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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Today about eight percent1 of the ocean and 15 percent of land2 is protected. We’re on track to reach a global goal of protecting 10 percent of the ocean and 17 percent of the land by 2020, but world…
Oceana, the largest international advocacy organization focused solely on ocean conservation, announced that Nicholas Davis, a prominent Chilean businessman and conservationist, has joined its Board of Directors.Davis currently serves as…
Today, the Trump administration signaled a delay in its plan to radically expand offshore drilling to nearly all U.S. waters. In what was first reported by The Wall Street Journal, Secretary…
This week, a federal judge ruled against the Trump administration for violating federal law by failing to use all available scientific evidence to end the overfishing of dusky sharks in U.S. waters….
Oceana, the largest international organization focused exclusively on ocean conservation, revealed that, in almost 1 out of every 3 fish samples taken in three Mexican cities, the fish in the…
Oceana Peru published a research about illegal fishmeal production in the northern and central Peruvian coast. The study identified 62 facilities involved in this crime, methods used to alter the…
