Fourteen major animal welfare, environmental and conservation organizations are applauding Gov. Andrew Cuomo for signing into law A.1769b/S.1711b to end New York’s contribution to the dire collapse of shark populations…
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 of two…
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 Marine Fisheries…
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 turtles, in…
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 exceptional ocean…
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 at the…
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 following statement…
