Press Releases
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Susan Cohn Rockefeller To Chair Oceana’s Ocean Council Will Lead Group’s Advisory Comittee
Oceana announced today that author and filmmaker Susan Cohn Rockefeller will chair its Ocean Council, a committee of advisors. Rockefeller succeeds Anne Alexander Rowley, who served as the... Read More
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
House of Representatives Passes True Shark Finning Ban
The House of Representatives passed the Shark Conservation Act of 2009 (H.R. 81) yesterday. This bill would require sharks to be landed with their fins still naturally attached,... Read More
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
New Oceana Report Shows Depletion of Prey Fish may be Starving the Oceans
Scientists are finding evidence of widespread malnutrition in commercial and recreational fish, marine mammals, and seabirds because of the global depletion of the small fish they need to... Read More
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Ted Danson Urges Congress to Reinstate the Offshore Drilling Moratorium
"We need to work with the oceans, not against them," said Dr. Michael Hirshfield, senior vice president for North America and chief scientist at Oceana. "The oceans can be a valuable resource in facing the global warming and energy crisis'."
For more than 20 years, Danson has worked to protect the oceans. Danson co-founded the American Oceans Campaign (AOC), which merged in 2001 with Oceana, the largest international organization focused solely on protecting and restoring the world's oceans.
Oceana, along with a diverse coalition of conservation organizations, recently called on President Obama and the 111th Congress to reinstate the offshore drilling moratorium and establish a rational policy for protecting our oceans and coasts from the impacts of offshore drilling for oil and gas. To read the conservation coalition's statement, please click here.
For more information and to view the hearing, please visit http://resourcescommittee.house.gov/. For more information about Ted Danson, please click here. To learn more about Oceana, please visit http://www.oceana.org/.
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Wednesday, September 30, 2009
United States Protects America’s Arctic from Industrial Fishing
The North Pacific Fishery Management Council (NPFMC) voted unanimously today, February 5th, 2009, to prevent the expansion of industrial fishing into all U.S. waters north of the Bering... Read More
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Ted Danson, award-winning actor, longtime ocean advocate and Oceana board member, will testify before the House Committe on Natural Resources about the "Environmental and Commercial Perspectives on Offshore... Read More
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
New Report Stresses Environmental Urgency for Reaching WTO Agreement
Oceana released a new report, Healthier Oceans, Healthier Economies, today that shows how the World Trade Organization (WTO) is in a key position to help ensure the long-term... Read More
