On Saturday, March 3, the federal Pacific Fishery Management Council voted to pursue the expansion of California’s devastating drift gillnet fishery for swordfish and sharks into an area that is currently…
Susan Murray, Oceana’s Senior Director, Pacific, issued the following statement in response to Royal Dutch Shell petition for declaratory relief filed Wednesday:“It has been a little over a week since…
Today, as the House Appropriations Committee deliberates on the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) FY 2013 federal budget, Oceana is calling on Congress to increase FDA resources to fight seafood…
Alexandra Cousteau Joins Oceana Environmental Activist Continues Family Legacy with Largest Ocean Conservation Organization Washington, DC – Today Oceana announces that Alexandra Cousteau, granddaughter of ocean explorer Jacques-Yves Cousteau,…
Today, the Maryland House of Delegates held a hearing on a newly introduced bill (HR 393) that would ban the sale, trade, distribution and possession of shark fins throughout the…
New York State Assembly Members Alan Maisel (D-Brooklyn), Grace Meng (D-Flushing) and Linda Rosenthal (D-Manhattan) introduced new legislation (A.7707a/S.6431) today that would ban the possession, sale, trade and distribution of…
The Oregon House today passed Senate Bill 1510, making Oregon’s first network of marine reserves and marine protected areas (MPAs) off the Oregon coast. The bill calls on state agencies,…
