Press Releases
Monday, October 5, 2009
California ‘Stop Cruise Pollution’ Bills Advance
Two major bills that prohibit the discharge of sewage and wastewater in California's coastal waters took another crucial step toward becoming law, passing through the state Senate Appropriations... Read More
Monday, October 5, 2009
A University of British Columbia fisheries scientist, Dr. Steven Martell, published an independent assessment and determined that the hake fishery was undergoing overfishing in 2007 and 2008. An... Read More
Monday, October 5, 2009
California ‘Stop Cruise Pollution’ Bills Advance
Two major bills that prohibit the discharge of sewage and wastewater in California's coastal waters took another crucial step toward becoming law, passing through the state Senate Appropriations... Read More
Monday, October 5, 2009
Oceana Urges Passage of California Cruise Pollution & Bottom Trawling Bills
On the heels of yesterday’s final public hearing from the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy (USCOP), international ocean advocacy group Oceana today joined Environment California at a press... Read More
Monday, October 5, 2009
Oceana: ‘CPR for the Oceans’ Bills Before Congress
Oceana today praised the introduction of a major bill in the U.S. Congress that would fundamentally restructure ocean management and protection. Oceana called the bipartisan legislation – along... Read More
Monday, October 5, 2009
House Cuts NOAA’s Budget 15 Percent
Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed an appropriations bill (H.R. 4754) that significantly reduces funding for key ocean and coastal protection activities. The bill cuts the National... Read More
Monday, October 5, 2009
Oceana Seeks to Protect Endangered Sea Turtles; Asks Court To Close Mid-Atlantic Scallop Fishery
Oceana filed a motion today with the U.S. District Court seeking to protect hundreds of threatened and endangered sea turtles by asking the court to close the sea... Read More
