Press Releases
Thursday, October 1, 2009
New Report Finds Many Supermarket Shoppers Not Warned About Mercury in Seafood
Conservation organization Oceana released a report today, Vital Signs, showing that twelve percent of the nation's grocery store market now posts the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) mercury... Read More
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Oceana Celebrates Annual Partners Award Gala in Los Angeles
Oceana held its annual Partners Award Gala November 9 at the Esquire House in Los Angeles. The red carpet event honored individuals who have made outstanding contributions through... Read More
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Statement of Dr. Michael Hirshfield on New Overfishing Report
The following statement responds to findings in "Impacts of Biodiversity Loss on Ocean Ecosystem Services" by B. Worm et al., published in Science, Friday, November 3, 2006.Statement of... Read More
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Government Declares Open Season on Endangered and Threatened Sea Turtles
Oceana today released Net Casualties, a new report revealing that the federal government authorizes commercial fishing operations in the United States to kill nearly 10,000 sea turtles and... Read More
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Icelandic Whalers Reach Hunting Ground
Oceana has verified that Icelandic vessels are not complying with the moratorium on commercial whale hunting established by the International Whaling Commission (IWC) in 1985. Following many weeks... Read More
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Public interest groups panned the report released today by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) for failing to achieve its goal of providing tools to help inform consumers about... Read More
Thursday, October 1, 2009
A new report expected to be released tomorrow by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) was commissioned by the National Marine Fisheries Service, reportedly to assess the risks and... Read More
