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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Oceana and The Ocean Conservancy have called on the Alaska Board of Fisheries to hold stakeholder meetings to develop ways to protect seafloor habitat in the Aleutian Islands while maintaining…
Legislation to allow a minimal amount of incidental harvest of marine mammals may provide the appearance of temporary help to some fishermen, but it fails to take any meaningful action…
A federal judge in Massachusetts ruled that the government must protect endangered and threatened sea turtles by banning pelagic longline fishing gear from a large area in the North Atlantic….
On September 19, 2002, U.S District Court Judge Christina A. Snyder solidly rejected the Bush Administration’s argument that the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) does not apply to activities that…
Solutions to Alaska’s fishery problems include better coordinated research toward protecting oceans and fishery habitat, and not just looking for someone to blame, Oceana North Pacific Region Director Jim Ayers…
Today, Oceana and the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) release our final scorecard evaluating the progress of the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) on protecting the world’s oceans. Although there…
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…
