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July 21, 2021

Oceana Finds Most Vessels Exceeding Speed Limits in Areas Designed to Protect Endangered North Atlantic Right Whales Along U.S. Atlantic Coast

Today, Oceana released a new report finding that most vessels are exceeding speed limits in areas designed to protect critically endangered North Atlantic right whales, of which only around 360 remain. Oceana analyzed vessel speeds from 2017 to 2020 in speed zones established by the National Oceanic and … Read more

July 14, 2021

Oceana Sues Federal Government to Rebuild Overfished Sardines

Today Oceana, represented by Earthjustice, sued the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) over the agency’s faulty rebuilding plan that will neither recover the Pacific sardine population nor take into account … Read more

July 1, 2021

Oceana Celebrates Plans to Develop Offshore Wind Off Virginia’s Coast

Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland announced the Biden administration is advancing the mid-Atlantic’s first commercial offshore wind development off... Read More

July 1, 2021

Gov. McMaster Signs State Budget Extending Offshore Drilling Infrastructure Ban

This week, Gov. Henry McMaster signed the state’s annual budget into law, which is effective as of July 1, 2021.... Read More

June 29, 2021

California Budget Includes Funding to Prevent Whales, Sea Turtles from Drowning in Deadly Drift Gillnets

California Governor Newsom has signed the 2021-2022 budget, which includes $1.3 million for the California Department of Fish and Wildlife... Read More