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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— In an historic move for our nation’s fisheries, the Pacific Fishery Management Council voted unanimously today to adopt Oceana’s Approach to managing the seafloor off of Washington, Oregon, and…
Oceana and five other groups today asked Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez to ban commercial longline fishing fleets during three critical months each year from the Gulf of Mexico spawning…
WHAT: Oceana, the international ocean conservation organization and a sponsor of the 2005 Alabama Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo, will:* work with recreational fishermen at the Rodeo to collect samples of…
A proposed rule issued today by the National Marine Fisheries Service purports to resolve the problem of the injury and death of threatened and endangered sea turtles by huge steel…
In a strong show of support for ocean protection, the National Marine Fisheries Service was flooded with nearly 50,000 postcards, faxes, letters, and e-mails from every state requesting the federal…
The National Marine Fisheries Service announced today that it will reject a proposal by longline swordfish fishing boats to conduct fisheries research in areas that have been closed to longlining…
An overwhelming majority of Americans want new technology and regulations applied to older chlorine plants to help eliminate mercury pollution, according to a nationwide poll released today by international ocean…
