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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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…
In a watershed event for ocean conservation, NOAA Fisheries today protected more than 370,000 square miles of seafloor in the Aleutian Islands of Alaska from destructive bottom trawling. This closure…
In light of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s announcement about the discovery of abundant reef building corals, Lophelia pertusa, in the Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary -–some of which…
Whole Foods today announced that it is joining Safeway and Wild Oats as the first national supermarket chains to commit to posting signs giving consumers a government warning about mercury…
