Press Releases
May 8, 2015
Kate Mara Sets Out to Save the Whales
Oceana released a new public service announcement (PSA) today to spread awareness about the threats of drift gillnet fishing gear... Read More
April 28, 2015
SEC Petition Argues that Shell’s Arctic Program Puts Investors and Ocean at Risk
Oceana and the Abrams Environmental Law Clinic at the University of Chicago Law School today requested that the United States... Read More
April 20, 2015
Today marks the five-year anniversary of the worst environmental disaster in United States history. The BP Deepwater Horizon oil disaster... Read More
April 15, 2015
Federal Fishery Council Votes to Quickly Close this Season’s Pacific Sardine Fishery
Responding to concerns over a crashing Pacific sardine population, the Pacific Fishery Management Council (“Council”) voted this afternoon to close... Read More
April 15, 2015
Oceana Files Lawsuit to Save Thousands of Endangered and Threatened Sea Turtles
WASHINGTON- Today, Oceana filed a lawsuit against the federal government to protect more than 53,000 sea turtles from shrimp trawl... Read More
April 13, 2015
Federal Fisheries Council Votes to Close West Coast Sardine Fishery Next Season
The Pacific Fishery Management Council voted yesterday to close the directed Pacific sardine fishery off the U.S. West Coast for... Read More
April 10, 2015
Shell Oil’s 2015 Arctic Ocean Exploration Plan Deemed Complete
Today, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announced that it had deemed complete Shell Oil Company’s plan to drill... Read More
