Today the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (SAFMC) voted to start the process to permanently allow ropeless, or on-demand fishing gear, in the black sea bass fishery from North Carolina … Read more
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
