Occupying 1.1 percent of the surface of the world’s oceans and 0.3 percent of all salt water, the Mediterranean no longer shelters the great coral reefs that thrived 60 million years ago. This is due ...

Organization’s Board of Directors elects Sara Lowell as Treasurer, re-elects María Eugenia Girón as Vice Chair and James ...

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 ...

Located in the Central Coast of California, Monterey Bay is renowned for its complex seafloor habitat, deep submarine canyons, strong seasonal upwelling, and abundance of forage species. As an ...

“We don’t think enough of how much we take from the oceans, and how little we give in return. We should all be working to ensure that they can continue to be our planet’s warehouse. I have no doubt ...

Are you an experienced Senior Director of Finance looking to make a difference in the world? If you want to want to help Oceana thrive while delivering results that protect and restore the world’s ...

Oceana released this report during the 2010 CITES Conference of the Parties in Doha, Qatar. The harvest for international fin trade is one of the greatest threats to the shark species proposed for ...

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 ...

Oceana press releases share updates on our campaigns and mission to protect and restore the world’s oceans. They include explanations of the issues that our oceans face, our work to solve those issues ...

Sharks have unfortunately fallen victim to the man-hungry “Jaws” stereotype society has created for them. Oceana wants the world to know that what we should really fear are oceans without sharks.

Sea turtles have played vital roles in maintaining the health of the world’s oceans for more than 100 million years. These roles range from maintaining productive coral reef ecosystems to transporting ...

From 2010 to 2012, Oceana conducted one of the largest seafood fraud investigations in the world to date, collecting more than 1,200 seafood samples from 674 retail outlets in 21 states to determine ...