6 News & Press Releases found
Oceana News
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Huge Leap Towards Protecting European Fisheries
Today the European Parliament voted to reform the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP), a law that manages all European fisheries. Members of the European Parliament overwhelmingly voted (502-137) in favor of a comprehensive reform policy which ...
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Chile: First Country to Protect All Seamounts from Bottom Trawling
Oceana welcomes the historic reform of the Chilean Fisheries Law passed by the Chilean Congress. The law bans bottom trawling in the country`s vulnerable marine ecosystems, including the precautionary closure of all seamounts in Chile, establishes a ...
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Oceana CEO Andrew Sharpless Responds to Alarming New Report on the Status of the World`s Fisheries
Andrew F. Sharpless, CEO of the largest international ocean conservation organization, issues a statement on the new report: Status and Solutions for the World`s Unassessed Fisheries. "This study finally lays to rest the question of whether or not ...
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Oceana Says Saving the Oceans Can Help Feed the World
Today, surrounding the 20th anniversary of World Oceans Day, Oceana unveiled a report outlining how saving the world`s oceans can help to feed the 9 billion people projected to be on earth by 2050. The report explains how implementing science-based ...
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Oceana Announces 2nd Annual Hamptons Splash Party
Today Oceana announces its second annual Hamptons Splash Party to be held on July 30, 2011 at the beachfront home of Margie and Michael Loeb in Southampton, NY. Oceana returns to the Hamptons after receiving an outpouring of support surrounding last ...
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Oceana Launches New Campaign in U.S. to Stop Seafood Fraud
Oceana, the largest international advocacy group working solely to protect the world’s oceans, today launched its new campaign to Stop Seafood Fraud at The National Press Club in Washington, D.C. At the press briefing, ...