tropical shallow water corals are in decline because of human caused carbon dioxide emissions. Oceana urges policymakers and others to reduce stress on these two important…
The United States House of Representatives approved the Senate version of the Shark Conservation Act today, clearing the final hurdle to ending shark finning in U.S. waters. Below is a…
Oceana applauds the United States Senate today for passing the Shark Conservation Act, which will end shark finning in U.S. waters. “In last minute action, the Senate passed precedent-setting shark…
Oceana announced today the receipt of two significant grants from UK-based Arcadia Fund. The first grant, amounting to 2,550,000 US dollars, will be paid over a period of three years…
The Olin Corporation announced today it will convert its mercury-based chlor-alkali manufacturing plant in Charleston, TN to modern, mercury free technology and eliminate mercury from its plant operation in Augusta,…
