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.
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Delivering a second major victory for the oceans in two weeks, the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council unanimously voted today to accept the recent New England council decision to protect deep-sea…
Concerned mothers and students from cities across America appealed to their local grocers today to post signs wherever fish subject to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory for mercury…
The New England Fisheries Management Council today voted to close the sea turtle migration path off the Maryland coast that crosses the Elephant Trunk scallop fishing ground to commercial scallop…
Oceana declared a victory for the oceans today when the New England Fisheries Management Council voted to change the herring fishery management plan to include bycatch control and habitat protection…
Four major corporations were flooded with phone calls today from citizens denouncing their operation of nine mercury-polluting chlorine factories around the country. The “National Call-In Day,” organized by Oceana’s Seafood…
Jackie Savitz, Seafood Contamination Campaign Director for the international ocean conservation group Oceana, which has been campaigning to get supermarkets nationwide to post warning signs wherever fish under a Food…
Jackie Savitz, Seafood Contamination Campaign Director for the international ocean conservation group Oceana, which is campaigning to get the United States’ nine remaining mercury-based chlorine plants to shift to mercury-free…