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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Shell announced today that the company is foregoing drilling in the Beaufort Sea at least for 2014 and may be scrapping the Kulluk drill rig as a result of damage…
WASHINGTON – Today, Oceana’s Vice President for U.S. Oceans, Jacqueline Savitz took to the stage at the TEDxMidAtlantic event at Sidney Harman Hall in Washington, D.C. to address the problem…
Yesterday, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced its intent to delist the eastern population of Steller sea lions, which range from the Gulf of Alaska to California. This…
On California’s first Pacific Leatherback Conservation Day, California and Indonesia established a conservation partnership between the two regions that the endangered sea turtle calls home. Governments, schools, and ocean protection…
Today, Rep. Lois Capps (CA-24) announced that she is the lead sponsor of the Safety and Fraud Enforcement for Seafood Act (SAFE Seafood Act), a bill that would require traceability…
WASHINGTON – An international science review panel released the results of a new study, which found that seismic blasts by ExxonMobil off the coast of Madagascar in 2008 caused more…
WASHINGTON– Today, as the New England Fishery Management Council meets to discuss fishing plans for the coming year, Oceana expressed disappointment that the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has again…
