Media Contact

Tyler Stiem
Communications Manager
email: t.stiem@fisheries.ubc.ca
tel: +1 604-827-5142

Species Spotlight

Lined Seahorse (H. erectus)

H. erectus develops elaborate skin fronds and has variable forms and may represent more than one species.

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"I watched the boy comb the stubbly seaweed with his fingers. I thought of a gold prospector sifting sand for nuggets."
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Staff Spotlight

Danika Kleiber
PhD Candidate

Featured Resource

Assessing ecological changes in and around marine reserves using community perceptions and biological surveys
1. Well-enforced partial or total no-fishing zones (collectively known as marine protected areas, or MPAs) can help restore degraded coral reefs and enhance fish populations. 2. A comparison was...
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Saving seahorses means saving our seas

8 Jun 2011

In this new video, produced by Invasive Films, Dr. Heather Koldewey and Dr. Amanda Vincent talk about seahorses, the threats they face, and how Project Seahorse's work to protect them advances the broader cause of marine conservation. Seahorses suffer from many of the same pressures and benefit from many of the same interventions as other marine life. 

Project Seahorse from Invasive Films on Vimeo.