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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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
The U.S. government today announced it will conduct a detailed review of the loggerhead sea turtle population in the Atlantic Ocean to decide whether they should be declared “endangered” under…
