Deadly Fishery Expansion Planned into California’s Sea Turtle Protected Area

Steller Sea Lion Protections in Aleutian Islands Upheld

Shell Launches Legal Attack on Environmental Groups That Are Protecting the Arctic

March, 2012

Alibaba.com Stops Selling Manta Ray Products

We asked our supporters to help us protect manta rays from being made into leather by asking Alibaba.com to take manta ray products off their website. Nearly 40,000 people responded by signing our petition, and Alibaba listened.

In response to our petition, the company announced that they will no longer include manta ray products on their website. In the past, they’ve taken down listings for shark fins and other unsustainable animal products. Now they will also refrain from selling animals protected under UN policies, including manta and devil rays.

March, 2012

U.S. District Court ruled in favor of protecting Steller Sea Lions

The State of Alaska and a Seattle-based commercial fishing industry sued to overturn new protections for Steller sea lions that limited fishing in areas important to the Steller sea lions’ survival.  Oceana intervened in the lawsuit to help the government defend the new measures necessary to prevent jeopardy to Steller sea lions and to protect their critical habitat.  The federal district court in Alaska rejected the industry arguments and upheld the protections, which limit bottom trawling and fishery removals of Steller sea lion prey in critical areas.  The court required the National Marine Fisheries Service to prepare an environmental impact statement evaluating changes to the management of the fisheries by March 2, 2014.

February, 2012

Marylanders: Tell Your Senators to Protect Sharks

February, 2012

Regulation key to save fish stocks