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 U.S. government announced late-Friday it is increasing the number of threatened loggerhead sea turtles that can be legally caught annually in eight Mid-Atlantic and New England fisheries by more…
Today, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) released a Draft Supplemental Impact Statement (SEIS) for Lease Sale 193 in the Chukchi Sea. The draft was prepared…
This is an incredibly disconcerting and unjustified move, that could open the door for the next great oil disaster. Oil spills are common. The question is not whether there will…
Oceana calls on the Department of the Interior to reject Shell Oil’s application for permission to drill in Alaska’s Beaufort Sea in 2011. This request comes not even six months…
Oceana’s Jacqueline Savitz offers a reaction to Department of Interior Secretary Salazar’s announcement of new offshore drilling regulations: “While we commend the Obama Administration’s efforts, these new regulations will not…
Oceana, the largest international organization focused solely on ocean conservation, invites the communities of Oregon to witness an expert discussion regarding the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill and how it…
Juneau, AK Sept. 28, 2010 – Oceana commends Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar for his Secretarial Order establishing a policy to ensure the integrity of the science and scientific…
