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Species Spotlight

This tiny seahorse - 2cm tall - is protected in Australian waters.   It is only found on gorgorgian corals.

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

Staff Spotlight

Research Associate

CITES, conservation and geopolitics

3 Aug 2011

Dr. Amanda Vincent, Director of Project Seahorse, reports from the latest meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, or CITES. Read the latest news about marine conservation in West Africa and the Indo-Pacific. Read her blog here.