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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Today marks the five-year anniversary of the worst environmental disaster in United States history. The BP Deepwater Horizon oil disaster claimed the lives of 11 workers and spilled more than…
The government’s proposal is intended to protect specific soft-bottom habitats in the Kattegat, of which some are red-listed. In a joint statement, the four conservation organisations stress that larger areas…
WASHINGTON- Today, Oceana filed a lawsuit against the federal government to protect more than 53,000 sea turtles from shrimp trawl nets. Every year, the federal government allows shrimp trawls to…
Republic Act 10654, which amends the Philippine Fisheries Code, lapsed into law on February 27, 2015. It seeks to “prevent, deter and eliminate illegal, unreported and unregulated” or IUU fishing…
Rohnert Park, CA – The Pacific Fishery Management Council voted yesterday to close the directed Pacific sardine fishery off the U.S. West Coast for the 2015-16 fishing year starting July…
A edição 6231da revista Science, lançada na última sexta-feira (10/04), traz reportagem com comentários da diretora geral da Oceana Brasil, Mônica Brick Peres, sobre a crise ambiental e econômica da…
Juneau, AK— Today, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announced that it had deemed complete Shell Oil Company’s plan to drill exploration wells in Alaska’s Chukchi Sea beginning this…
