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Oceana CEO: A Shocking Report on Your Seafood
Do you know what you're serving? Photo © Oceana Do you know what you are serving your family tonight? If it’s fish there’s a good chance that you don’t.Today Oceana unveiled its landmark national...
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Great Whites Now Have Endangered Species Protections
The man in the gray suit now protected by law. Photo: Jim AgronickIt’s official; as of today, California’s great white sharks are now fully protected under the California Endangered Species Act! As new...
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Removing Walls of Death: Saving Sea Turtles from Drift Nets
The leatherback, a common victim of drift gillnets. Photo: NOAAAn endangered Pacific leatherback sea turtle swims through the cold, nutrient-rich waters off California where it has made an impressive...
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Drift Gillnets Kept at Bay . . . For Now
A frequent victim of drift gillnets © Jose Alejandro Alvarez/Marine PhotobankWe can breathe a momentary sigh of relief. This Monday, the Pacific Fishery Management Council voted unanimously to maintain...
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California's Shark Fin Ban Officially in Effect! The Catch Is...
California has banned shark fins within the state...for nowLet's start with the good news: As of yesterday, July 1, California's shark fin ban (passed in 2011) officially came into effect! California...
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Future of Great Whites in the Hands of California Leaders
Great white sharks like this one risk extinction unless we move to award them the protections they so desperately need. Photo: Sharkdiver.comWe are alarmed by the recent decision by the National Marine...
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California and Indonesia Urged to Build Relationships to Save Leatherback Sea...
A cooperative relationship between the U.S. and the Western Pacific island nations, where Pacific leatherback sea turtles return from California to nest, could help save the endangered leatherback sea...
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More Than Just an Agreement
Leatherback sea turtles could be lost to us in 20 years if we don't take aggressive steps for their survival. lPhoto: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAAPacific leatherbacks need our...
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California Bill Would Ban Deadly Drift Gillnets
(Photo: Oceana / NOAA) On November 18, 2013, our team in the Pacific sent a letter to NOAA Fisheries requesting photos of marine life drowned in drift gillnets off the coast of California. We already...
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CEO Note: Drift Gillnets Must Go
(Photo: Oceana)Here’s a very simple way to protect marine life—keep drift gillnets out of California waters. Fishermen use this fishing gear to target swordfish and thresher sharks, but they also catch...
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