The world watched as each country’s best athletes competed at the 2026 Winter Olympics. What viewers missed was the mountain of single-use plastic waste generated at the games.

The oceans connect us all. They cover two-thirds of our blue planet and contain most of the life on Earth. They are as important to us as they are vast. But the oceans face many threats — from ...

Oceana is an international organization with offices in North America, Central America, South America, Europe and Asia. Find the location, address, and contact information for Oceana offices, ...

Flatback turtles are oceanic homebodies, rarely leaving their residential waters in Australia. Within Australia’s coasts, these sea turtles prefer to stick to the northern waters of the continent, ...

Learn more about the process known as “flags of convenience” and how they are strongly correlated with IUU fishing and labor ...

Oceana is campaigning around the world to stop illegal fishing, increase transparency of fisheries activities, and require traceability for seafood to ensure that it’s safe, legally caught, ...

Despite their protruding teeth giving them a menacing appearance, sand tigers have a reputation for being slow-moving, and not aggressive. They can measure up to 3.2 meters (10.5 feet) and can be ...

The shortfin mako shark is a large predatory shark that are found in both coastal waters and the open ocean. These highly migratory sharks can reach lengths of 4 meters (13 feet) and weights of 150 ...

Measuring about 2.5 centimeters (1 inch) long, the blue glaucus is a species of nudibranch, a group of soft-bodied, shell-less marine gastropods. Found throughout the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian ...

Coca-Cola has a plastic problem. Oceana’s report 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 ...

Frilled sharks have long, slender bodies and can grow up to 2 meters (6.5 feet) in length. Chocolate brown in color, their most distinctive feature is their gill slits — six pairs of gills surrounded ...

We rely on fish for food and jobs, yet half of our fisheries around the world are overfished, and another 40% are fished to maximum levels. We know that when fisheries are properly managed, the fish ...