Press Releases
Thursday, October 1, 2009
U.S. House of Representatives Calls for End to Destructive Fishing Subsidies
The US House of Representatives yesterday unanimously passed a resolution (H.Con.Res.94) calling for the United States to pursue a ban on government subsidies to the fishing sector that... Read More
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Law & Order’s Sam Waterston Joins Oceana’s Ocean Council and Fight to Save the World’s Oceans
Oceana announced today that Oscar-nominated actor and star of NBC's Law & Order, Sam Waterston, has joined its Ocean Council. The Ocean Council is a select group of... Read More
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Today 125 scientists from 27 countries, led by preeminent fisheries experts Daniel Pauly and Boris Worm, warned World Trade Organization (WTO) Director-General Pascal Lamy that unless the WTO... Read More
Thursday, October 1, 2009
U.S. Senators Call for Worldwide Ban on Destructive Fishing Subsidies
A bipartisan group of 13 United States Senators, led by Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska), introduced a resolution Thursday night calling for the United States to pursue an international... Read More
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Top U.S. Trade Official Calls for WTO Ban on Harmful Fisheries Subsidies
The United States took decisive action today when Peter Allgeier, U.S. Ambassador to the World Trade Organization (WTO), presented a sweeping proposal to eliminate the massive government subsidies... Read More
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Conservationists Make Progress on Protecting Bering Seafloor Habitat
The North Pacific Fishery Management Council, which advises the federal government on fisheries policy in U.S. waters off Alaska, released a series of alternatives for public review on... Read More
Thursday, October 1, 2009
NMFS Gives Endangered Leatherback Sea Turtles the Hook, Again
Oceana has learned, as part of an ongoing lawsuit with the National Marine Fisheries Service concerning the protection of sea turtles, that the Atlantic pelagic longline fishery caught... Read More
