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Nine billion of us are estimated to be on the planet by 2050, and the demand for food will increase by 70 percent above today’s levels. If land and fresh water are already under ...

This young killer whale may lack two of its fins, but it doesn’t lack a compassionate support pod. Photo: Rainer Schimpf/Barcroft Media, courtesy of The Daily Mail In one of those ...

Stocks of fish like this Caribbean grouper are on the road to recovery from overfishing with the adoption of responsible fishing practices and scientific recommendations on fishing ...

The Endangered Species Act protects endangered and critically endangered creatures like this loggerhead sea turtle. Still, there is much work to be done.  May 17th is the day ...

Shark fins, like these drying on a sidewalk in Hong Kong, can no longer be sold, traded, possessed, or distributed in the state of Delaware! Source: Nicholas Wang Yesterday, Delaware ...

Source: U.S. Coast Guard Visual Information Gallery Following Oceana’s newly released report on the harmful impacts of illegal fishing, one of the questions that I as Oceana's Northeast ...

“Keeling Curve” shows CO2 levels increase from 1958-2013. (Source: Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD) For the first time in human history, atmospheric carbon dioxide levels ...

Mock oil spills like this one were staged around the country in April to demonstrate disastrous effects of oil drilling on the oceans. Photo: Sarah Schwimmer Oceana’s climate and ...

Governor Martin O'Malley signs bill into law banning possession, sale, and distribution of shark fins in Maryland Maryland made history today by becoming the first East Coast state ...

Less than one week after passing the state Assembly, the Delaware state Senate has signed on to a bill banning the trade of shark fins within the state’s borders.  The states ...

Map showing shifts in distribution of many fish stocks in the Northeast U.S. (Credit: Janet Nye, NEFSC/NOAA) The oceans are heating up, and marine ecosystems are changing because ...

Delaware, Let's keep shark fins where they belong -- On sharks, not in soups. Source: Wikimedia Commons Yesterday, the Delaware House of Representatives took a huge step forward for ...

Team Oceana poses victorious after setting dual performance records in raising funds for the oceans! Every spring, the Nautica South Beach Triathlon gives us reason to smile. There’s ...

Clockwise from upper left: Chinstrap, Emperor, Gentoo, Southern Rockhopper, Adélie. Courtesy of Pew Environment. Though penguins are known for their impeccable black tie fashion, ...

The government estimates seismic testing in the Atlantic will injure 22,809 common dolphins. ©Oceana Imagine living next to a construction zone, where every ten seconds, every day, ...