Advancing marine conservation
Winning an individual award is an exciting yet awkward experience for me. Exciting because it’s lovely to be acknowledged for hard work, persistence and insights. Awkward because I am hugely conscious that the recognition directed at me should embrace the entire Project Seahorse team of wonderful people, along with a large number of other contributors. …
Naguales, J.L. (Feb 10, 2021) Impunity and incompetence fuel illegal Mexico-China seahorse trade. Dialogo Chino. (Article) https://dialogochino.net/en/trade-investment/39826-impunity-and-incompetence-fuel-illegal-mexico-china-seahorse-trade/
Also available in Spanish: El comercio ilegal de caballitos de mar entre México y China aumenta
and Portuguese: Comércio ilegal de cavalos-marinhos entre México e China prospera sem fiscalização
I am truly thrilled that more than 1400 conservation agencies and organizations have just adopted new policies that had their genesis with our Project Seahorse team. This huge alliance is really going to move us forward – on fisheries, bycatch, ecosystem restoration and on conserving seahorses and their relatives. It’s a bit tricky to explain …
Swift, R. (Oct 27, 2020) Interview: Dr Amanda Vincent and the seahorse solution. Asia-Pacific Boating. (Article) https://asia-pacificboating.com/dr-amanda-vincent-and-the-seahorse-solution/… Read more
2020 has been a strange year, to say the least, not exactly what we were hoping for, but here it is. There was so much to look forward to and many of our plans have been disrupted, like everyone else around the world. Our colleagues at the Chinese Academy of Sciences were working so incredibly …
Our latest featured iSeahorse observation is this beautiful Shorthead seahorse (Hippocampus breviceps) by iNaturalist user ken_flan. It is also known as the Knobby seahorse and lives in southwestern and southeastern coastal Australia. It’s clear where this seahorse gets its common names as it is characterized by a short snout and fleshy tendrils on its head …
We took a little break from posting featured iSeahorse observations, but we are back at it again! To kick things off we are featuring this gorgeous White’s seahorse (Hippocampus whitei) photographed by user Peter “fiftygrit” in New South Wales, Australia. White’s seahorse was recently listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, one of two …
When I discuss the need to manage seahorse catch with government officials, they often tell me that fishers only report getting a few seahorses per trip, so what’s the big deal? The big deal is that there are A LOT of fishing trips. So many trips that catching just a few seahorses per trip adds …
Our latest iSeahorse featured observation comes from Daniel Schofield (djscho on iNaturalist) who captured this wonderful weedy pygmy (Hippocampus pontohi) amidst the pink corals of Indonesia. The weedy pygmy seahorse (Hippocampus pontohi) was named after the Indonesian dive guide, Hence Pontoh, who discovered it. As with most pygmy seahorses, it grows to ~ 1.5 centimeters …
The Voice (Nov 21, 2019) El triste final de los caballitos de mar. La Voz de Galicia. (Article) https://www.lavozdegalicia.es/noticia/sociedad/2019/11/21/triste-final-caballitos-mar/0003_201911H21C11991.htm… Read more
