Press Releases
Friday, October 2, 2009
Oceana Gala Honors Ocean Heroes
For their outstanding commitment to the environment and saving the world’s oceans, international ocean conservation group Oceana last night presented its 2004 Partners Awards to Julie Packard, executive director of…
Friday, October 2, 2009
U.S. House Bill Would Threaten Whales, Dolphins and Seals
Oceana today urged the U.S. House of Representatives not to take action on H.R. 5104, legislation recently passed by the House Resources Committee that would weaken the existing law that…
Friday, October 2, 2009
Oceana Challenge: Make Saving Our Oceans a National, Bipartisan Priority
In response to today’s release of the final U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy report that concludes our oceans are in severe distress, Oceana urges the Bush administration, Sen. John Kerry,…
Friday, October 2, 2009
Schwarzenegger Terminates Sewage Dumping by Cruise Ships in California Waters
On the heels of signing several ocean-protection bills, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger delivered a major victory for the oceans today, signing into law a critically important ocean protection bill: one that…
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 action, it…
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 group Oceana…
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 fins naturally…
