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.

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

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/#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.

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...

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...

🎥 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

Article on the immense ecological, social and economic costs of bottom trawling. Features research I led with @projectseahorse.bsky.social insideclimatenews.org/news/2704202...

This older paper of ours is still of great relevance if you care about bottom trawling in and by China. Please do!

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

If you have a moment, please have a read...

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

What seemed like a simple question led to a new research project... with big results.

You might want to browse our new paper on coral damage and resilience...

📣 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...

🌊 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?

Diving into this video is a very special experience. Find the 9 seahorses! Thanks so much for sharing, Olivier.

This art is spectacular, on so many layers. Dive deep into the ambassador and see her messages.

So proud of what @iucnseahorse.bsky.social & @projectseahorse.bsky.social contribute to regulating international trade in seahorses for sustainability and legality.

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

This is so special. Making art about bottom trawling and #IconicFishes. Watch and enjoy.

🌊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

Mongabay launches dedicated Oceans Desk to expand global reporting on marine ecosystems news.mongabay.com/2025/11/mong... 🧪🦑🌎

Tell us about where you have seen our #IconicFishes (seahorses. pipefishes, pipehorses, seadragons, cornetfishes, trumpetfishes, bellowsfishes and ghost pipefishes) in artistic form. And have a go at capturing their magic in in your own making and creating!

Myself, I think they are more gorgeous than scary. We have just completed a review of their biology... and are awaiting a verdict from the journal. #IconicFishes

Air Canada says it "is the first airline in North America to obtain IATA’s Illegal Wildlife Trade (IWT) certification", making 11 key commitments to help disrupt the trafficking of wildlife. Read more here. www.aircanada.com/ca/en/aco/ho...

Want to know the shark and ray fisheries regulations in Europe, see handy link from the @sharktrust #Elasmo25 www.sharktrust.org/Pages/Catego...

First Nations have announced three new marine refuges along British Columbia's North Coast, protecting sensitive habitat for salmon, herring, seabirds, and seals. 🌊 🔗 Read more: www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/17/n...

Help @projectseahorse.bsky.social and @iucnseahorse.bsky.social get the world passionately excited about our #iconicfishes. Create and make... and tell us about others who create and make.

Please help excite people about our #IconicFishes.

‼️REMINDER: 2027 Indianapolis Prize Award Entries 🏆 2027 Indy Prize Nominations 🌟 2027 Emerging Conservationists 📅Both close: Feb. 27, 20267 🔗Nominate or apply: bit.ly/46Sajxr

Assessment of trawling impacts on 10 Vulnerable Marine Ecosystem indicator taxa (e.g. cold-water corals) across New Zealand waters show that 30 years of trawling reduced VME area by 20.8 %, with losses up to 40.7 % in some bioregions. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Proud to be part of an amazing group of dedicated conservationists, working to save seahorses and their seas. See what we got up to in 2024...

Hey, some #iconicfishes from Malaysia. Where have you spotted our wondrous fishes? www.iconicfishes.art

Spotted more of our #IconicFishes today. Would love to see some handknitted clothing with #seahorses! Read all about our arts movement for conservation... and consider what you might contribute, as a crafter, artist, musician, dancer, baker or maker! www.iconicfishes.art.

In a Letter to the Editor to Nature... four marine leaders call for an end to bottom trawling in MPAs tinyurl.com/3pnx952x

Sharing #trumpetfish art inspired by #IconicFishes. This super cute Pacific trumpetfish was illustrated by Yuri Katayama. Feeling inspired, too? 🎨 Visit www.iconicfishes.art 💙💪 Together, let’s give these fishes the spotlight they deserve. 💪💙 #OceanArt #ArtforNature #ConservationArt

Passing through the shop @beatymuseum.bsky.social and spotted one of our #IconicFishes on a tea cloth/dish towel. Hooray for the wondrous seadragons. @iconicfishes.bsky.social Visit www.iconicfishes.art

So many seahorses around Puerto Vallarta, Mexico - a place dear to my heart after spending a year near there living on board #bottomtrawlers for my PhD research. Perhaps our #iconicfishes can inspire a transition toward more sustainable fishing methods in the Gulf of California.

We need to spread the news that fish are indeed wildlife! "The fish [falling from the sky] damaged the windshield ... there was some confusion when [XX] tried to make the wildlife collision claim under her insurance, with one adjustor telling her fish isn’t wildlife" www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Hey look at the playground art at the #BCFerries terminal at Swartz Bay, British Columbia. Inspired by #IconicFishes @iconicfishes.bsky.social Love that kids waiting for the ferry are encountering seahorses.

Definitive ‘A global assessment of #dugong status and conservation needs’, just released by The Convention of Migratory Species/UNEP/Dugong MOU. You can watch the excellent 7 minute synopsis here: youtube.com/watch?v=9qhsW0-dYfU&feature=youtu.be @sscmarine.bsky.social