Advancing marine conservation
This month’s featured gem of citizen science goes to Rémi Bigonneau (remi_bigonneau on iNaturalist) for this dazzling shot of the Pacific seahorse (Hippocampus ingens) off the coast of the Galapagos Islands. Extraordinarily large for a seahorse, Pacific seahorses – also known as Giant seahorses – can grow to 31 cm long and are rivaled only …
We recently set out on an amazing race, criss-crossing the Philippines by plane, boat, bus and car in less than 3 months, to uncover seahorse trade and exploitation. We discovered that 1.7+ million seahorses are caught per year in the Philippines, compared to over 4 million per year 20 years ago. Despite international trade (CITES) …
Vaidaynathan, T. (Oct 3, 2019). Why we need to rethink our seahorse conservation strategy. Current conservation. (Article) https://www.currentconservation.org/why-we-need-to-rethink-our-seahorse-conservation-strategy/… Read more
4Ocean (Sep 25, 2019) Project Seahorse is Protecting Critical Habitats. Vimeo. (Article) https://vimeo.com/362215434 … Read more
In this introductory blog Adam Hicks, our new Masters student gives us some background on himself, and what he hopes to at Project Seahorse. Who am I ? In the last two years I have travelled, trekked and transformed my life. I never expected I would leave my job as an Ecologist in the United …
I’m on a plane again – this time heading home. I’m excited to get there – my cousin is getting married this weekend and so there’s lots to celebrate. But truthfully I’ve already been celebrating! Just as my cousins will soon embark on a new chapter in their lives, so have seahorses embarked on a …
Our latest iSeahorse featured observation is a well-timed shot of a snapped-up short-snouted seahorse. Marina Gorbunova (melodi_96 on iNaturalist) beheld this beak-beleaguered Hippocampus hippocampus on the edge of the Black Sea. This is a very exciting encounter from a scientific perspective. When Project Seahorse published a review paper in 2010, summarizing what was known about …
I still vividly remember finding out that all seahorses had been listed on CITES* Appendix II. It was November 2002 and I was in Chicago, sitting in the lobby of the Shedd Aquarium (a long time Project Seahorse partner). My phone rang. It was Amanda Vincent, Project Seahorse director, calling me from Chile to tell …
We picked a “blooming” beauty for our latest featured iSeahorse observation – a long-snouted seahorse (Hippocampus guttulatus) sporting a bouquet of fleshy fronds. This photo was snapped near Stratoni, Greece, by Dr. Miguel Correia, one of our iSeahorse National Seahorse Experts and a member of the IUCN Seahorse, Pipefish and Seadragon Specialist Group. The Stratoni …
Lazarus, S. (Jun 7, 2019). Used as a natural Viagra in Chinese medicine, seahorse numbers are declining. CNN International. (Article) https://edition.cnn.com/2019/06/06/asia/seahorse-trade-chinese-medicine-intl/index.html … Read more
