February, 2015

DEATH OF RARE SHARK HIGHLIGHTS NEED FOR GILLNET BAN

Scalloped hammerhead drowns in Hopkins fisherman’s gillnet

February, 2015

OCEANA BELIZE SUPPORTS CALLS FROM CAYE CAULKER RESIDENTS TO REMOVE STRANDED VESSEL FROM REEF

Belize has the second largest Barrier Reef in the world, and may be one of the last countries in the world to have extensive areas of...

January, 2015

Petroleum Department’s proposed policy on offshore oil weak on data, details, potential damage

Oceana Belize calls on the Government of Belize to create policies which protect Belizean livelihoods

December, 2014

Alyssa Carnegie is Oceana Belize’s Communications Director Carnegie to start in January 2015

Oceana, the world’s largest international ocean conservation group, announced today that effective January 12th 2015 Alyssa Carnegie has...

December, 2014

Belizean Marine Scientist joins Oceana Dr. Isani Chan relocates from Taiwan to assume new role

 Oceana, the world’s largest conservation based organization, is pleased to announce that Dr. Isani Chan joins our team in Belize as...

November, 2014

Ocean lovers unite in 2014 Annual General Meeting of Wavemakers

 The challenges confronting Belize’s marine environments include illegal, destructive and over-fishing, the threat of offshore oil,...

October, 2014

EU Clears Five States [including Belize] Following their Improvements in Fighting Illegal Fishing, While Red-carding Sri-Lanka

Brussels, 14th October 2014: Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF), Oceana, The Pew Charitable Trusts and WWF welcome the announcement by...