WASHINGTON — Today the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) released its 2023 Report to Congress on Improving International Fisheries Management, identifying seven nations and entities for illegal, unreported, and … Read more
A new Oceana analysis finds that China’s self-imposed annual squid fishing bans avoid areas where their vessels actually fish — failing to address the fleet’s notorious unregulated fishing footprint on … Read more
The Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission voted in support of a suite of management measures that are insufficient to protect whales from entanglement in commercial Dungeness crab fishing gear. The … Read more
A new bill introduced today will untether future offshore wind energy development from mandatory offshore oil and gas leasing, as currently required by the Inflation Reduction Act. The Nonrestrictive Offshore … Read more
More than 100 elected officials from across the country signed a letter released today urging President Biden to prevent new offshore drilling leases in his upcoming National Outer Continental Shelf … Read more
Oceana Acting Campaign Director Michael Messmer released the following statement in regards to the FY24 Interior-Environment appropriations bill, approved in a House subcommittee last week, that mandates new offshore drilling … Read more
Today, Delaware state lawmakers passed Senate Bill 51, which prohibits restaurants and other food service establishments from providing polystyrene foam food containers, plastic beverage stirrers, and plastic cocktail and sandwich … Read more
