Elsa Camins is Project Seahorse’s research biologist and the Red List Authority Coordinator for the IUCN Seahorse, Pipefish and Seadragon Specialist Group. She recently attended the 12th Indo-Pacific Fish Conference (IPFC), a major international gathering of fish scientists in Taipei, Taiwan. We caught up with Elsa to hear about her experience and what it meant …
Lepage, C. (June 8, 2025) Millions of seahorses worth $29M smuggled illegally, study finds. CBC News (Article) https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/seahorse-smuggling-study-1.7554840… Read more
Stallard, E. and Rowlatt, J. (June 7, 2025) Ocean damage unspeakably awful, Attenborough tells prince. BBC News (Artcile) https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce82p6yq061o… Read more
Tapper, J., Ungoed-Thomas J. and Sylvester, R. (June 7, 2025). Entertainment or emergency? Global leaders heed Attenborough’s warning. The Observer (Article) https://observer.co.uk/news/oceans/article/entertainment-or-emergency-global-leaders-heed-attenboroughs-warning… Read more
Congratulations to our alum Tanvi Vaidyanathan, and Dr. Sarah Foster and Dr. Amanda Vincent, whose paper “A practical approach to meeting national obligations for sustainable trade under CITES” won third place in Conservation Biology’s ‘Rising Star’ award competition.… Read more
Kuta, S. (June 6, 2025) Seahorse smuggling is a big problem, despite global efforts to protect these beloved aquatic creatures. Smithsonian Magazine. (Article) https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/seahorse-smuggling-is-a-big-problem-despite-global-efforts-to-protect-these-beloved-aquatic-creatures-180986757/… Read more
BBC Inside Science with Victoria Gill – June 6, 2025: Can science save our oceans? BBC Radio 4 Inside Science. (Audio) https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002d1cc
Our director, Dr. Amanda Vincent discusses Project Seahorse research on the challenges of bottom trawling – and what to do about it (while participating in the One Ocean Science Congress in Nice, France.… Read more
The Early Edition with Stephen Quinn – June 4, 2025: Millions of seahorses traded illegally, study finds. CBC The Early Edition. (Audio) https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-91-the-early-edition/clip/16150374-millions-seahorses-traded-illegally-study-finds… Read more
Saueurs, C. (June 2, 2025) Dead, dried and hidden in cargo: The global illegal seahorse trade is growing fast. euronews. (Article) https://www.euronews.com/green/2025/06/02/dead-dried-and-hidden-in-cargo-the-global-illegal-seahorse-trade-is-growing-fast… Read more
Jussinoja, K. (June 01, 2025) Millions of seahorses smuggled in global illegal trade, UBC researchers say. CTV News. (Article) https://www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/article/millions-of-seahorses-smuggled-in-global-illegal-trade-ubc-researchers-say/… Read more