Every year, nearly 20 million tons of wild fish are turned into fishmeal or fish oil. That comes at a steep cost.

Imagine working 22 hours a day on board a distant-water fishing vessel. It’s grueling work; lifting heavy nets in and out of the water, wrangling whatever is caught from the depths of the ocean — it ...

More than two decades after bottom trawling ended on the seamounts surrounding Chile’s Juan Fernández Archipelago, the damage it caused is still visible. A new study published in Deep-Sea Research ...

Sixteen national governments from across Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Europe, and the Pacific today adopted the Mombasa Declaration at the 11th Our Ocean Conference, committing to advance global ...

Will artificial intelligence help or harm ocean conservation? From orbit, satellites silently monitor the ocean depths, gathering more information than could ever be collected from ships or shore.

From New York to Rome, Tokyo to Marrakech, cities across the world are renowned for their unique and historic architecture. But beneath the waves, marine communities have their own variety of stunning ...

Josana Pinto da Costa guides her small fishing boat through the murky, moonlit Amazon River in northern Brazil, where she makes her living fishing. She fishes in the nighttime, not by choice, but ...

The ocean remains one of the least explored places on Earth—and every year, scientists uncover new species that remind us just how much there is still to learn. In 2025, researchers described a ...

It might be hard to imagine, but manatees are believed to have inspired sailors’ tales of mermaids and sirens. These gentle giants are far from mythical, but just as captivating. West Indian manatees ...

Today, the Philippines officially declared the waters surrounding Panaon Island a Protected Seascape, preserving some of the most vibrant and biodiverse coral reefs on the planet. The protected area ...

Oceana sat down with Dr. Heather J. Lynch to learn more about her work with Antarctic penguins and the important role they play in the Antarctic ecosystem. Dr. Lynch studies penguins and other ...

On Saturday, July 26, ocean advocates gathered at Oceana’s 18 th annual SeaChange Summer Party at Montage Laguna Beach, raising more than $1.7 million to support the organization’s campaigns to ...