Advancing marine conservation
This week, a new species of seahorse was named in honour of our director and co-founder, Prof. Amanda Vincent, for pioneering seahorse science and advancing marine conservation! Listen in as Amanda shares what this honour means to her, and how it’s inspired her to increase her efforts to protect seahorses and their habitats worldwide.… Read more
Meet the Jayakar’s seahorse, or Hippocampus jayakari, known for its long, sharp, and dark-tipped spines! Use these key identifying features to spot a Jayakar’s seahorse in the wild, then snap a photo and report your sighting to the iSeahorse project hosted on iNaturalist.org. Your photos can provide crucial data, helping our scientists fill research gaps …
Seahorses are not the only marine species facing a hidden trade problem. Meet the pegasid fish – or “sea moth.” This week’s #ThrowbackThursday spotlight study highlights how these unique creatures are increasingly caught as bycatch by industrial trawlers, who supply the Traditional Chinese Medicine market. Because they are slow, live in low densities, and form …
As part of our arts movement Inspired by #IconicFishes, we’re delighted to spotlight this magical seahorse illustration by Abolfazl Shamsadini!… Read more
Ocean warming is reshaping the physiology and behaviour of marine species, including seahorses. In this #ThrowbackThursday study on the long-snouted seahorse (Hippocampus guttulatus), researchers found that increased temperatures led to higher activity levels and greater feeding rates. However, this increased energy intake did not translate into measurable growth gains. Instead, results suggest a potential trade-off …
As Project Seahorse marks 30 years of advancing marine conservation, we are looking back at the journey that began with our co-founder and director, Prof. Amanda Vincent, and the magical seahorses. That journey has since grown into a global marine conservation effort grounded in science and action, with seahorses still at the heart of our mission.… Read more
❤️ Thanks to you, #iSeahorse has grown into one of the most powerful global datasets for seahorse conservation. From new scientific discoveries to real marine protection on the ground, your sightings truly matter! Together, more than 4,000 #citizenscientists around the world have contributed over 21,000 observations! With all this valuable data, our scientists can better …
Can top-down environmental policies ever succeed? This week’s #ThrowbackThursday is a study of Mexico’s Upper Gulf Biosphere Reserve that showed marine reserves can’t succeed by ignoring local communities. Rushing environmental protection without consulting local fishers led to both economic hardship and a failure to save endangered species like the vaquita – true conservation requires collaboration, …
Our research over the last four years has revealed the scale of pressures on seahorses in Peru. Our first assessment along the Peruvian coast by our PhD candidate and researcher, Marta Flotats, estimated that at least 17.3 million Pacific seahorses (Hippocampus ingens) were caught in 2022, mainly as bycatch in non-selective fisheries. Of these, at …
Inspired by #IconicFishes, artist Mayali Geyling created a new way for people around the world to take part in the movement: a collaborative digital mosaic.… Read more
