Oceana Press Releases
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.
We invite members of the press to reach out to Oceana’s media contacts for information and questions.
Thursday, October 1, 2009
In a Quest to ‘Help Turn the Tides,’ The Kor Hotel Group Luxury Hotel Brand Partners with Oceana to Protect Oceans
rong>The Tides, a Kor Hotel Group luxury hotel brand, is excited to announce a new partnership with Oceana, the largest international organization focused solely on protecting the world’s oceans. The…
Thursday, October 1, 2009
States, Cities and Environmental Groups Urge EPA to Reduce Global Warming Pollution from Aircraft
A coalition of environmental groups, states and regional governments filed petitions with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today urging the agency to address the effects of vast amounts of global…
Thursday, October 1, 2009
WTO Poised to Deliver Major Environmental Victory in Doha Trade Round
The World Trade Organization (WTO) today took an important step towards protecting the world’s oceans in the issuance of “Chairman’s text” on fisheries subsidies. “A strong fisheries subsidies agreement would…
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Conservation Groups Act to Protect Loggerhead Sea Turtle
Conservation groups Oceana and the Center for Biological Diversity petitioned the federal government today to stop the precipitous decline of the western North Atlantic loggerhead sea turtle. The petition urges…
Thursday, October 1, 2009
New Report Reveals Human Activities Threaten Survival of Sharks Worldwide
Sharks have thrived in the world’s oceans for more than 400 million years, but a comprehensive new report released today by Oceana and WildAid reveals that the world’s shark populations…
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Danson Meets with WTO Director-General Pascal Lamy, Oceana Offers 5 Steps Towards Achieving Sustainable Fisheries
Ted Danson, award-winning actor and longtime ocean advocate, met with World Trade Organization (WTO) Director-General Pascal Lamy tonight about the threat subsidies pose to the world’s fisheries and how the…
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Who is that Fish?
Today, Geneva city centre is buzzing as Oceana’s Finley the Fish emerged from the depths to increase awareness for a true special interest – stopping the massive subsidies provided by…