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Ensuring governments keep their promise to seahorses at the 34th CITES Animals Committee

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Governments have made promises to protect seahorses from illegal and unsustainable trade. At the upcoming 34th meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Animals Committee, taking place July 13-17 in Geneva, Switzerland, Project Seahorse will be there to help make sure governments follow through. Our program leader, Dr. Sarah Foster will be in attendance as the Focal Point for Global Fisheries and Trade for the IUCN SSC Seahorse, Pipefish and Seadragon Specialist Group, which we host.… Read more

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Project Seahorse’s 2025 Achievements Report is out!

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We are delighted to present Achievements 2025, a look back on a remarkable year of action, collaboration, and growing momentum in marine conservation, with seahorses guiding our mission. Inside, you’ll find stories of science meeting action, from strengthening Marine Protected Areas in the Philippines, to critical evidence brought back to Peru, to supporting trade management …

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Project Seahorse research on bottom trawling highlighted by The New York Times on World Ocean Day

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A major #WorldOceanDay moment for our research! Today, The New York Times draws on our recent research, The global diversity of marine fishes caught in bottom trawl fisheries, to argue why it is time to rethink this widespread and problematic fishing practice. Our research revealed that bottom trawls have caught more than 3,000 fish species worldwide – …

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Indonesian team visits Vancouver

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After more than a year of mostly remote collaboration, it was time to get in the same room.

Project Seahorse recently hosted our Indonesian Field Lead, Muthya Farah, and our collaborator at Indonesia’s Badan Riset dan Inovasi Nasional RI (BRIN), Masayu Rahmia, for a focused two-week visit at the UBC Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries. Together with Jana McPherson, they worked on extracting critical insights on Indonesia’s seahorse fisheries and trade from field survey data collected over the past year.… Read more

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Help search for “missing” seahorses this Citizen Science Month and beyond

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Every year, thousands of seahorse sightings are shared through our citizen science platform, iSeahorse, by divers, snorkelers, and ocean enthusiasts around the world. These observations help scientists understand where seahorses live, which habitats they prefer, and what threats they face. But for 11 known species, we are still in the dark. These are seahorses we …

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Our new study reveals how little we know about some of the ocean’s most quirky fishes

Syd Ascione

We are pleased to share our latest research paper, “The state of knowledge on four families of Syngnathoidei fishes (Teleostei: Syngnathiformes): Aulostomidae, Centriscidae, Fistulariidae and Solenostomidae”, published in Journal of Fish Biology. The study takes a deep dive into the relatives of seahorses, a group of remarkable but often understudied fishes found in coastal waters around the world.… Read more