Press Releases
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Overdue Protections for Chinook Salmon Move Forward
A hard cap on salmon bycatch in the Bering Sea pollock fishery moved closer to reality today. The pollock fishery has been unintentionally catching alarming numbers of Chinook salmon in…
Thursday, October 1, 2009
U.S. Sets Policy to Protect the Arctic from Industrial Fishing
President Bush today established a U.S. policy halting the expansion of industrial fishing into the Arctic until we have more information. The policy in part states that “the decline of…
Thursday, October 1, 2009
New WTO Fisheries Subsidies Document Creates Path for Negotiations
The World Trade Organization (WTO) today issued a new working document by Rules Negotiating Group Chairman Guillermo Valles Galmes. The document covers all areas of the Rules group negotiations, which…
Thursday, October 1, 2009
New Report Finds More Than 80% of World’s Fisheries In Danger From Overfishing
A new report released by Oceana today concludes that more than 80 percent of the world’s fisheries cannot withstand increased fishing activity and only 17 percent of the world’s fisheries…
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Ted Danson Calls on Canada’s Business Leaders to Protect the World’s Oceans
Ted Danson, award-winning actor, longtime ocean advocate and Oceana board member, urged Canada’s business leaders today to protect the world’s oceans by insisting that the Canadian government take a more…
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Congress Pushes for True Shark Finning Ban
A recent decision by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has prompted Congress to introduce the “Shark Conservation Act of 2008.” This legislation would close loopholes exposed in the…
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Bill to End Unnecessary Mercury Use in Chlorine Production by 2012
Rep. Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), along with Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA), Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) and Rep. Mazie Hirono (D-HI), introduced the “Missing Mercury in Manufacturing Monitoring and Mitigation Act” in…
