As you may have heard yesterday on The Beacon, Oceana, Google, and SkyTruth announced their new platform, Global Fishing Watch, that uses satellite data to track fishing activity around the world. The unprecedented tool will provides citizens, fishery managers, and government groups with a unique look into fishing activity throughout the world’s oceans, and will … Read more
Click to download the PDF report. SkyTruth, Oceana and Google have announced Global Fishing Watch, a big data technology platform that leverages satellite data to create the first global view of commercial fishing. On November 14, 2014, a prototype was unveiled at the 2014 IUCN World Parks Congress in Sydney, Australia, with a public release … Read more
WASHINGTON—Today, Oceana launched a campaign calling on the federal government to take action to end overfishing of a severely overfished species of sharks in Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic longline fisheries. Dusky shark populations off the Atlantic coast have plummeted by 85 percent as a result of overfishing and bycatch, which is the capture of non-target … Read more
Click here to learn about Dusky Dusky sharks, Carcharhinus obscurus, are in trouble. Populations off the Atlantic coast are estimated to have declined by 99 percent over the last 40 years as a result of overfishing and bycatch, and the government has failed to take concrete action to help populations recover. In 2000, the National … Read more
Link to Photos Link to Video Belize – A trio of Hollywood celebrities recently took their star power to Belize to help Oceana protect the largest reef in the Western hemisphere. Cobie Smulders, Rashida Jones and Angela Kinsey traveled to coastal Belize, where they raised awareness for this delicate ocean ecosystem and promoted Oceana’s ongoing … Read more
WASHINGTON – Today, President Obama announced an initiative to tackle seafood fraud and illegal fishing in the United States. The announcement, which was made at the global “Our Ocean” conference hosted by Secretary of State John Kerry, directs federal agencies to work together to develop a comprehensive program aimed at combatting seafood fraud and keeping … Read more
WASHINGTON – Today, Oceana launched a new interactive map using Google Maps Engine showing the global reach of seafood fraud. The map, which is the most current and comprehensive review of seafood fraud literature to date, compiles more than 100 studies from 29 countries and every continent except Antarctica. While the percentage of seafood fraud … Read more
SATURDAY, MAY 17th – Santa Monica, CA: Celebrity Ocean Activists gathered in Santa Monica, CA on Friday evening, May 16th, at the 2nd Annual Nautica Oceana Beach House party, which was supported by global apparel company Nautica and media partner LA Confidential Magazine. The event highlighted Oceana’s success in protecting and restoring the world’s oceans … Read more
Seafood mislabeling and fraud occurs all over the world, but the global scope of the problem is just becoming understood now. Oceana launched its campaign to Stop Seafood Fraud in 2011 to ensure that seafood sold in the U.S. is safe, legally caught, and honestly labeled. Oceana’s campaign activities include determining the true identity of … Read more
CORRECTION: This report referenced a bycatch rate of 40% as determined by Davies et al. 2009, however that calculation used a broader definition of bycatch than is standard. According to bycatch as defined in this report and elsewhere, the most recent analyses show a rate of approximately 10% (Zeller et al. 2017; FAO 2018). In the United … Read more
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