Advancing marine conservation
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 …
Insights from Dr Sarah Foster, Project Seahorse Program Leader, reporting from CoP20 in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. I’m honoured to be at the 20th meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Conference of the Parties (CoP), representing the IUCN as the Focal Point for global fisheries and trade …
Alvarado, A.C (Sep 30, 2025) From South America to Asia, seahorses vanish into trafficking pipeline. Mongabay (Article)
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/09/from-south-america-to-asia-seahorses-vanish-into-trafficking-pipeline/… Read more
Laing, R. (2025) A drop in the ocean? Not for millions of seahorses… This Wild Earth, Issue 3, pages 14-15. https://online.flippingbook.com/view/464167519/14/… Read more
Hassan, H. with illustrations by LeSage, B. (July 24, 2025) How Project Seahorse is confronting illegal wildlife trade. The Ubyssey (Article) https://ubyssey.ca/research/seahorse-illegal-trade/… Read more
Lepage, C. (June 8, 2025) Millions of seahorses worth $29M smuggled illegally, study finds. CBC News (Article) https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/seahorse-smuggling-study-1.7554840… Read more
Congratulations to our alum Tanvi Vaidyanathan, and Dr. Sarah Foster and Dr. Amanda Vincent, whose paper “A practical approach to meeting national obligations for sustainable trade under CITES” won third place in Conservation Biology’s ‘Rising Star’ award competition.… Read more
Kuta, S. (June 6, 2025) Seahorse smuggling is a big problem, despite global efforts to protect these beloved aquatic creatures. Smithsonian Magazine. (Article) https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/seahorse-smuggling-is-a-big-problem-despite-global-efforts-to-protect-these-beloved-aquatic-creatures-180986757/… Read more
The Early Edition with Stephen Quinn – June 4, 2025: Millions of seahorses traded illegally, study finds. CBC The Early Edition. (Audio) https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-91-the-early-edition/clip/16150374-millions-seahorses-traded-illegally-study-finds… Read more
Saueurs, C. (June 2, 2025) Dead, dried and hidden in cargo: The global illegal seahorse trade is growing fast. euronews. (Article) https://www.euronews.com/green/2025/06/02/dead-dried-and-hidden-in-cargo-the-global-illegal-seahorse-trade-is-growing-fast… Read more
