Press Releases
Friday, January 30, 2015
Over 350,000 Acres Leased off Massachusetts Coast for Offshore Wind
WASHINGTON – Yesterday, the United States Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) leased over 350,000 acres off the coast of Massachusetts for offshore wind energy development. The sale is the…
Friday, January 30, 2015
Oceana Revela Que La Mitad de Las Capturas de Baleares de los Últimos 60 Años No Se Han Declarado
Oceana ha estimado que las capturas reales de la pesca en Baleares son 2,3 veces superiores a las oficiales en el periodo de 1950 a 2010. El estudio, en el…
Thursday, January 29, 2015
Spain announces law to fight pirate fishing
January 16th 2015: The Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF), Oceana, The Pew Charitable Trusts and WWF applaud Spain’s new fisheries law[1], which imposes stronger penalties on Spanish citizens involved in pirate fishing…
Thursday, January 29, 2015
Oceana glæder sig over planen om nye beskyttede havområder i Kattegat
I fredags fremlagde Naturstyrelsen sit forslag til nye beskyttede havområder i Kattegat, med den hensigt at beskytte blødbundshabitater – levesteder som i dag ikke har nogen form for beskyttelse. De…
Wednesday, January 28, 2015
Obama Admin. Announces Plans to Open Atlantic & Arctic to Offshore Drilling
WASHINGTON – Today, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management released its draft five-year program for oil and gas development on the Outer Continental Shelf. The plan, which covers all potential…
Monday, January 26, 2015
EU to Ban Fish Imports from Sri Lanka for Illegal Fishing
Brussels — Today, the Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF), Oceana, The Pew Charitable Trusts, and WWF welcome a decision by the European Union fisheries ministers, to sanction Sri Lanka for its…
Thursday, January 22, 2015
Offshore Wind Would Produce Twice the Jobs and Energy as Offshore Drilling in Atlantic Ocean
Oceana released a new report today that finds offshore wind would produce twice the number of jobs and twice the amount of energy as offshore drilling in the Atlantic Ocean….
