Andrew Sharpless

At first glance a fishing organization and a conservation organization might seem like strange bedfellows. There is often mistrust between the fishing industry and conservation organizations because each sometimes doubts the other's commitment to ensuring sustainable fishing.

The At-sea Processors Association (APA) is a trade association representing...

Hunger is the world's leading health risk, according to the United Nations World Food Programme. It kills more people every year than AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis combined. But despite our advances in medicine, food production and technology, 925 million people still do not have enough to eat. Of...

Here's some food for thought on this upcoming Earth Day: Agriculture is the leading contributor to greenhouse gas emissions in the world. It even beats out transportation. The food we raise, especially meat like pork, beef and chicken, is contributing more to climate change than the cars and SUVs that...

When it comes to sustainable seafood, San Francisco gets it. As a progressive, seaside town, seafood is plentiful and the options for eating sustainably are constantly improving.

That's one of the reasons I was excited to be in town last week. That and, for the past few days...

This week, 200 of the world's leaders in ocean conservation are descending upon Capella, Singapore for the World Oceans Summit.

The U.S. is strongly represented among the international community, with top representatives from government and nonprofits. Oceana is joining world leaders from Iceland, Singapore, Indonesia, and the...

Floridians depend on the ocean. And we understand. It's in your blood.

Leatherback sea turtles migrate an astonishing 6,000 miles across the Pacific to feed on jellyfish in the waters off the U.S. West Coast.

Along the way these gentle giants face a gauntlet of threats, including fishing gear, pollution and plastic bags that look like food. Scientists have reported that...

According to a new report released this week by Oceana, less than 1% of the highly migratory sharks reported caught in the Atlantic Ocean are protected from overfishing by the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT), the group that's charged with protecting them.

And...

Here's a scary fact: Last year, the biggest five oil companies alone scored $76 billion in profits.
And here's an even scarier fact: Last year, the oil industry received more than $4 billion in tax breaks.

These numbers don't lie -- it's clear that Big Oil doesn't need...

At least 4,600 sea turtles are dying in fishing gear each year in this country, and that's outrageous.

All six species of sea turtle found in U.S. waters are at risk of extinction and are protected by the Endangered Species Act. Sea turtles are beautiful, majestic animals, and...

It's official: With a stroke of California Governor Jerry Brown's pen, the entire U.S. West Coast has now banned the trade of shark fins.

We've been working to support the bill since its introduction; we called our legislators and Governor Brown and urged them to protect sharks,...

Last week, the California Senate passed a bill that made a big statement: Sharks should be swimming in the wild, not in shark fin soup.

The bill bans the trade of shark fins in the state, and if signed into law by the Governor, will mean a complete...