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Oceana Urges U.S. to Approve NOAA’s Proposed Vessel Speed Rules

Oceana urges President Biden to expediently approve the National Atmospheric and Oceanic Administration’s (NOAA) proposed vessel speed rule to protect critically endangered North Atlantic Right Whales. Oceana delivered about 20,000 petition signatures and a letter calling for the government to enact new safeguards for these whales. With the extinction of the species on the line, concerned citizens from all 50 states, Washington D.C.,…


Oceana Report Exposes Thousands of Suspected Vessel Rendezvous at Sea

Oceana uses Global Fishing Watch data to highlight transshipping hotspots, countries and ports of interest. Oceana today released a report exposing the global scale of transshipping at sea, a practice that can mask illegal fishing practices and conceal human rights abuses. The report, which was released at The Economist’s World Ocean Summit in Bali, Indonesia, uses a new dataset released…