The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) announced the second delay to the start of the 2023-2024 California commercial Dungeness crab fishing season to protect whales and due to … Read more
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced today that it will withdraw the proposed rule to expand the Seafood Import Monitoring Program (SIMP) that the agency issued in December … Read more
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) announced a delay in the season opener for California commercial Dungeness crab fishing off the Central and Southern Coast to protect whales … Read more
Today, Sen. Jeff Merkley, Ore., and Rep. Jared Huffman, Calif. reintroduced the Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act aimed at reducing plastic pollution at the source. This comprehensive federal bill would continue … Read more
A new estimate from the North Atlantic Right Whale Consortium, released today, finds that the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale population remains at risk of extinction with only around … Read more
Today, Oceana released a new report finding that most boats are speeding through slow zones designed to protect critically endangered North Atlantic right whales, of which only around 340 remain. … Read more
A new analysis by Oceana found that participants in California’s set gillnet fishery severely underreported how many sea lions and seals were caught and either injured or killed in the … Read more
