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July 14, 2020 06:00 ET | Source: Oceana Canada

Survey: Amazon Customers Overwhelmingly Concerned About Plastic Pollution, Want Plastic-Free Choices

TORONTO, July 14, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Public opinion research sponsored by Oceana, the world’s largest international ocean conservation organization, shows Amazon customers are buying more...
July 14, 2020 06:00 ET | Source: Oceana Canada

Sondage : les clients d’Amazon, très préoccupés par la pollution plastique, veulent des choix sans plastique

TORONTO, 14 juill. 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Un sondage d’opinion commandité par Oceana, la plus grande organisation internationale vouée à la conservation des océans, démontre que les clients...
July 09, 2020 08:00 ET | Source: Oceana Canada

Northern Cod Failure Continues as Fisheries and Oceans Canada Rolls Over Last Year’s Harmful Decision to Hike Up Quota

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, July 09, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) just released its annual quota for critically depleted northern cod, maintaining the harmfully high catch...
June 22, 2020 08:00 ET | Source: Oceana Canada

Eighty-Six Per Cent of Canadians Support a National Ban on Single-Use Plastics by 2021

OTTAWA, June 22, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- An Oceana Canada-commissioned Abacus Data study conducted from June 2-6, 2020, shows that the vast majority – 86 per cent – of Canadians want the government...
June 22, 2020 08:00 ET | Source: Oceana Canada

86 % des Canadiens sont en faveur d’une interdiction nationale sur les plastiques à usage unique d’ici 2021

OTTAWA, 22 juin 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Une étude d’Abacus Data commandée par Oceana Canada et réalisée entre le 2 et le 6 juin 2020 démontre que la vaste majorité des Canadiens (86 %) souhaite que...
June 11, 2020 08:00 ET | Source: Oceana Canada

Oceana Canada Research Reveals Ships are Ignoring Voluntary Slowdown Zone Designed to Protect Endangered Right Whales

OTTAWA, June 11, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Oceana Canada today released one week of results of an ongoing analysis of vessel speeds in a voluntary slowdown zone in the Cabot Strait, a key passage for...
June 11, 2020 08:00 ET | Source: Oceana Canada

Une analyse d’Oceana Canada révèle que les navires ignorent la zone de ralentissement volontaire conçue pour protéger les baleines noires menacées

OTTAWA, 11 juin 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Oceana Canada publie aujourd’hui les résultats d’une semaine d’analyse continue sur la vitesse des navires parcourant la zone de ralentissement volontaire...
June 08, 2020 08:30 ET | Source: Oceana Canada

On World Oceans Day, Canadians call to End the Plastic Disaster

OTTAWA, June 08, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Our world is facing a plastic disaster. An estimated 22 million kilograms of plastic leaks into the ocean every day, roughly equivalent to dumping a garbage...
April 28, 2020 14:04 ET | Source: Oceana Canada

Plan to Put Critically Depleted Northern Cod on a Healthy Path Long Overdue, says Oceana Canada

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, April 28, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Northern cod has been deep in the critical zone for close to 30 years. Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) recently met virtually with...
November 13, 2019 06:00 ET | Source: Oceana Canada

Canada’s fish populations declining; government must urgently enforce new Fisheries Act and get serious about rebuilding fisheries

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, Nov. 13, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Oceana Canada’s latest annual report on the state of Canada’s fisheries was released today, revealing that the health of fish populations has...