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 ...

On Saturday, July 26, ocean advocates gathered at Oceana’s 18th annual SeaChange Summer Party at Montage Laguna Beach, raising more than $1.7 million to support the organization’s campaigns to protect ...

Dr. Christina Chemtai Hicks explains how the farmed salmon industry puts pressure on West Africa's coastal communities.

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 ...

The ocean remains one of the least explored places on Earth—and every year, scientists uncover new species that remind us just how much there is still to learn. In 2025, researchers described a ...

Today, the High Seas Treaty received its 60 th ratification, officially kickstarting the 120-day countdown until it enters into force. Covering almost half of the Earth’s surface, the high seas are ...

Today, the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies enters into force — a long-awaited step towards curbing the billions in public funds that fuel overfishing. These new ...

Today, the Philippines officially declared the waters surrounding Panaon Island a Protected Seascape, preserving some of the most vibrant and biodiverse coral reefs on the planet. The protected area ...

On Monday, June 9, as the third United Nations Ocean Conference gets underway in Nice, France, President Emmanuel Macron announced that he will “limit” bottom trawling – an extremely destructive and ...

Today, on the International Day for the Fight Against Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing, Oceana released an analysis of China’s global fishing* activity worldwide between 2022 and 2024. The ...

Today, Oceana released a new report that projects The Coca-Cola Company’s plastic use will exceed 9.1 billion pounds (4.1 million metric tons) per year by 2030 if the company does not change its ...

Over 3.7 billion years ago, life on Earth was born in the oceans. Since then, their size and composition, as well as the organisms living in them, have continued to change and evolve. Within their ...