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, Oceana released a letter from Shell to the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE), which appears to request that BSEE take the unprecedented and questionable step of suspending…
MOBILE, AL- Today, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) announced it will be taking steps to more accurately analyze the amount and type of wasted catch in Gulf and Southeast…
Washington, DC – Today, Oceana announced that the Wyss Foundation will, over the next five years, provide up to $10 million in matching funds to help rebuild fisheries in Peru…
Today, Oceana announced the appointment of Lars “Lasse” Gustavsson as its new Senior Vice President and Executive Director of the organization’s operations in Europe. Gustavsson succeeds Xavier Pastor, Oceana’s longtime…
WASHINGTON – Today, President Obama announced the creation of the world’s largest marine protected area in the Pacific Ocean. By proclamation, the President is expanding the current Pacific Remote Islands…
Gloucester, MA- Today, Oceana submitted a proposal to help end the wasted catch of fish and marine wildlife in New England and Mid-Atlantic gillnet fisheries, which throw away 16 percent…
The Pacific Fishery Management Council (PFMC), the federal advisory body that oversees fisheries policy for the U.S. West Coast, took preliminary action Saturday to prohibit development of new commercial fisheries…
