Program Leader @ ProjectSeahorse.org; Senior Researcher @ oceans.ubc.ca, The University of British Columbia; Focal Point for Global Fisheries and Trade @ iucn-seahorse.org. Goal - Save seahorses by constraining bottom trawling.
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On this Earth Day, let's not forget that the Earth is 71% ocean, and that rethinking bottom trawling is one of the most important things we need to do to achieve ocean health — for people and planet. 🌊🌍
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When we talk about fisheries, it’s our last wild food source that we consume on the regular. And this is not farming. It is going out into the wilderness and bulldozing wildlife.
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In 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
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Article on the immense ecological, social and economic costs of bottom trawling. Features research I led with @projectseahorse.bsky.social
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🌊 New paper alert 🌊
Our latest study takes a deep dive into the relatives of seahorses, a group of fascinating but often understudied fishes.
projectseahorse.org/new-study-qu...
Sarah Foster
We are excited to share artwork from our #IconicFishes community in the Philippines! With their long snouts, gripping tails, and upright swimming posture, seahorses are truly unique. Artist Karyl Dagoc brings this magical fish into the spotlight, making it one of 18 artworks displayed at our event.
🤔 Do you know how many marine fish species bottom trawls catch?
Our new paper recorded nearly 3,000 species “Our estimates suggest the true number could be double that,” @sarahjfoster.bsky.social said.
Great to see this covered by @mongabay.com
Check it out here: news.mongabay.com/short-articl...
From seahorses to sharks, 3,000+ fish species have been caught in bottom trawls, including those most at risk. Our new global inventory shows that what’s recorded is only a glimpse of the true toll of bottom trawling. https://projectseahorse.org/bottom-trawling-catches-thousands-of-fish-species/
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.
insideclimatenews.org
Sarah Foster
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How many marine fish species do bottom trawls catch? Researchers now have a list, and it’s long, running to some 3,000 species, according to a recent study. Bottom trawling is a commercially popular, ...
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.
Our latest research underscores the need for fisheries and managers to fully account for the extensive pressures that bottom trawls impose on marine fishes.
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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
How many marine fish species do bottom trawls catch? Researchers now have a list, and it’s long, running to some 3,000 species, according to a recent study. Bottom trawling is a commercially popular, ...
From seahorses to sharks, 3,000+ fish species have been caught in bottom trawls, including those most at risk. Our new global inventory shows that what’s recorded is only a glimpse of the true toll of bottom trawling. https://projectseahorse.org/bottom-trawling-catches-thousands-of-fish-species/
