Today the Monterey Board of Supervisors unanimously adopted a resolution opposing new offshore oil and gas drilling. The Monterey Board of Supervisors is the first to pass such a resolution…
Today, more than 200 scientists from across the United States sent a letter urging Congress to protect the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSA), which is the primary law governing marine fisheries management…
Belize made history today by introducing legislation to enshrine an indefinite moratorium on offshore oil in its marine territory, including territorial seas and Exclusive Economic Zone. Given Belize’s economic dependence…
Marine conservation organization Oceana appreciated the recommendation made by the Scientific Committee of the South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organization (SPRFMO), which did not substantially increase the global quota for…
On October 9th, the EU’s Agriculture and Fisheries Council (AGRIFISH) are due to meet in Luxembourg where ministers will decide on catch limits for the Baltic Sea in 2018. Oceana…
Over $240 million dollars a year in illegal fishing of southern hake, small pelagic fish and South Pacific hake is the figure that José Miguel Burgos, Director of the Chilean…
If EU fisheries were healthy and well managed over the next ten years, they could contribute 4.9 billion euros annually to Europe’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) across the wider economy,…
