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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The bottom trawl fisheries in the Gulf of Alaska will now have to avoid catching Chinook salmon as bycatch or risk closing their fisheries. A rule recommended by the North…
Today, the U.S. Department of the Interior announced that it will hold the first-ever lease sale for offshore wind on July 31, 2013, offering up 164,750 acres off the coasts…
WASHINGTON- Today, Oceana filed a lawsuit against the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) for its failure to require adequate observer coverage for the New England groundfish fishery for cod, haddock…
Washington State Governor Jay Inslee today signed into law House Bill (HB) 1200, which begins to tackle seafood fraud in the state. Oceana commends Governor Inslee as our recent seafood…
The international marine conservation organization Oceana called on the authorities to punish those responsible for the mass death of birds in Punta de Choros, in the Coquimbo Region in northern…
Researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography reported today that carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere passed 400 parts per million (ppm) at the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii for the…
Yesterday, the New York state Assembly took a huge step forward for shark conservation worldwide by passing a bill to ban the sale, trade, distribution and possession of shark fins…
