Today, the Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch program added new fisheries to its “Green List” including West Coast swordfish caught with harpoons and deep-set buoy gear. The “Green List” includes … Read more
Today, the Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch program added more than a dozen fisheries, including the U.S. American lobster fishery, to its “Red List” of seafood because they currently pose … Read more
Today, the California Senate Appropriations committee chose to hold Assembly Bill 2026 by Assemblywoman Laura Friedman (D-Glendale), which would have required e-commerce shippers to reduce the amount of single-use plastic … Read more
Gov. Janet Mills has announced her opposition to the monster fish farm proposed by American Aquafarms for Frenchman Bay in Maine, following a similar announcement from former Gov. Paul LePage. … Read more
Today, Oceana’s Vice President for the United States, Beth Lowell, issued the following statement in reaction to the Senate’s passage of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA): “Today marks a major … Read more
Today, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) released a new proposed vessel speed rule that aims to reduce the risk of vessel strikes to critically endangered North Atlantic right whales, of … Read more
The U.S. House of Representatives voted Wednesday to approve the Fiscal Year 2023 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies funding bill. The bill includes language that would prevent the Bureau of … Read more
