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Hippocampus kuda. Photo: Lindsay Aylesworth/Project Seahorse

New Working Paper: A practical approach to meeting national obligations for sustainable trade under CITES

This pragmatic geographic analysis provides managers in India with a tractable route towards regulating seahorse exports at sustainable levels.

Posted in 2022, IOFNews, Research | Tagged with Amanda Vincent, bottom trawling, CITES, Conservation, India, Project Seahorse, Publications, Sarah Harper, seahorses, Sustainability

2021 World Ocean Day – Dr. Sarah Foster

2021 World Ocean Day – Dr. Sarah Foster

One way to help seahorses thrive is to secure their habitat using marine protected areas (MPA). However, MPAs aren’t always as protected as the name implies.

Posted in Research, World Ocean Day 2021 | Tagged with bottom trawling, IOF Research Associates, Marine protected areas, Project Seahorse, Sarah Foster, Sustainability, World Ocean Day

2021 World Ocean Week – June 7-11

2021 World Ocean Week – June 7-11

We asked ocean researchers from the IOF to envision how the target of protecting at least 30% of the world’s oceans by 2030 might be achieved.

Posted in 2021, IOFNews, News Release, Research, World Ocean Day 2021 | Tagged with Blue economy, bottom trawling, Conservation, CORU, FERU, fisheries economics, food webs, Gabriel Reygondeau, Hakai Coastal Initiative, human dimensions, international trade, IOF postdoctoral fellows, IOF Research Associates, Jacqueline Maud, Louise Teh, Marine protected areas, Overfishing, Pelagic Ecosystems Lab, plankton, Project Seahorse, Sarah Foster, Sustainability, Vicky Lam, Women in Science, World Ocean Day, zooplankton

China’s policy efforts to limit bottom trawling are not working

China’s policy efforts to limit bottom trawling are not working

By tracking the changes in China’s bottom trawl fishing policies from the 1950s to today and found that these policies are not working

Posted in 2020, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Amanda Vincent, bottom trawling, fisheries management, fishing gear, fishing practices, IOF postdoctoral fellows, Project Seahorse, Sustainability, Xiong Zhang

Dr. Amanda Vincent

UBC seahorse expert wins world’s top animal conservation award

Amanda Vincent becomes first marine conservationist to win Indianapolis Prize

Posted in 2020, IOF Honours, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Amanda Vincent, Awards, bottom trawling, Conservation, fishing gear, fishing practices, IOF announcement, Project Seahorse, seahorses

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