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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…
Today, Statoil marks the second major oil company – following Shell in September – to announce its cancellation of Arctic Ocean oil and gas operations in U.S. waters off Alaska….
OCEANA urges the Contracting Parties of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) – the organisation responsible for highly migratory species in the Atlantic and adjacent waters…
