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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A bipartisan group of 13 United States Senators, led by Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska), introduced a resolution Thursday night calling for the United States to pursue an international ban on…
The United States took decisive action today when Peter Allgeier, U.S. Ambassador to the World Trade Organization (WTO), presented a sweeping proposal to eliminate the massive government subsidies provided by…
The North Pacific Fishery Management Council, which advises the federal government on fisheries policy in U.S. waters off Alaska, released a series of alternatives for public review on protecting previously…
Oceana has learned, as part of an ongoing lawsuit with the National Marine Fisheries Service concerning the protection of sea turtles, that the Atlantic pelagic longline fishery caught approximately 2,100…
This week, the Alaska Board of Fish voted to close state waters in parts of the Aleutians and Gulf of Alaska to destructive bottom trawling to parallel historic federal protections…
Oceana announced today the winners of the inaugural “Masters of Making Mercury in the Environment” (MOMMIE) Awards, honoring America’s chlorine plants for outstanding achievement in the field of poisoning our…
The Tiffany & Co. Foundation recently presented ocean conservation group Oceana with a grant in the amount of $100,000 in support of its efforts to protect increasingly threatened deep-sea corals…
