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.
We invite members of the press to reach out to Oceana’s media contacts for information and questions.
Oceana successfully concluded its drive to remove a provision from the omnibus appropriations bill that would have seriously jeopardized deep-sea corals and other essential fish habitat. The provision, which would…
Oceana today called for global testing and labeling of fish in response to new findings reported in the journal Science that consuming farm-raised salmon could pose significant health risks. The…
Oceana today returned to Federal District Court to force the government to comply with a 2000 court order specifically requiring it to develop options for protecting cod nursery grounds devastated…
The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) recently reported that Atlantic sea scalloppers caught twelve times as many threatened and endangered sea turtles in 2003 in certain areas of the Mid-Atlantic…
The international ocean conservation group Oceana today expressed satisfaction that a Spanish commercial fishing magnate who had been sought by authorities, including Interpol, in three continents for pirate fishing has been arrested…
Oceana today expressed its appreciation to outgoing United States Trade Representative Rob Portman for his commitment to advancing the fisheries subsidies negotiations taking place in the World Trade Organization and…
Oceana today applauded Occidental Petroleum’s (NYSE:OXY) decision to shutter its Muscle Shoals, Ala., chlor-alkali facility by 2008, a move that will reduce mercury air pollution in the state by at…
