Press Releases
April 9, 2014
Oceana Honors Michael R. Bloomberg’s Support of Marine Conservation
New York, NY: Oceana, the largest international organization dedicated solely to protecting the world’s oceans, honored Michael R. Bloomberg at its annual New... Read More
April 7, 2014
New Study Reveals Significant Amount of Illegal Seafood Enters U.S.
WASHINGTON- A groundbreaking new study to be published in Marine Policy estimates that between 20-32 percent of wild-caught seafood imported into the U.S. comes from... Read More
April 6, 2014
Today, the United States Senate Committee on Finance cleared the way for a two-year extension of the investment tax credit... Read More
April 3, 2014
Coast Guard Criticizes Shell for Poor Management Leading to Kulluk Grounding
Today, the U.S. Coast Guard released its “Report of Investigation into the Circumstances Surrounding the Multiple Related Marine Casualties and the... Read More
April 3, 2014
WASHINGTON – Today, the United States House Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans and Insular Affairs held a hearing to... Read More
April 2, 2014
Government Okays Rolling Back Protections for Endangered Steller Sea Lions
Today, the National Marine Fisheries Service released a Biological Opinion that would allow necessary protections for the endangered Western Population... Read More
March 26, 2014
Federal Court Upholds CA Ban on Shark Fin Trade
Yesterday, a United States district court upheld the California shark fin ban, a state law forbidding the possession, sale, trade... Read More
