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Washington, D.C., June 25, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A new Oceana analysis released today found that fishing* vessels are venturing further to remote locations and staying out at sea longer in search...

Washington, Dec. 22, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A new Oceana analysis released today shows that China’s massive distant-water fleet flocks to the waters surrounding the Galápagos Islands, then...

Washington, Sept. 29, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- President Biden announced plans today to expand offshore drilling in the Gulf of Mexico as part of his final proposed National Outer Continental Shelf...

Washington, Sept. 06, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, the Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch program added more than a dozen fisheries, including the U.S. American lobster fishery, to its “Red...

Merida, Mexico, July 14, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- During the annual meeting of Parties to the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), Oceana claims that two years after the countries signed...

Washington, April 12, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Oceana released a new analysis today finding that the United States’ requirements for transparency of fishing vessels fall short of other countries’...

Washington, Feb. 01, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today Oceana released a new report showing that the illegal seafood trade, fueled in part by U.S. demand, is hurting local fishing communities around...

Washington, Dec. 13, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, more than 100 scientists and researchers sent a letter to Congress calling for immediate action to address illegal fishing, seafood fraud, and...

Washington, July 21, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, Oceana released a new report finding that most vessels are exceeding speed limits in areas designed to protect critically endangered North...

Washington, June 16, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, Oceana launched a new tool that tracks illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU)-listed vessels. Using Global Fishing Watch* data, Oceana’s IUU...