The Mexican lookdown is a striking fish found in the eastern Pacific Ocean, mainly from southern California down to Ecuador and northern Peru. It inhabits shallow coastal waters, as well as estuaries, ...
Actor, advocate, and Oceana ambassador Kate Walsh was honored for her longstanding commitment to protecting and restoring the world’s oceans. Event co-chairs Elizabeth Wahler, who also serves on ...
New research shows that deep-sea biodiversity has not fully recovered despite more than two decades without bottom trawling, reinforcing the case for protecting vulnerable ecosystems before damage ...
Advocates and former industrial fishers shed light on labor right abuses and illegal fishing crimes behind seafood on your plate.
Did you know orcas are led by their grandmothers? Orcas are one of only five species known to go through menopause, and their post-reproductive females become leaders of the pod, guiding hunts and ...
Sixteen national governments from across Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Europe, and the Pacific today adopted the Mombasa Declaration at the 11th Our Ocean Conference, committing to advance global ...
The ocean might be about to change the weather where you live. Recent news reports warn that parts of the central Pacific Ocean are warming up fast, and that a powerful weather pattern known as El ...
This year marks a quarter-century since Oceana set sail. Back in 2001, the oceans received less than 1% of global conservation funding, despite covering more than 70% of our planet. Overfishing and ...
Oceana, the largest international advocacy organization dedicated solely to ocean conservation, has appointed Sonia Kwami to lead its new office in Ghana, the organization’s first in Africa. Kwami ...
Close your eyes and imagine a ship that’s engaged in illegal activity on the high seas. What flag is it flying? Maybe you’re picturing a black pirate flag billowing in the wind, its skull and ...
Josana Pinto da Costa guides her small fishing boat through the murky, moonlit Amazon River in northern Brazil, where she makes her living fishing. She fishes in the nighttime, not by choice, but ...