Advancing marine conservation
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 …
Governments have made promises to protect seahorses from illegal and unsustainable trade. At the upcoming 34th meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Animals Committee, taking place July 13-17 in Geneva, Switzerland, Project Seahorse will be there to help make sure governments follow through. Our program leader, Dr. Sarah Foster will be in attendance as the Focal Point for Global Fisheries and Trade for the IUCN SSC Seahorse, Pipefish and Seadragon Specialist Group, which we host.… Read more
We are delighted to present Achievements 2025, a look back on a remarkable year of action, collaboration, and growing momentum in marine conservation, with seahorses guiding our mission.
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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 …
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
