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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
