Press Releases
Monday, October 5, 2009
Oceana Supports Efforts to Protect the Pacific Seafloor from Destructive Bottom Trawling
Oceana today joined with Senator Dede Alpert (San Diego) and United Anglers in support of Senate Bill 1459 to protect California waters from bottom trawl fishing. The bill is part…
Monday, October 5, 2009
Safe Swimming Standards Behind Schedule
Most of the nation’s beach states may be using outdated health standards to decide whether it is safe to swim, particularly along the warm, beach-lined Southern coast. As an April…
Monday, October 5, 2009
Oceana Hails Introduction of Federal Legislation Curbing Cruise Ship Sewage and Waste Pollution
Oceana Chief Executive Officer Andrew Sharpless spoke at a press conference on Capitol Hill today to urge the passage of a bill introduced in the U.S. Congress that would set…
Monday, October 5, 2009
Oceana Files Petition To Protect America’s Deep-Sea Corals From Destructive Trawling
Today Oceana petitioned the U.S. Secretary of Commerce to comprehensively protect, for the first time, deep-sea coral and sponge areas in U.S. ocean waters by locating and closing known and…
Monday, October 5, 2009
Green Coalition Criticizes Cruise Industry Claims To Improve Environmental Performance
Led by Oceana, a coalition of 30 environmental groups today criticized a joint initiative announced by the International Council of Cruise Lines (ICCL) and Conservation International (CI), purportedly to address…
Monday, October 5, 2009
Bush Proposal Jeopardizes Future of America’s Fisheries
Following two successive annual increases for fishery observers programs, President Bush’s proposed FY 2005 budget cuts funding by nine percent nationwide and by more than 42 percent for New England–…
Monday, October 5, 2009
Yahoo Accepts Anti-Pollution Message Rejected by Google
Oceana today announced that Yahoo, one of the Internet’s leading search engines, has accepted two of its paid advertisements, one describing Oceana’s mission of saving the oceans and linking to…
