Statement by:Dawn M. Martin, Oceana; Ellen Pikitch, Wildlife Conservation Society; Isabel Torres de Noronha, GEOTA; Jacob Scherr, Natural Resources Defense Council; Shaun Paul, EcoLogic Development Fund; Biliana Cicin-Sain, Center For…
Today Oceana is pleased to join with other ocean advocates to talk about the need to ensure implementation of the agreements reached here in Johannesburg. The partnerships we are discussing…
Oceana, a non-profit international ocean conservation organization, called on the World Summit on Sustainable Development to adopt the strongest provisions possible to halt the destruction of our oceans and sustain…
Oceana strongly objects to the Bush Administration’s proposal to rollback the protection of our nation’s ocean waters. The Department of Justice and the Department of Defense have recently argued in…
A coalition of conservation groups filed suit in federal court today against the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) for violating the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA). Oceana, the Center for…
The House Resources Committee today took a giant step backwards gutting the nation’s primary ocean fish conservation and management law. Rather than rebuilding our crucial ocean food supply, the Committee…
The discovery of coral reefs off the Aleutian Islands has scientists excited and environmentalists pleading for protection. The coral and sponge communities, comparable in size and structure to reefs in…
