Press Releases
Monday, December 3, 2012
Today, 22 organizations – from fishermen to ocean advocates and marine scientists, including Clean Ocean Action, Oceana, and Surfrider Foundation, sent a letter to Secretary Salazar at the... Read More
Thursday, November 15, 2012
Great White Sharks Swim One Step Closer to Protections
The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) today announced a positive 90-day finding on two petitions to list the West Coast population of great white sharks under the Endangered... Read More
Thursday, November 15, 2012
BP Admits Criminal Role in Deepwater Horizon Oil Disaster
Earlier today, BP announced that it had reached an agreement with the United States government and will pay $4.5 billion in civil and criminal fines for the Deepwater... Read More
Thursday, November 8, 2012
California Fish and Game Commission Adopts Comprehensive Policy for Managing Forage Species
Today the California Fish and Game Commission adopted a new state policy to manage California’s forage fisheries which officially recognizes the inordinately important role forage fish play in... Read More
Monday, November 5, 2012
Federal Government Sets Aggressive Catch Levels amidst Sardine Collapse
The Pacific Fishery Management Council voted Sunday to set the 2013 catch level for the U.S. West Coast Pacific sardine fishery at 66,495 metric tons. They took this... Read More
Thursday, October 25, 2012
500 Chefs and Restaurant Owners Join Oceana to Stop Seafood Fraud
WASHINGTON – Oceana, the largest advocacy group working solely to protect the world’s oceans, was joined today by more than 500 chefs, restaurant owners and culinary leaders in... Read More
Thursday, October 11, 2012
Lawsuit Launched to Protect Endangered Loggerhead Sea Turtles
SAN FRANCISCO— Conservation groups launched a lawsuit today against the National Marine Fisheries Service and Fish and Wildlife Service by filing a formal notice of intent to sue... Read More
