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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In response to a petition filed by Oceana more than a year ago, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) failed to take immediate steps to enforce existing laws that require…
By a three to one margin cruise passengers want the industry to stop dumping human waste into the ocean, according to a new poll released today by Oceana, an international…
WHAT: Oceana will hold a press conference to release the results of a poll of cruise passengers about their views on the cruise industry’s environmental practices. Oceana will also release…
Oceana today welcomed a long-overdue federal regulation that will dramatically reduce the number of endangered and threatened sea turtles that die each year when caught in shrimp fishing nets. On…
The California Fish and Game Commission took unprecedented action today to protect overfished rockfish populations and preserve ocean habitat by voting unanimously to close the destructive spot prawn fishery to…
California Senate Bill 236, introduced Friday, February 14, by State Senator Dede Alpert (D-San Diego), would sharply restrict fishing with destructive bottom-trawl gear off the coast of California. Co-authored by…
As the White House lays out its priorities for the nation when it releases its budget , Oceana, a leading environmental advocacy group, called on President Bush and Congress not…
