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.
We invite members of the press to reach out to Oceana’s media contacts for information and questions.
WASHINGTON – Today, a United States federal judge ruled that BP’s reckless and negligent behavior is at fault for the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill, which killed 11 people and…
Late last night the California Senate passed seafood labeling legislation (SB 1138) in a vote of 25-10, directly following passage off the Assembly floor in a vote of 57-15. SB…
Today, President Obama’s Task Force on Combatting Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing and Seafood Fraud held its fourth and final public meeting in Washington, D.C. The task force, which was…
Today, Shell Oil Co. filed its exploration plan to drill offshore oil and gas wells in the U.S. Arctic’s Chukchi Sea with the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM). This…
Today, the United States Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is leasing nearly 80,000 acres off the coast of Maryland for offshore wind energy development. As of today, 16 companies…
Leonardo DiCaprio, Ted Danson, Dennis Haysbert, Laura Dern, Miranda Cosgrove, Austin Nichols, Oscar Nunez, Rachael Harris and Jenna Ushkowitz attended the 7th annual SeaChange Summer Party in Laguna Beach on Saturday evening to…
WASHINGTON—Today, Oceana launched a campaign calling on the federal government to take action to end overfishing of a severely overfished species of sharks in Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic longline…
