The University of British Columbia
UBC - A Place of Mind
The University of British Columbia Vancouver campus
Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries
  • Home
  • About
    • Our Building
    • History
    • Vision, Mission
    • Career Opportunities
    • Sustainability
    • Equity, Diversity & Inclusion
    • Health & Safety
  • People
    • Faculty
    • Research Faculty
    • Postdoctoral Fellows
    • Staff
    • Students
    • Alumni
  • Research
    • Impacts
    • Research Themes
    • Research Units
    • Research Excellence
    • Publications
      • Research Reports
      • Working Papers
      • Journal articles
      • Books
      • Book Chapters and Reports
      • IOF Newsletters
      • Archives
    • Partnerships
  • Graduate Program
    • Prospective Students
    • Current Students
    • Funding
    • IOF Student Society
  • Courses
    • Vancouver Summer Program
  • News and Events
    • News
    • IOF Seminars
    • IOF webinar series
    • Media Coverage
    • Events
/ Home / Project Seahorse

Media Contact

Katherine Came
Communications Manager
Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries
Email: k.came_at_oceans.ubc.ca
Office: 604-827-4325

Alex Walls
Media Relations Specialist
UBC Media Relations
Email: alex.walls_at_ubc.ca
Office: 604-822-4636

Project Seahorse

CITES makes a difference to the trade in live seahorses

CITES makes a difference to the trade in live seahorses

Project Seahorse reports on the first quantitative analysis of how CITES has influenced the international trade in marine fishes.

Posted in 2022, IOFNews, News Release, Research | Tagged with CITES, international trade, IOF Research Associates, Project Seahorse, Sarah Foster, seahorses

Changes in the international trade in live seahorses (Hippocampus spp.) after their listing on CITES Appendix II

Changes in the international trade in live seahorses (Hippocampus spp.) after their listing on CITES Appendix II

This new Fisheries Centre Research Report (FCRR) investigates the international live trade in seahorses.

Posted in 2021, IOFNews, News Release, Research | Tagged with Amanda Vincent, CITES, Faculty, FCRR, IOF Research Associates, IUCN, Project Seahorse, Publications, Sarah Foster, seahorses

© Filip Staes, Guylian Seahorses of the World Photography Competition 2016

FCRR: Identifying national conservation status, legislation and priorities for syngnathid fishes globally

This research, conducted by Project Seahorse, provides in-depth assessments on the gaps in global extinction risk assessments with particular focus on Syngnathid fishes (seahorses, pipefishes, pipehorses, and seadragons).

Posted in 2021, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Amanda Vincent, Conservation, Faculty, FCRR, international trade, IOF Research Associates, IUCN, Project Seahorse, Publications, Sarah Foster, seahorses, Species extinction

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

CITES can – and should – improve its remedial process for countries that tolerate unsustainable trade

CITES can – and should – improve its remedial process for countries that tolerate unsustainable trade

“We did this study because we want to see CITES be all it can be.”

Posted in 2021, IOFNews, News Release, Research | Tagged with CITES, Faculty, Illegal fishing, international trade, IOF Research Associates, Project Seahorse, Sarah Foster, seahorses, Sustainability

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

Amanda Vincent named Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada

Dr. Amanda Vincent has been named as one of The Royal Society of Canada (RSC)’s newest Fellows.

Posted in 2020, IOF Honours, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Amanda Vincent, Awards, Conservation, Project Seahorse

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

Hippocampus kuda. Photo: Lindsay Aylesworth/Project Seahorse

FCRR – The catch and trade of seahorses in India pre-ban

This FCRR report documents the first seahorse trade surveys and analyses conducted by Project Seahorse in India, in 1999.

Posted in 2020, IOFNews, News Release, Research | Tagged with Amanda Vincent, CITES, Faculty, FCRR, IOF students, Project Seahorse, Publications, seahorses

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • Next
Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries
Faculty of Science
Vancouver Campus
The University of British Columbia
AERL, 2202 Main Mall
Vancouver, BC Canada V6T 1Z4
Tel 604 822 2731
Website oceans.ubc.ca
Email info@oceans.ubc.ca
Find us on
    
Back to top
The University of British Columbia
  • Emergency Procedures |
  • Terms of Use |
  • Copyright |
  • Accessibility