Sea turtle eyeing plastic bag
Survey: Amazon Customers Overwhelmingly Concerned About Plastic Pollution, Want Plastic-Free Choices
14. Juli 2020 06:00 ET | Oceana Canada
TORONTO, July 14, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Public opinion research sponsored by Oceana, the world’s largest international ocean conservation organization, shows Amazon customers are buying more...
Northern cod
Northern Cod Failure Continues as Fisheries and Oceans Canada Rolls Over Last Year’s Harmful Decision to Hike Up Quota
09. Juli 2020 08:00 ET | Oceana Canada
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, July 09, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) just released its annual quota for critically depleted northern cod, maintaining the harmfully high catch...
Albatross nesting in plastic
86 % des Canadiens sont en faveur d’une interdiction nationale sur les plastiques à usage unique d’ici 2021
22. Juni 2020 08:00 ET | Oceana Canada
OTTAWA, 22 juin 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Une étude d’Abacus Data commandée par Oceana Canada et réalisée entre le 2 et le 6 juin 2020 démontre que la vaste majorité des Canadiens (86 %) souhaite que...
Albatross nesting in plastic
Eighty-Six Per Cent of Canadians Support a National Ban on Single-Use Plastics by 2021
22. Juni 2020 08:00 ET | Oceana Canada
OTTAWA, June 22, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- An Oceana Canada-commissioned Abacus Data study conducted from June 2-6, 2020, shows that the vast majority – 86 per cent – of Canadians want the government...
North Atlantic right whale with ship propeller scars
Une analyse d’Oceana Canada révèle que les navires ignorent la zone de ralentissement volontaire conçue pour protéger les baleines noires menacées
11. Juni 2020 08:00 ET | Oceana Canada
OTTAWA, 11 juin 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Oceana Canada publie aujourd’hui les résultats d’une semaine d’analyse continue sur la vitesse des navires parcourant la zone de ralentissement volontaire...
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Oceana Canada Research Reveals Ships are Ignoring Voluntary Slowdown Zone Designed to Protect Endangered Right Whales
11. Juni 2020 08:00 ET | Oceana Canada
OTTAWA, June 11, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Oceana Canada today released one week of results of an ongoing analysis of vessel speeds in a voluntary slowdown zone in the Cabot Strait, a key passage for...
End the plastic disaster
On World Oceans Day, Canadians call to End the Plastic Disaster
08. Juni 2020 08:30 ET | Oceana Canada
OTTAWA, June 08, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Our world is facing a plastic disaster. An estimated 22 million kilograms of plastic leaks into the ocean every day, roughly equivalent to dumping a garbage...
Plan to Put Critically Depleted Northern Cod on a Healthy Path Long Overdue, says Oceana Canada
28. April 2020 14:04 ET | Oceana Canada
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, April 28, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Northern cod has been deep in the critical zone for close to 30 years. Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) recently met virtually with...
Canada’s fish populations declining; government must urgently enforce new Fisheries Act and get serious about rebuilding fisheries
13. November 2019 06:00 ET | Oceana Canada
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, Nov. 13, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Oceana Canada’s latest annual report on the state of Canada’s fisheries was released today, revealing that the health of fish populations has...
Canada Lags Far Behind in Addressing Widespread Seafood Fraud
16. Oktober 2019 05:00 ET | Oceana Canada
MONTREAL, Oct. 16, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The results of Oceana Canada’s latest seafood investigation, released today, provide mounting evidence that Canada has a widespread and unchecked seafood...