Advancing marine conservation & science
http://projectseahorse.org | http://iseahorse.org | http://iucn-seahorse.org
Based at @UBCOceans & ZSL
Project Seahorse
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🐟 Team building, but make it iconic! Inspired by #iconicfishes, Team Project Seahorse spent an afternoon painting pottery.
Inspired by Iconic Fishes is our global art movement and no matter what kind of artist you are, we’d love to have you. Learn more: www.iconicfishes.art
Bottom trawling - a destructive fishing practice that indiscriminately brings to market about a quarter of the world’s wild-caught seafood - must stop. @projectseahorse.bsky.social research mentioned. Comments by Dr. Daniel Pauly @seaaroundus.org also referenced. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/08/o...
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
This seahorse cousin was named after Mr. Snuffleupagus from Sesame Street!
#SavingIconicFishes
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...
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
#iSeahorse is our global #citizenscience project hosted on iNaturalist – by uploading photos & details of your seahorse sightings, you can help our scientists fill research gaps to better protect these magical fishes and the seas. Learn more here: www.iseahorse.org
#SavingSeahorses #ProjectSeahorse
🌊 Marine reserves do more than protect species – they also protect how these ecosystems function, helping reefs stay healthy and resilient. Learn more in this week’s #ThrowbackThursday study: https://projectseahorse.org/resource/marine-reserves-drive-change-in-coral-reef-invertebrate-communities/
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
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
#NewPaperAlert Meet Solenostomus snuffleupagus – A newly described species of ghost pipefish, commonly known as the hairy ghost pipefish, was named after Mr. Snuffleupagus from Sesame Street!
Read the full manuscript by our members Dave Harasti & Graham Short here: http://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.70497
IUCN SSC Seahorse, Pipefish and Seadragon Specialist Group
