Advancing marine conservation
Plourde, F. (Mar 17, 2019) Protection des hippocampes: des mesures inefficaces menant à la contrebande. Radio Canada. (Article) https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1158725/hippocampes-contrebande-convention-cites-protection-extinction-hongkong … Read more
Dasgupta, S. (Mar 8, 2019) Seahorse trade continues despite export bans, study finds. Mongabay Series: Oceans. (Article) https://news.mongabay.com/2019/03/seahorse-trade-continues-despite-export-bans-study-finds/
National legislation as well as bans under the international CITES agreement not slowing the trade in seahorse products Story originally posted by UBC’s Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries Many countries are engaged in a vast illegal and unrecorded international trade in seahorses, one that circumvents global regulations, according to a new UBC study that …
Our most recent featured iSeahorse observation is Hippocampus hippocampus, the short-snouted seahorse. Thank you to iSeahorse user Tamsyn Mann for this exclusive snapshot from the English coast. With its wrinkly skin and sandy complexion, this fish looks a bit like E.T.! And it might as well be – while we share a planet with this …
Oceanwise (Feb 25, 2019) Seahorses under threat. Oceanwise. (Video) https://ocean.org/stories/sea-horse-under-threat
For a miniscule fish, Pontoh’s pygmy seahorse, our species du jour, has caused disproportionately hefty levels of confusion. Thanks to iSeahorse user tantsusoo for a stunning and thought-provoking picture from Raja Amput, Indonesia! So, what’s odd about this observation? Well, the taxonomy surrounding pygmy seahorses is still a tad fuzzy, which makes them hard to …
Oceanwise. (Feb 7, 2019) Dr. Amanda Vincent: Making waves with Project Seahorse. My Oceans: Edition: A podcast. (Audio podcast) https://ocean.org/my-ocean-dr-amanda-vincent/… Read more
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Our latest newsmaker is Hippocampus subelongatus, a Data Deficient species rarely observed on iSeahorse! This observation is courtesy of Maarten de Brauwer, who is one of our two National Seahorse Experts for Australia. Maarten spied this fine fish in Western Australia, the sole patch of the globe this species is known to inhabit. Fittingly, they …
