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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Final regulations protecting almost 200,000 square miles of U.S. Arctic waters from industrial fishing were released today and will be effective starting December 3, 2009. The new regulations close all…
Fisheries experts descended on Geneva today to stress the importance of global trade policy to assuring a future with sustainable seafood and healthy oceans. The delegation, including award-winning actor and…
Today, international ocean conservation group Oceana announced that its annual Partners Award Gala in Los Angeles will honor Deepak Chopra and Arianna Huffington. The event will take place on Friday,…
Today, Oceana launched a new website which features, for the first time, online information and photos from leading reference publisher DK Publishing. Oceana.org’s new “Explore the Oceans” section offers comprehensive…
Members of the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee today voted 29-14 to approve H.R. 2190 and move it out of committee. The bill would require chlor-alkali plants to end…
Oceana announced today that 2009 was one of the worst years on record for loggerhead sea turtle nesting from North Carolina to Florida. In Florida for example, loggerhead nesting decreased…
The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council took its final step today in an effort to protect threatened sea turtles from the bottom longline sector of the Gulf of Mexico…
