Advancing marine conservation
MPA+Workshop+outputs_2011Dec07+FINAL_1 Project Seahorse will unite with its partners to determine how we can speed up the creation of marine protected areas (MPAs) throughout the Philippines and ensure that they are forever successful. We will coordinate a discussion-workshop in which we will share results from over 30 studies addressing the cultural, social, economic and biophysical need …
Multiple layers of political and socioeconomic pressure bear down on the fish and fishers in coral reef ecosystems, where conservation and fisheries often come into great conflict. This paper draws on conversations with members of an alliance of small-scale fishers in the central Philippines, and on their experiences, in order to explore ideas for reconciling …
As with many fish species, seahorses (genus Hippocampus) attain their highest species richness in Southeast Asia/Australasia. It is likely that the complex geological history of the region and the effects of Pleistocene sea-level changes have contributed to this diversification. Since seahorses are presumed to be low dispersing, relative to many other marine species, they are …
Perante, N.C., Vincent, A.C.J., & Pajaro, M.G. (1998). Demographics of the seahorse Hippocampus comes in the central Philippines. In Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on the Marine Biology of the South China Sea (pp. 439-448). Hong Kong University Press.… Read more
Vincent, A.C.J., & Pajaro, M.G. (1997). Community-based management for a sustainable seahorse fishery. In Developing and sustaining world fisheries resources–the state of science and management. 2nd world fisheries congress (pp. 761-766).… Read more
Vincent, A.C.J. (1997) Sustainability of seahorse fishing. In: H.A. Lessios and I.G. Macintyre (eds.) Proceedings of the 8th International Coral Reef Symposium Vol. 2. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama. p. 2045-2050.… Read more