Press Releases
Wednesday, July 24, 2013
California’s Drift Gillnet Fishery Too Deadly for Endangered Sperm Whales
The National Marine Fisheries Service this week declined to issue a required marine mammal take permit for California’s swordfish drift gillnet fishery in light of the recent entanglement... Read More
Tuesday, July 23, 2013
Court Upholds Protections for Steller Sea Lions in the Aleutians
Today, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld necessary protections for the endangered Western Population of Steller sea lions. The measures were put in place by the National... Read More
Wednesday, July 17, 2013
Proposal Will Protect Loggerhead Sea Turtle Habitat in Coastal Waters Off Six States
SAN FRANCISCO— After more than five years of delay, the federal government today finally proposed to protect 36 areas of ocean habitat across six states for loggerhead sea... Read More
Tuesday, July 16, 2013
Oceana Opens Voting for 5th Annual Ocean Hero Awards
Washington DC- Today, Oceana announces the beginning of public voting for its 5th annual Ocean Hero Awards. After carefully reviewing hundreds of nominations for some of America’s most... Read More
Saturday, June 29, 2013
Feds Fail to Protect West Coast Great White Sharks
The National Marine Fisheries Service today declined to protect great white sharks off the coast of California under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Although peer-reviewed scientific population estimates... Read More
Tuesday, June 25, 2013
Oceana Reacts: President Obama Announces New Climate Action Plan
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, President Obama released his Climate Action Plan, which aims to decrease carbon pollution and address the global threat of climate change. Oceana released the... Read More
Wednesday, June 12, 2013
Oceana Launches 5th Annual Ocean Hero Awards
Washington, DC - Oceana announces the start of its fifth annual Ocean Hero Awards, a summertime contest celebrating individuals who go above and beyond to protect America’s oceans.... Read More
