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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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🎥 Watch our talk: Assessing policy implementation in global trade of marine fishes

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Our Director, Dr Amanda Vincent, and Program Leader, Dr Sarah Foster, share how conservation policies move from agreements on paper to action on the ground for marine fishes in a recent talk at the Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries at the University of British Columbia. Drawing on more than 20 years of experience with …

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Meet Santa of the sea!

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Hippocampus denise, nicknamed “Hippocampus santa” by the diving community in Indonesia because of its festive red and white colours. This seahorse Santa doesn’t bring gifts, but spotting one is a gift in itself. If you see one in the wild, don’t forget to 📷 snap a photo and 💻 share your sightings with the #iSeahorse …

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Introducing “Inspired by #IconicFishes”, a global arts movement for our ocean’s quirkiest fishes

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Whether you paint, dance, doodle, weave, write, design jewellery, compose music, build Lego, cut potato prints or create in ways we haven’t imagined yet — this is your invitation to join a joyful, creative arts movement that connects people with conservation. We are delighted to launch “Inspired by #IconicFishes” — a global arts movement inviting …