Press Releases
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Oceana Announces Addition of Rogier van Vliet to Board of Directors
Washington, DC - Oceana is pleased to announce the addition of Rogier van Vliet to its board of directors. Van Vliet is chairman of Adessium Foundation, a privately... Read More
Thursday, January 12, 2012
Oceana Applauds National Ocean Council’s Plan to Better Manage Oceans and Coasts
Oceana today applauded the National Ocean Council’s (NOC) new plan to better manage our oceans and coasts. Specifically, the NOC Policy Draft Implementation Plan focuses on nine objectives... Read More
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Oceana, the largest international advocacy group working solely to protect the world’s oceans, filed a complaint today about the United States government’s decision in October of 2010 to... Read More
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Oceana Urges Cancellation of Central Gulf Lease Sale
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) paved the way to opening roughly 63 million acres in the Central Gulf of Mexico today by issuing its Final Supplemental... Read More
Thursday, December 22, 2011
Oceana, the largest international advocacy group working solely to protect the world’s oceans, applauded a decision made yesterday by the United States District Court in Washington, D.C. to... Read More
Friday, December 16, 2011
Trade Ministers Call for Action on Fishing Subsidies at WTO Ministerial Conference
Trade Ministers Tim Groser of New Zealand and Dr. Craig Emerson of Australia joined officials from a diverse group of countries today at the Eighth Ministerial Conference of... Read More
Friday, December 16, 2011
Congressional Funding Deal Undermines Clean Air Protections in Arctic
Oceana cried foul today, as Congress prepares to pass the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2012, which includes a provision that would undermine clean air protections for the Arctic... Read More
