The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission approved a groundbreaking shark conservation rule today that prohibits the recreational and commercial harvest, possession and landing of tiger and hammerhead sharks in…
Oceana, the largest international advocacy group working solely to protect the world’s oceans, released a new report today that finds less than 1% of the highly migratory sharks reported caught…
The federal government today missed a court-ordered deadline to protect habitat for endangered leatherback sea turtles off the U.S. West Coast. Instead of publishing its final rule to protect the…
Oceana, the largest international advocacy group working solely to protect the world’s oceans, is seeking protections for sharks and swordfish at the 22nd Regular Meeting of the International Commission for…
Oceana, the largest international advocacy group working solely to protect the world’s oceans, expressed deep concern today about a sinking barge as long as a city block, Sante Pax, offshore…
The 2012-2017 Offshore Oil and Gas Program released today by the Obama Administration’s Department of Interior will allow no drilling offshore in the Atlantic and Pacific, but opens up the…
Today the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) released its draft proposed Five-Year Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Oil and Gas Leasing Program 2012-17, which unfortunately includes oil and gas lease…
