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Project Seahorse’s new study highlights the value of community science for seahorse monitoring and conservation

Project Seahorse’s new study highlights the value of community science for seahorse monitoring and conservation

“Harnessing Community Science for Seahorse Population Monitoring: Insights from the iSeahorse Program in Tampa Bay” was published in Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. The study showcases the important role of community science in monitoring seahorse populations to support conservation efforts.

Posted in 2025, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Amanda Vincent, citizen science, community, Faculty, fisheries management, Florida, IOF Research Associates, IOF staff, iSeahorse, Miguel Correia, Project Seahorse, seahorses

Citizen scientists contribute vital information about 35 seahorse species: their geographic ranges, habitats, and pregnancy seasonality

Citizen scientists contribute vital information about 35 seahorse species: their geographic ranges, habitats, and pregnancy seasonality

Thanks to diligent observers, seahorses, those enigmatic and charismatic fish, are not only being discovered in new habitats and expanded geographic ranges, they are also being found at new ocean depths. While their capacity for male pregnancy has long fascinated people, new information on sex ratio and pregnancy seasonality has been discovered by, well, you. […]

Posted in 2024, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Amanda Vincent, citizen science, Conservation, Faculty, IOF students, iSeahorse, IUCN, Project Seahorse, Research, seahorses

Illustrated catalogue with local artwork showcases the Transient Killer Whales of Central and Northern California and Oregon – the ‘wolves of the sea’

Illustrated catalogue with local artwork showcases the Transient Killer Whales of Central and Northern California and Oregon – the ‘wolves of the sea’

Science is not just for scientists. Citizen science has been instrumental in helping us understand more about the elusive, but majestic, transient killer whales.

Posted in 2023, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Andrew Trites, citizen science, Faculty, IOF students, Josh McInnes, Marine Mammal Research Unit, Pacific, Publications, Research, whales

New FCRR: Comprehensive review of advances in life history knowledge for 35 seahorse species, drawn from community science

New FCRR: Comprehensive review of advances in life history knowledge for 35 seahorse species, drawn from community science

In this Fisheries Centre Research Report the authors have undertaken the task of synthesizing and analyzing data contributed to the iSeahorse community science project.

Posted in 2023, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Amanda Vincent, citizen science, Faculty, IOF Research Associates, iSeahorse, Miguel Correia, Project Seahorse, Publications, Research, seahorses

Global seahorse conservation platform celebrates citizen science milestone

Global seahorse conservation platform celebrates citizen science milestone

Dennis Rabeling’s observation of the short-snouted seahorse (Hippocampus hippocampus) species, was citizen community science platform iSeahorse’s 10,000th observation.

Posted in 2023, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Amanda Vincent, citizen science, Conservation, Faculty, IOF Research Associates, iSeahorse, IUCN, Project Seahorse, Sarah Foster, seahorses

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