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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TORONTO – A report released today from Oceana Canada—Collateral damage: How to reduce bycatch in Canada’s commercial fisheries—reveals how poorly Canada is managing one of the biggest threats to our…
WASHINGTON – Today, Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke announced an Executive Order Implementing an America-First Offshore Energy Strategy, which requires a review of the five year program for oil…
Monterey, CA — Today, hundreds of species of the ocean’s smallest schooling fish are protected from the shoreline to 200 miles out to sea and from Washington’s northern border to California’s…
WASHINGTON, DC – Oceana, the largest international organization dedicated to ocean conservation, is pleased to publicly announce the addition of Monique Bär, Jena King and Jean Weiss to its board…
Sacramento, CA — Today, federal fishery managers voted to keep the U.S. West Coast Pacific sardine fishery closed for the upcoming commercial season. With an estimated 86,586 metric tons (mt)…
The Philippine Fisheries Code (Republic Act 8550) was amended on 27 February 2015 by RA 10654, providing higher penalties while mandating better monitoring systems to stop illegal, unreported and unregulated…
Coyhaique, Chile — The National Forestry Corporation (Conaf in Spanish) and Oceana signed an unprecedented cooperation agreement this Wednesday to conduct joint work on the land and marine conservation of…
