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 Committee. International…
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 conference in…
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 with a…
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 Oceanic and…
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 scallops fishery…
Monday, October 5, 2009
Oceana Proposes Actions to Stop the Waste of New England Fisheries
Today Oceana presented a comprehensive new proposal to reduce the millions of pounds of fish and other ocean life that are wasted in New England fisheries, because they are caught,…
Monday, October 5, 2009
NOAA Fisheries Rejects Technology to Protect Threatened and Endangered Sea Turtles
Today Oceana and The Ocean Conservancy urge the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries to require the use of large (18/0) circle hooks to protect threatened and endangered sea…
