This week’s #ThrowbackThursday study revealed legal global trade of live seahorses dropped to 7% of historic levels following the listing of seahorses in CITES Apppendix II. But the massive trade of dried seahorses still exists. Read more: https://ow.ly/fOY550Z3gFm
A major #WorldOceanDay moment for our research! Today, The New York Times draws on our recent research, The global diversity of marine fishes caught in bottom trawl fisheries, to argue why it is time to rethink this problematic fishing practice. Read more: https://ow.ly/sAwS50Z93yr
Infographic for our latest paper on bottom trawling. Please share.
Project Seahorse@projectseahorse.bsky.social · 2mo ago️‼️The hidden pressures of bottom trawling. From seahorses to sharks, more than 3,000 fish species have been caught in bottom trawls, including many at risk of extinction, according to our latest study. Learn more: https://projectseahorse.org/bottom-trawling-catches-thousands-of-fish-species/
On this #WorldOceansDay, The New York Times uses our research on the diversity of fishes caught in the worlds bottom trawls to argue why it is time to rethink this widespread and problematic fishing practice. @ubcoceans.bsky.social @projectseahorse.bsky.social @amandavincent.bsky.social
Opinion | 3,000 Different Species Are Killed for Supper. Why Do We Allow It?
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This #WorldOceanDay, we’re calling for greater attention to what bottom trawling catches, what it damages, and what must be protected. https://projectseahorse.org/all-eyes-on-a-healthy-ocean-this-worldoceanday/ #WorldOceanDay2026 #ProjectSeahorse
We are delighted to share a painting by Diandra Madeline, inspired by #IconicFishes for #WorldOceanDay. After visiting UBC’s Beaty Biodiversity Museum and learning about the Inspired by #IconicFishes movement, she was inspired to connect art with conservation. https://ow.ly/MuxF50Z93Z5
Really enjoyed the chance to talk. Thank you. Bottom trawling needs all the attention it can get.
Roland Pease@peaseroland.bsky.social · 3mo agoWe talked about this encouraging news on #BBCInsideScience today, with marine biologist and conservationist @amandavincent.bsky.social - if bottom-trawling bans can work in long-impoverished fisheries round Europe, she argues, the effort should work worldwide.
Our @projectseahorse.bsky.social team is pushing hard on many bottom trawl research projects. These devastating gears are the biggest threat to seahorses... and to many more species, habitats, selective fisheries & food security. Read more: projectseahorse.org/limiting-fis...
end bottom trawling
End bottom trawling - the waste of life is a disaster.
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Today's @nytimes.com powerful editorial on bottom trawling features our @projectseahorse.bsky.social discovery of >3000 fish species caught in bottom trawls (many of them threatened). May this help end bottom trawling @ubcoceans.bsky.social @sarahjfoster.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/06/08/o...
Opinion | 3,000 Different Species Are Killed for Supper. Why Do We Allow It?
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🎥 Watch now: Drawing on more than 20 years of experience with global trade regulations for marine fishes, @amandavincent.bsky.social and @sarahjfoster.bsky.social share insights from three case studies: seahorses, sharks, and humphead wrasse. projectseahorse.org/assessingpol... #ProjectSeahorse
🎥 Watch our talk: Assessing policy implementation in global trade of marine fishes - Project Seahorse
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 In...
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Article on the immense ecological, social and economic costs of bottom trawling. Features research I led with @projectseahorse.bsky.social insideclimatenews.org/news/2704202...
Europe’s Trawlers Extract a Huge ‘Cost to Society’ in Bycatch and Carbon Dioxide - Inside Climate News
Bottom trawlers drag giant nets across the ocean floor, releasing stored CO2 and killing up to 75 percent of the marine life unintentionally caught up in the process.
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This older paper of ours is still of great relevance if you care about bottom trawling in and by China. Please do!
Project Seahorse@projectseahorse.bsky.social · 3mo ago#ThrowbackThursday to our earlier research on China’s bottom trawl fisheries policies (1949–2018). While conservation regulations increased over time, many struggled to be effective. Read more: https://projectseahorse.org/resource/china-policies-bottom-trawl-fisheries/
By far the biggest threat to #seahorses is their incidental capture in bottom trawls. As such, seahorses provide an index of the tremendous intensity of bottom trawling. @amandavincent.bsky.social @projectseahorse.bsky.social theconversation.com/bottom-trawl... via @theconversation.com
Bottom trawling is scraping oceans of wildlife
Bottom trawling operates by dragging large, weighted nets across the ocean floor, sweeping up most of the life they encounter along the way and destroying habitats.
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If you have a moment, please have a read...
Sarah Foster@sarahjfoster.bsky.social · 3mo agoIn this piece for The Conversation, we present the findings and consequences of research that set out to answer what should be basic questions in fisheries: how many fish species are being caught in bottom trawl nets, and what are they? @amandavincent.bsky.social theconversation.com/bottom-trawl...
Delighted that our @projectseahorse.bsky.social paper in Journal of Fish Biology has been one of the most viewed. Our #iconicfishes need the love. Congratulations Elsa Camins and Miguel Correia
It was wonderfully interesting to draw together everything known about four families of these muscially named #iconicfishes... trumpetfishes, bellowsfishes, cornetfishes and ghost pipefishes. Please join our art movement to support them: iconicfishes.art
UBC Oceans@ubcoceans.bsky.social · 3mo agoRESEARCH: The state of knowledge on four families of Syngnathoidei fishes (Teleostei: Syngnathiformes): Aulostomidae, Centriscidae, Fistulariidae and Solenostomidae. Authored by @amandavincent.bsky.social @projectseahorse.bsky.social doi.org/10.1111/jfb....
What seemed like a simple question led to a new research project... with big results.
UBC Oceans@ubcoceans.bsky.social · 5mo agoRESEARCH: Global diversity of marine #fishes caught in #bottomtrawl #fisheries. Authored by @amandavincent.bsky.social and the @projectseahorse.bsky.social team. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
You might want to browse our new paper on coral damage and resilience...
Project Seahorse@projectseahorse.bsky.social · 8mo ago🌊 New paper alert 🌊 Findings reveal coral reefs 🪸 are under pressure, but they do better in marine protected areas, deeper waters, & compact reef patches. 🔗👉Learn more: projectseahorse.org/coral-reef-s... @ubcoceans.bsky.social @amandavincent.bsky.social
📣 Call for videos and photos 📣 We urgently need visual resources to help advance our conservation mission. We would be so grateful for your 🎥videos and 📸photos, for non-commercial use. More details here: https://projectseahorse.org/call-for-videos-and-photos/ 🌊 Please help us spread the word!
Hippocampus denise, nicknamed “Hippocampus santa”🎄🎅 by the diving community in Indonesia. This seahorse doesn’t bring gifts, but spotting one is a gift in itself. If you spot one, don't forget to share your sightings with #iSeahorse on #iNaturalist. 🔗 Learn more: projectseahorse.org/meet-santa-o...
Meet Santa of the sea! - Project Seahorse
Hippocampus denise, nicknamed “Hippocampus santa” by the diving community in Indonesia because of its festive red and white colours. This seahorse Santa doesn’t bring gifts, but spotting one is a gift...
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🌊 Whether you paint 🎨, dance 💃, doodle ✏️, weave 🧵, write ✍️, design jewellery 💎, compose music 🎶, build Legos 🧩, cut potato prints 🥔or create in ways we haven’t even imagined, this is your invitation to join a global arts movement Inspired by #IconicFishes Take part 👉 www.iconicfishes.art/participate
How cool are these stickers inspired by #IconicFishes! We’re so grateful for artists like divermonart.com who help spark wonder & awe for these magical species! Feeling inspired? 🎨Start here 👉 www.iconicfishes.art/participate 💪🌊Together, let's give these fishes the spotlight they deserve! 🌊💪
How can you contribute to #iconicfishes with your creativity... or by spotting others' arts?
Iconic Fishes@iconicfishes.bsky.social · 8mo ago🎨 Excited to share this beautiful collaboration inspired by #IconicFishes from the Philippines! 🇵🇭 Artist Kathleen created this stunning work, now being used by at the Philippine Seahorse Program to support seahorse conservation efforts. 🔗 www.iconicfishes.art/updates/seah...
Diving into this video is a very special experience. Find the 9 seahorses! Thanks so much for sharing, Olivier.
Iconic Fishes@iconicfishes.bsky.social · 8mo ago🌊✨Introducing art & artist of the month, Ambassador by Olivier Leger. This intricate painting shows a #seahorse carrying the seagrass meadow - revealing the hidden treasures of this vital habitat. 🔗 Explore the #art & story: www.iconicfishes.art/updates/ambassadorbyOlivier #IconicFishes
This art is spectacular, on so many layers. Dive deep into the ambassador and see her messages.
Iconic Fishes@iconicfishes.bsky.social · 8mo ago🌊✨Introducing art & artist of the month, Ambassador by Olivier Leger. This intricate painting shows a #seahorse carrying the seagrass meadow - revealing the hidden treasures of this vital habitat. 🔗 Explore the #art & story here: www.iconicfishes.art/updates/ambassadorbyolivier #IconicFishes
So proud of what @iucnseahorse.bsky.social & @projectseahorse.bsky.social contribute to regulating international trade in seahorses for sustainability and legality.
IUCN SSC Seahorse, Pipefish and Seadragon Specialist Group@iucnseahorse.bsky.social · 8mo agoDr. Sarah Foster (@sarahjfoster.bsky.social), our Focal Point for Global Fisheries and Trade, is championing #seahorses at #CITESCoP20. If you see her around, do say hello, and be sure to join our side event "Global Action for Seahorses" on 29 Nov! Learn more 👉 www.iucn-seahorse.org/cites
Dr. Sarah Foster (@sarahjfoster.bsky.social), our Focal Point for Global Fisheries and Trade, is championing #seahorses at #CITESCoP20. If you see her around, do say hello, and be sure to join our side event "Global Action for Seahorses" on 29 Nov! Learn more 👉 www.iucn-seahorse.org/cites
Please spread the news to colleagues at #CITESCoP20
IUCN SSC Seahorse, Pipefish and Seadragon Specialist Group@iucnseahorse.bsky.social · 9mo agoWill you be at #CITESCop20? So will Dr. Sarah Foster @sarahjfoster.bsky.social, our Focal Point for Global Fisheries and Trade. If you spot her, please say hello, & be sure to join our side event "Global Action for Seahorses" on 29 Nov! 👉 www.iucn-seahorse.org/cites #CoP20Samarkand #Uzbekistan
This is so special. Making art about bottom trawling and #IconicFishes. Watch and enjoy.
Iconic Fishes@iconicfishes.bsky.social · 9mo ago🎥 Watch The Making of "Ratapan Lautan" (Lament of the Ocean) by Pangrok Sulap & the fishing community in Kudat, Sabah, Malaysia. This powerful artwork shows that #art & #conservation can interact beautifully, inspired by #IconicFishes 💙🌊 Learn more: www.iconicfishes.art/updates/pres...
🌊This #WorldFisheriesDay, we’re highlighting three ways we are reconciling fisheries with marine conservation, at all scales. To learn more, visit www.projectseahorse.org #ProjectSeahorse #SustainableFisheries #EndBottomTrawling #AdvancingMarineConservation #SavingSeahorses
