Press Releases
Friday, October 2, 2009
Schwarzenegger Signs Cruise Pollution Law, While Sewage Dumping Bill Remains on Desk
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger today signed into law an ocean-protection bill that stops cruise ships from dumping sink and shower wastes in California coastal waters. While Oceana praised that... Read More
Friday, October 2, 2009
Oceana Captures Footage of Endangered Sea Turtles Being Caught by Obsolete Hooks
Renewing its call to the Atlantic commercial longline fishing industry to use tested, environmentally-friendly “circle hooks” rather than the obsolete “J hooks” currently in use, international ocean conservation... Read More
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Atlantic States Enact New Measures to Stop Shark Finning
The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) enacted new rules last night requiring sharks caught in state fisheries from Maine to Florida to be "landed whole" with their... Read More
Thursday, October 1, 2009
New Survey Finds Economic Incentive for Protecting Ocean Resources
Oceana released the results of a new study today that finds a strong economic incentive for protecting living ocean resources. Sea the Value: Quantifying the Value of Marine... Read More
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Costco Agrees to Post FDA Seafood Advice Nationally
Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST), a national retail chain based in Issaquah, WA, has committed to warn its customers about mercury contamination in fish. Costco will post the Food... Read More
Thursday, October 1, 2009
A coalition of conservation groups and state attorneys general filed formal letters warning of impending lawsuits over the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's failure to address global warming pollution... Read More
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Oceana issued the following statement from senior campaign director Courtney Sakai today in response to the collapse of World Trade Organization (WTO) trade talks on agriculture and industrial... Read More