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Belize to publish vessel tracking data through Global Fishing Watch

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Oceana and Global Fishing Watch applaud Belize’s leadership on fisheries transparency Belize City, Belize.  – The Belize High Seas Fisheries Unit (BHSFU) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to make its vessel tracking data publicly available through the Global Fishing Watch map, which tracks the movements of commercial fishing vessels in near real-time. The […]

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Malarky

Oceana Discovers that EU Countries Have Unlawfully Authorized Vessels to Fish in African Waters

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Oceana data analyst Lacey Malarky uses Global Fishing Watch data to tackle numerous questions that may impact fisheries conservation. Her analyses supported a recently passed regulation that will help ensure greater transparency in European Union fisheries. Download the Oceana report to learn more here. Lacey Malarky, Analyst on the Illegal Fishing and Seafood Fraud campaign team

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Jackie Savitz, Oceana Vice President for US and Global Fishing Watch

An Interview with Jackie Savitz, Oceana’s Vice President for U.S. Oceans

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Oceana’s Vice President for the United States and Global Fishing Watch, Jackie Savitz, has spent her career on the front lines of the fight to protect and save the world’s oceans. After earning her master’s degree in environmental science from the Chesapeake Biological Laboratory at the University of Maryland, Jackie moved into the advocacy and

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Hirshfield Brightened

Interview with Michael Hirshfield: Chief Scientist and Strategy Officer, Oceana

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Dr. Michael Hirshfield oversees Oceana’s new offices in the Philippines, Canada and Brazil, and ensures that Oceana’s policy advocacy is solidly based on the latest scientific information. Throughout his long career, Dr. Hirshfield has worked on issues related to fisheries and aquatic ecosystems from a variety of viewpoints.

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Deep water seamounts are rich with diversity

Video Expedition Hopes to Capture and Protect Deep Sea Diversity off Southern California

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Once considered to be a cold, dark desert nearly devoid of life, the deep sea is now known to support more species of marine life than the shallow reefs of the tropics. A menagerie of corals, sponges and undiscovered creatures—some of them previously unimaginable, others known only from the fossil record, lies hidden in near

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