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April 26, 2023 07:30 ET | Source: Oceana Canada

Oceana Canada to DFO: Stop Overfishing Capelin and Rebuild Stock for Food, Ocean and Economic Security

OTTAWA, April 26, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- With the 2023 capelin fishing quota announcement just around the corner, new polling commissioned by Oceana Canada from leading market research firm Abacus...
April 13, 2023 07:00 ET | Source: Oceana Canada

Oceana Canada to DFO: 2023 Fishing Quota Decisions Must Mark the Turning Point in Rebuilding the Long-Term Health of Fisheries and Oceans

OTTAWA, April 13, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Traditional, Unceded Territory of the Algonquin Anishnaabeg People -- As the 2023 fishing season begins, Oceana Canada is urging Fisheries and Oceans...
March 01, 2023 05:00 ET | Source: Oceana Canada

L'industrie du plastique poursuit le gouvernement pour empêcher le Canada de réduire la pollution plastique

TORONTO, 01 mars 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- La lutte pour la réglementation de la pollution plastique se poursuit la semaine prochaine. En effet, les plus grands producteurs canadiens de plastique,...
March 01, 2023 05:00 ET | Source: Oceana Canada

Plastic Industry Sues Government to Stop Canada from Reducing Plastic Pollution

TORONTO, March 01, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The fight to regulate plastic pollution continues next week, as Canada’s largest plastic-producing companies – including Dow Chemical, Imperial Oil and...
February 07, 2023 15:36 ET | Source: Oceana Canada

Oceana Canada applaudit une étape importante dans la protection des monts sous-marins de la C.-B.

93 % des montagnes sous-marines au large des côtes de la Colombie-Britannique vont devenir la deuxième plus grande zone de protection marine du Canada. OTTAWA, 07 févr. 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE)...
February 07, 2023 15:36 ET | Source: Oceana Canada

Oceana Canada Applauds Major Step to Protect B.C. Seamounts

93% of the underwater mountains off the coast of British Columbia are to become the second-largest Marine Protected Area in Canada OTTAWA, Feb. 07, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Traditional, Unceded...
November 22, 2022 05:00 ET | Source: Oceana Canada

Audit d’Oceana Canada : le gouvernement n’a toujours pas amélioré la gestion des pêches, ce qui nuit aux poissons sauvages et aux communautés côtières

OTTAWA, 22 nov. 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Le dernier audit d’Oceana Canada sur les pêches du Canada, et leur intendance par Pêches et Océans Canada (MPO), révèle que pour la sixième année...
November 22, 2022 05:00 ET | Source: Oceana Canada

Oceana Canada Audit: Government’s Failure to Improve Fisheries Management Performance Continues to Cost Canada’s Wild Fish and Coastal Communities

OTTAWA, Nov. 22, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Oceana Canada’s latest audit of Canada’s fisheries, and their stewardship by Fisheries and Oceans Canada, (DFO) reveals that for the sixth year in a row,...
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,...