Press Releases
Friday, October 2, 2009
Oceana’s Ranger Completes First Leg of 11,000-Mile Expedition
EDs, Note: Satellite tracking of Ranger can be found at: http://www.oceana.org/ranger/index.html; Spanish webpages for Ranger: http://europe.oceana.org/espanol/noticias/ranger/index.htm; English blog: http://community.oceana.org/section/Ranger; Images available for downloading: http://europe.oceana.org/espanol/noticias/ranger/fotografia.htm.Oceana’s Ranger, one of the largest catamarans…
Friday, October 2, 2009
Chlorine Institute Harbors Major Mercury Polluters
Placard-waving protesters at the Chlorine Institute’s annual meeting demanded today that the 210-member trade group tell six member-companies to clean up the last remaining chlorine plants in the nation that…
Friday, October 2, 2009
Largest Area of Ocean in the World Saved From Destructive Bottom Trawling
In an historic victory for protecting our oceans, and the largest such action taken anywhere in the world, U.S. authorities have closed off to destructive commercial fishing nearly one million…
Friday, October 2, 2009
Oceana Report Exposes Chlorine Industry As Global Mercury Polluter
Mercury-based chlorine manufacturing plants are a major source of mercury contamination in the United States, releasing more mercury to the air per plant, on average, than coal-burning power plants, Oceana…
Friday, October 2, 2009
Oceana Launches First Transoceanic Expedition
Smashing a bottle of bubbly across a freshly painted bow, actor/activist Ted Danson today (10 a.m. Jan. 14, 2005) christened Oceana’s new ship, Ranger, and launched the international marine conservation…
Friday, October 2, 2009
Oceana Federal Policy Director Ted Morton had the following statement regarding today’s White House response to the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy report recommendations:”Based on available reports about the White…
Friday, October 2, 2009
Feds OK 1,600% Hike in Turtle Injuries, Deaths
Despite a stunning 1,600 percent increase in the official estimated number of killed or injured sea turtles in the commercial Atlantic scallop fishery, the National Marine Fisheries Service (Fisheries Service)…
