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, the United States District Court for the District of Alaska ruled that the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) reconsider recent changes to the North Pacific observer program as the…
Link to Photos Link to Video Belize – A trio of Hollywood celebrities recently took their star power to Belize to help Oceana protect the largest reef in the Western…
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is preparing the call for information for an oil and gas lease sale scheduled to be held in the Beaufort Sea in 2017. …
The outcry of opposition grows following the Obama administration’s decision earlier this month to authorize the use of seismic airguns that make dynamite-like blasts to search for oil and gas…
In response to pressure from conservation groups, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) today announced an area closure for the swordfish drift gillnet fishery in the Pacific Ocean off Southern…
WASHINGTON – Today, the Obama administration released a decision authorizing the use of dynamite-like blasts to search for oil and gas deposits deep below the ocean floor in an area…
Washington, DC- Today, Oceana sent a response to the Council Coordination Committee (CCC) for the eight United States regional fishery management councils addressing its comments on Oceana’s March 2014 report…