Oceana has listed 10 key ocean issues that should be prioritised in 2016, and calls on decision-makers to set ambitious policies for tackling them. The international marine conservation organisation asks…
Today, GrubHub, the nation’s leading online and mobile food ordering company, announced it will no longer allow restaurants to sell shark fin products through its website and subsidiary websites. It…
A proposal published today by the European Commission that would close loopholes in the regulation governing the European Unions (EU)’s long-distance fishing fleet has been welcomed by the Environmental Justice…
Today, 33 Members of Congress wrote to the Obama administration to express deep concerns about the use of seismic airguns for oil exploration off the East Coast. Led by Congressmen…
Press Release Date: December, 2015Location: City of Belmopan, Cayo District, BelizeContacts:Janelle Chanona: jchanona@oceana.org Alyssa Carnegie: acarnegie@oceana.org December 1st 2015. Oceana Belize applauds the announcement of the Government of Belize (GoB) today to permanently ban offshore oil…
Today, coastal leaders from Virginia to Florida are in Washington, D.C. to urge President Obama to abandon his proposed plan to open the Atlantic Ocean to industrial offshore drilling for…
Oceana is deeply disappointed that the 49 Contracting Parties present at the 24th Regular meeting of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) have failed to address…
