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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Oceana Federal Policy Director Ted Morton had the following statement regarding today’s White House response to the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy report recommendations:”Based on available reports about the White…
Despite a stunning 1,600 percent increase in the official estimated number of killed or injured sea turtles in the commercial Atlantic scallop fishery, the National Marine Fisheries Service (Fisheries Service)…
Oceana commends the National Academy of Sciences’ National Research Council’s (NRC) report for confirming the continuing decline of the Steller sea lion population in western Alaska and confirming that fishing…
Leaders of Oceana, Natural Resources Defense Council and four other national conservation groups sent President Bush a letter today asking him to appoint a Commerce secretary who would immediately start…
OCEANA * NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL * THE OCEAN CONSERVANCY * FRIENDS OF THE EARTH * DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE * EARTHJUSTICENovember 24, 2004 The Honorable George W. Bush Office of…
Like drug safety, seafood safety is critically important to the public. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued inadequate and confusing advice to consumers about the dangers of mercury…
A clear national consensus enshrined in law for three decades to protect marine mammals is in danger of being tossed out the legislative window this week if leaders in the…
