Oceana Press Releases
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.
Thursday, July 3, 2014
Oceana Finds U.S. Fishermen Could Lose $1 Billion Annually in Wasted Catch
Today, Oceana released a new report that finds fishermen in the United States could be throwing away approximately $1 billion annually in wasted catch, or bycatch, which is the discarding…
Thursday, July 3, 2014
El Niño Triggers Urgent Need, Legal Requirement to Close Fishery to Protect Endangered Sea Turtles From Nets
Conservation groups called out the National Marine Fisheries Service today for failing to implement the legally-mandated closure of the drift gillnet fishery in Southern California waters to protect endangered loggerhead…
Wednesday, June 25, 2014
Miranda Cosgrove, Austin Nichols, Ted Danson, Drake Bell, Connor Cruise Celebrate the Oceans at 2nd Annual Nautica Oceana Beach House Party
SATURDAY, MAY 17th – Santa Monica, CA: Celebrity Ocean Activists gathered in Santa Monica, CA on Friday evening, May 16th, at the 2nd Annual Nautica Oceana Beach House party, which…
Wednesday, June 25, 2014
Emergency Regulations Renewed to Protect Sperm Whales from California Fishery
Today the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) announced emergency actions designed to protect endangered sperm whales from being caught in the California swordfish/thresher shark drift gillnet fishery. The emergency rule,…
Wednesday, June 25, 2014
“VEEP” Star Reid Scott’s Upcoming D.C. Visit No Laughing Matter
WASHINGTON – Actor and ocean activist Reid Scott will be in Washington, D.C. on May 29 to urge Congress and the Obama administration to reconsider its proposed use of seismic…
Wednesday, June 25, 2014
California Senate Passes Seafood Labeling Legislation
This afternoon the California Senate passed seafood labeling legislation (SB 1138), with unanimous support. SB 1138, authored by Alex Padilla (D-Pacoima), will begin to tackle the complex problem of seafood…
Wednesday, June 25, 2014
“VEEP” Star Reid Scott Gets Serious about Stopping Seismic Airguns in the Atlantic Ocean at a Congressional Briefing on Capitol Hill
WASHINGTON – Today, actor and ocean activist Reid Scott is in Washington, D.C., to urge Congress and the Obama administration to oppose the proposed use of seismic airguns to look…
