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November 15, 2004

International Coalition Chides United Nations for Failing to Save Oceans from Devastation

A coalition of the world’s top environmental groups sharply criticized the United Nations General Assembly today for failing to put... Read More

September 17, 2004

Oceana Captures Footage of Endangered Sea Turtles Being Caught by Obsolete Hooks

Renewing its call to the Atlantic commercial longline fishing industry to use tested, environmentally-friendly “circle hooks” rather than the obsolete... Read More

September 16, 2004

Deep-Sea Corals in Atlantic Ocean Canyons Protected, Fishery Managers Limit Monkfish Bottom Trawling

America's oceans won a major victory today when the New England Fishery Management Council voted to protect deep-sea coral communities... Read More

September 2, 2004

Federal Scientific Report Finds Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery A Leading Cause Of Loggerhead Sea Turtle Deaths In Northeast

Federal scientists at the Northeast Fisheries Science Center, the scientific arm of the National Marine Fisheries Service, have increased by... Read More