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.
An NGO led forum, “Finding Solutions to the Global Mercury Crisis” will be held, August 7th – 10th. Advocates from international environment and health policy organizations will focus on available,…
Oceana, NRDC, and placard-carrying supporters rallied today at the Chlorine Institute’s annual meeting to call on the 219-member trade group to eliminate a major source of mercury pollution in the…
Oceana today told the federal government it will sue over the National Marine Fisheries Service’s under-the-radar slashing of the at-sea observer program for Northeast commercial fisheries, many of which unintentionally…
Oceana today blasted NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service for its severe cuts to the Northeast Fishery Observer Program, cuts which, as reported last week, will eliminate virtually all monitoring of…
The return of the goliath grouper population in the south Atlantic proves that consistent use of the management measures available under the Magnuson-Stevens and Endangered Species acts to protect fish…
NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service is making severe cuts to the Northeast Fishery Observer Program, including firing at least half of its staff, according to reports from program staff. These…
NOAA Fisheries today put in place bittersweet federal regulations to enact essential fish habitat protection in the federal waters off of California, Oregon, and Washington. In June of 2005, the…
