Press Releases
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
First Request for Access to Information Under New Chilean Law Concerns Marine Environment
Invoking the Access to Public Information Law that goes into effect today in Chile, this morning the international marine conservation organization Oceana made a request to the Chilean... Read More
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council voted in favor of a compromise agreement this morning put together in recent days by Ocean Conservancy, Oceana, and the Gulf of... Read More
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Oceana, the Center for Biological Diversity and Friends of the Earth applaud the Environmental Protection Agency on its determination that elevated concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere... Read More
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
United Nations Makes it Official: World Oceans Day is June 8
Sixteen years after it was first proposed, the United Nations (U.N.) has notified Oceana of its official resolution to designate June 8 as World Oceans Day. Both the... Read More
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
The federal Pacific Fishery Management Council voted on Saturday, April 4 to maintain a standing prohibition on a West Coast-based high seas longline fishery. The vote will prevent... Read More
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
The international marine conservation organization Oceana welcomed the government of Chile’s plan for addressing antibiotic use in salmon aquaculture. The Ministry of Economy unveiled the plan, titled Use... Read More
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
U.S. Fails to Meet Legal Deadline for Responding to Sea Turtle Petitions
The Center for Biological Diversity, Oceana and the Turtle Island Restoration Network filed two 60-day notices of intent to sue with the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) today... Read More
