Press Releases
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Oceana and Others Challenge Shell’s Beaufort Drilling Plan
Oceana, together with a coalition of Arctic communities and other conservation groups, today filed a legal challenge to the Minerals Management Service’s (MMS) approval of Shell Offshore Inc.’s... Read More
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Oceana Urges Passage of New Ocean Acidification Resolution
U.S. House of Representatives Jay Inslee (D-WA) and Edward Markey (D-MA) and their colleagues today introduced a resolution to call on the United States to adopt national policies... Read More
Monday, December 14, 2009
FAO Finds New CITES Protections Warranted to Promote the Sustainable Trade of Sharks Worldwide
A international panel of independent fisheries experts convened by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) today found that new trade protections are warranted for five threatened... Read More
Monday, December 14, 2009
Pollock Catch Limits Lowest in 32 Years
The North Pacific Fishery Management Council today set the 2010 pollock catch limit at 813,000 metric tons, the lowest in 32 years. The limit reflected the maximum recommendation... Read More
Thursday, December 10, 2009
New Paper Describes Economic and Environmental Costs of Subsidizing Fuel for Fishing
Oceana released a new paper Fueling Overfishing today that describes the economic and environmental costs of subsidizing fuel for the fishing sector. As world leaders meet in Copenhagen... Read More
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Oceana Presents Ocean Acidification Message at COP-15
On the opening day of the international climate summit and negotiations in Copenhagen, Oceana sponsored an event entitled “Ocean Acidification: Impacts of Carbon Dioxide on Marine Ecosystems” at... Read More
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Unlikely Alliance Salutes Recognition of Ocean Acidification in Copenhagen
An unlikely alliance of commercial fishing and conservation leaders today welcomed the announcement that ocean acidification —a little-known peril of rising carbon dioxide emissions —will be a major... Read More
