Press Releases
Monday, April 7, 2014
New Study Reveals Significant Amount of Illegal Seafood Enters U.S.
WASHINGTON- A groundbreaking new study to be published in Marine Policy estimates that between 20-32 percent of wild-caught seafood imported into the U.S. comes from illegal, unregulated and unreported (IUU) or “pirate” fishing. Valuing at…
Friday, April 4, 2014
Coast Guard Criticizes Shell for Poor Management Leading to Kulluk Grounding
Today, the U.S. Coast Guard released its “Report of Investigation into the Circumstances Surrounding the Multiple Related Marine Casualties and the Grounding of the MODU KULLUK On December 31, 2012.” The…
Thursday, April 3, 2014
WASHINGTON – Today, the United States House Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans and Insular Affairs held a hearing to discuss the Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing Enforcement Act of…
Wednesday, April 2, 2014
Government Okays Rolling Back Protections for Endangered Steller Sea Lions
Today, the National Marine Fisheries Service released a Biological Opinion that would allow necessary protections for the endangered Western Population of Steller sea lions to be rolled back significantly. The…
Friday, March 28, 2014
Federal Court Upholds CA Ban on Shark Fin Trade
Yesterday, a United States district court upheld the California shark fin ban, a state law forbidding the possession, sale, trade or distribution of shark fins.* Oceana commends the court’s decision…
Monday, March 24, 2014
Today, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released new science finding developmental abnormalities in large fish as a result of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil disaster nearly four years ago.Oceana’s…
Wednesday, March 19, 2014
New Oceana Report Exposes Nine of the Dirtiest U.S. Fisheries
Today, Oceana released a new report exposing nine of the dirtiest fisheries in the United States. These nine fisheries combined throw away almost half of what they catch and are…