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February 22, 2023 11:30 ET | Source: Tyler Prize

‘Nobel Prize for Environment’ Awarded to Ocean Whistleblowers Calling for High Seas Fishing Ban

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 22, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The 2023 Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement, often described as the ‘Nobel Prize for the Environment’, has been awarded to two courageous...
October 26, 2022 05:00 ET | Source: Oceana Canada

Oceana Canada affirme qu’il n’a jamais été aussi urgent de rétablir les pêches face aux changements climatiques, à la surpêche et à la perte de biodiversité

OTTAWA, 26 oct. 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Le symposium d’Oceana Canada, intitulé Rebuilding Abundance : Priorities for a Resilient Ocean, qui a lieu aujourd’hui à Ottawa, réunit d’éminents...
October 26, 2022 05:00 ET | Source: Oceana Canada

Oceana Canada warns the urgency to rebuild fisheries has never been greater in the face of climate change, overfishing and biodiversity loss

OTTAWA, Oct. 26, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Oceana Canada’s symposium, Rebuilding Abundance: Priorities for a Resilient Ocean in Ottawa today is bringing together leading ocean and fishery experts,...
October 20, 2022 08:00 ET | Source: Oceana Canada

MEDIA ADVISORY: Oceana Canada Hosts Symposium, Rebuilding Abundance: Priorities for a Resilient Ocean, Convening Experts from Coast to Coast to Help Rebuild Canada’s Depleted Wild Fisheries

OTTAWA, Traditional, Unceded Territory of the Algonquin Anishnaabeg People, Oct. 20, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- On Wednesday, October 26, Oceana Canada is hosting its second expert symposium to...
June 03, 2022 13:12 ET | Source: Oceana Canada

Oceana Canada : L’incapacité de la ministre des Pêches Joyce Murray à protéger le capelan compromet la santé de l’océan et des pêches qui en dépendent

OTTAWA, 03 juin 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- La ministre des Pêches Joyce Murray a annoncé aujourd’hui le maintien de la surpêche du capelan, un poisson-fourrage dont les stocks sont gravement épuisés,...
June 03, 2022 13:12 ET | Source: Oceana Canada

Oceana Canada: Fisheries Minister Joyce Murray’s failure to protect capelin risks the health of the ocean and the fisheries that depend on it

OTTAWA, June 03, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today’s decision by Fisheries Minister Joyce Murray to continue overfishing capelin, a critically depleted forage fish in northeastern Newfoundland (NAFO...
April 27, 2022 07:51 ET | Source: Oceana Canada

UPDATE - Oceana Canada finds capelin to be critically depleted and overfished, calls for a fishery closure to help rebuild the population

OTTAWA, April 27, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- New research by Oceana Canada provides compelling evidence that capelin (NAFO Area 2J3KL) — one of the main food sources for many species of fish, seabirds...
April 27, 2022 07:00 ET | Source: Oceana Canada

Oceana Canada constate que le capelan est gravement épuisé et surexploité, et réclame la fermeture de la pêche pour aider à rétablir la population

OTTAWA, 27 avr. 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Une nouvelle étude d’Oceana Canada fournit des preuves incontestables que le capelan (zone 2J3KL de l’OPANO), l’une des principales sources alimentaires pour...
April 27, 2022 07:00 ET | Source: Oceana Canada

Oceana Canada finds capelin to be critically depleted and overfished, calls for a fishery closure to help rebuild the population

OTTAWA, April 27, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- New research by Oceana Canada provides compelling evidence that capelin (NAFO Area 2J3KL) — one of the main food sources for many species of fish, seabirds...
June 07, 2021 11:31 ET | Source: Oceana Canada

CORRECTING and REPLACING - On World Oceans Day, Oceana Canada calls on Feds to Put Wild Fish First in Developing a Blue Economy Strategy

TORONTO, June 07, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In a release issued under the same headline earlier today by Oceana Canada, please note the "petition" link just above the contact section has been...