The California Fish and Game Commission rejected a proposal today to stop the spot prawn bottom trawling fishery from destroying ocean habitat and harming overfished rockfish populations. The Commission failed…
The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has failed to meet its obligations to protect endangered Steller sea lions and their habitat, the Federal District Court in the Western District of…
On Sunday December 8, 2002, the North Pacific Fishery Management Council finalized a decision to include Oceana’s Aleutian Seafloor Habitat Protection Alternative in the range of options it will consider…
According to the Associated Press, Holland America had the audacity to blame passengers-the victims-for bringing the Norwalk-like virus on its ship. This is a slap in the face to the…
Leading national environmental and public health groups denounced the Bush Administration today for its 11th-hour obstruction of Senate legislation implementing the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs). The Administration…
Today the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) released a report showing that its scientific trawl survey data remains sound despite minor deficiencies in its survey gear. NMFS found that problems…
A coalition of conservation groups today hailed a recent court decision upholding a National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) regulation requiring electronic monitoring on all fishing vessels in the Atlantic Ocean…
