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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Oceana announced its outreach program for the scuba diving community today following the presidential announcement calling on the United Nations to eliminate destructive fishing practices on deep-sea corals and seamounts.”With…
Washington, DC – Oceana announced today that Trader Joe’s, a California-based company will post the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) advice on mercury in seafood in their stores across the…
Pittsburgh – Anglers, outdoorsmen, medical professionals and citizens rallied today outside Pittsburgh-based PPG (NYSE:PPG) headquarters calling for the company’s West Virginia chlorine facility to switch to mercury-free technology. The conservation…
MADISON (August 8, 2006) – Air quality tests have found high levels of toxic mercury near a chlorine manufacturing plant in Port Edwards, Wisconsin. The tests – conducted by Oceana…
Aaron Peirsol, three time Olympic Gold Medalist and World Record Holder in the 100m and 200m backstroke and 400 Medley Relay, announced today that he intended to “race for the…
The U.S. House of Representatives today passed legislation (H.R. 4075) amending the Marine Mammal Protection Act that preserves the “Dolphin Deadline,” a key provision that sets the timeline to reduce…
In a new poll, released today by Oceana, Republicans in Ohio overwhelmingly declared their support for protection of the oceans and its marine mammal inhabitants. The poll found that 90…
