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Oceana
Oceana Campaigns to Protect and Restore the World's Oceans. Their teams of marine scientists, economists, lawyers and advocates win specific and concrete policy changes to reduce pollution and to prevent the irreversible collapse of fish populations, marine mammals and other sea life. Global in scope, Oceana has campaigners based in North America (Washington, DC; Juneau, AK; Los Angeles, CA), Europe (Madrid, Spain; Brussels, Belgium) and South America (Santiago, Chile). More than 300,000 members and e-activists in over 150 countries have already joined Oceana.
Website: http://oceana.org/international-home-nao/
Contact:
Oceana
2501 M Street, NW
Suite 300
Washington, D.C. 20037-1311 USA
phone: +1 (202) 833 3900
fax: +1 (202) 833 2070
toll-free: 1 877 7 OCEANA or 1 800 8 OCEAN 0
General Information: info@oceana.org
How Seafood Fraud Hurts Our Oceans, Our Wallets and Our Health
May 26, 2011 07:12 AM - Editor, Oceana
Seafood fraud is the practice of misleading consumers about their seafood in order to increase profits. Along with ripping off shoppers, these actions can have negative impacts on marine conservation efforts and human health. Types of seafood fraud include substituting one species for another without changing the label, including less seafood in the package than is indicated on the label, adding too much ice to seafood in order to increase the weight and shipping seafood products through different countries in order to avoid duties and tariffs.
Impacts of Bottom Trawling on Fisheries, Tourism, and the Marine Environment
December 9, 2010 11:19 AM - Editor, Oceana
Fishing is one of the most important employers and sources of protein for coastal communities in Belize. Yet bottom trawls and other kinds of unselective fishing gear cause harm to other fisheries and to the marine environment by catching juvenile fish, damaging the seafloor, and leading to overfishing.
Offshore Wind Can Deliver Cleaner, More Affordable Energy and More Jobs Than Offshore Oil
October 8, 2010 06:54 AM - Simon Mahan, Isaac Pearlman, and Jacqueline Savitz, Oceana
A report by Oceana "Wealth: Offshore Wind Can Deliver Cleaner, More Affordable Energy and More Jobs Than Offshore Oil", a comprehensive analysis shows that focusing investments on clean energy like offshore wind would be cost effective, more beneficial to job creation, and better for the environment and ocean in a variety of ways than offshore oil and gas exploration and development. On the Atlantic coast, an area targeted for expansion of oil and gas activities, offshore wind can generate nearly 30% more electricity than offshore oil and gas resources combined.
World’s Leading Marine Scientists Call on WTO Ministers to Stop Overfishing Subsidies
December 7, 2009 11:15 AM - , Oceana
In a letter to WTO Director-General Pascal Lamy nine marine scientists asserted that "the WTO has an unprecedented opportunity to make new trade rules that will turn the tide for the world’s fisheries." The scientists recognized the relevance of trade and the WTO to the environment and urged the Director-General to "continue to use your leadership to achieve a successful outcome in the fisheries subsidies negotiations and demonstrate to the world that the WTO can play a constructive role in solving problems of global consequence."
Loggerheads in Danger: 2009 Nesting Data Shows Alarming Decrease
October 20, 2009 08:58 AM - , Oceana
Oceana announced yesterday that 2009 was one of the worst years on record for loggerhead sea turtle nesting from North Carolina to Florida. In Florida for example, loggerhead nesting decreased by more than 15 percent in 2009. Florida accounts for nearly 90 percent of loggerhead nesting in the United States and is one of the two largest nesting hot spots for the population in the world.
Chile Introduces Bill to Protect Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems
May 6, 2009 10:33 AM - , Oceana
With broad support from government and opposition leaders, a bill was introduced this morning to the Chilean National Congress intended to protect vulnerable marine ecosystems from trawling and other destructive fishing practices that have long-term negative impacts.
Depletion of Prey Fish may be Starving the Oceans
April 7, 2009 10:10 AM - , Oceana
Scientists are finding evidence of widespread malnutrition in commercial and recreational fish, marine mammals, and seabirds because of the global depletion of the small fish they need to survive, according to Oceana's new report, "Hungry Oceans: What Happens When the Prey is Gone?" These "prey fish" underpin marine food webs and are being steadily exhausted by heavy fishing, increasing demand for aquaculture feed, and climate change.
Conservation Coalition and States Will Sue EPA to Reduce Global Warming Pollution from Ships and Planes
August 4, 2008 11:26 AM - , Oceana
A coalition of conservation groups and state attorneys general filed formal letters warning of impending lawsuits over the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's failure to address global warming pollution from ocean-going ships and aircraft. The conservation groups' notice of intent to sue was filed by Earthjustice on behalf of Oceana, Friends of the Earth and the Center for Biological Diversity.
Feds Protect Huge Areas of the Bering Sea from Trawling
July 30, 2008 09:22 AM - , Oceana
The National Marine Fisheries Service announced Friday that nearly 180,000 square miles of the Bering Sea will be closed to destructive bottom trawling to protect important seafloor habitats and marine life effective August 25, 2008. These in-the-water protections reflect an approach first developed by Oceana, and supported by local communities and other conservation organizations, that freezes the current area, or "footprint," where trawling already occurs in the Bering Sea and prevents trawlers from expanding into previously untrawled areas.
New Report Finds Sharks Critical to Maintaining Healthy Oceans
July 25, 2008 11:12 AM - , Oceana
A new report released by Oceana today concludes that sharks are invaluable to maintaining healthy ocean ecosystems. Predators as Prey: Why Healthy Oceans Need Sharks shows that as shark populations decline, the oceans suffer unpredictable and devastating consequences.