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, the world’s largest international conservation organization focused solely on protecting and restoring the world’s oceans, and Sailors for the Sea, the leading ocean conservation organization that engages, educates, inspires…
Today, the New England Fishery Management Council, stakeholders from five states that include commercial and recreational fishermen and state and federal government officials, approved a proposal to protect over 25,000…
Today, the Trump administration announced the oceanic whitetip shark will be listed as “threatened” under the Endangered Species Act, the first shark species to receive these protections in Atlantic continental U.S. waters….
The party opposing the construction of controversial port mining project Dominga made its final statements on Thursday, before the Environmental Court of Antofagasta. For three days, seven lawyers representing residents…
Last night, Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke announced that Florida is being removed from the Trump administration’s new draft five-year program (2019-2024) for oil and gas development on the…
Belize has made history by unanimously passing the Petroleum Operations (Offshore Zone Moratorium) Bill, 2017 which will place an indefinite moratorium on offshore oil in Belize’s marine territory. This decision…
Today, the Trump administration announced its plans to open nearly all U.S. federal waters to offshore drilling activities. In a new draft five-year program (2019-2024) for oil and gas development…
