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1. Tropical shrimp trawlers mostly catch small fish species as bycatch, and commitments to ecosystem-based management and food supply demand adjustment of such bycatch to sustainable levels....
News
May 15, 2013
Volunteer Divers in Marine Protected Areas (Philippines), Sept/Oct 2013
Project Seahorse and its NGO partner in the Philippines are seeking volunteer, certified SCUBA divers (minimum 15 logged...
Press Release
April 15, 2013
A rare double-barrier reef in the Philippines is facing grave threats and urgently needs increased protection, according to new photographic evidence released today by a team of marine...
News
May 15, 2013
Volunteer Divers in Marine Protected Areas (Philippines), Sept/Oct 2013
Project Seahorse and its NGO partner in the Philippines are seeking volunteer, certified SCUBA divers (minimum 15 logged...
News
March 14, 2013
The Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) today announced new trade protections for sharks and rays — a decision informed by the work of Project Seahorse scientists....
News
March 7, 2013
An international team of researchers led by Project Seahorse’s Dr. Amanda Vincent this week released a paper that could drive new trade protections for five species of sharks and for manta rays....
News
March 6, 2013
Project Seahorse is thrilled to announce Expedition: Danajon Bank, an exciting new collaboration with the world’s top nature photographers to document a rare and threatened double-barrier reef...
Press Release
April 15, 2013
A rare double-barrier reef in the Philippines is facing grave threats and urgently needs increased protection, according to new photographic evidence released today by a team of marine...
Press Release
March 5, 2013
Marine scientists and the world’s top nature photographers are teaming up to reveal for the first time the beauty of a rare double-barrier reef in the Philippines – and the imminent threats it faces...
Press Release
June 23, 2011
CEBU CITY, PHILIPPINES — On June 27-29, 2011, leading international and Filipino scientists and resource managers will meet in Cebu City to address one of the Philippines’ most intractable problems:...
Press Release
September 7, 2010
A species of seahorse unique to the waters of the Gulf Coast could face extinction because of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, warns marine conservation organization Project Seahorse.
Without careful...
Position Statement
April 18, 2009
Project Seahorse recognizes that a sustainable trade in syngnathids for the public aquarium market has a role to play in the conservation of seahorses and pipefishes (syngnathids). All consumers of...
Position Statement
April 18, 2009
Project Seahorse supports environmentally and socially responsible syngnathid aquaculture. Syngnathid aquaculture has received much attention recently both as a potentially lucrative commercial...
Position Statement
April 18, 2009
Project Seahorse encourages the careful management of captive syngnathids so as to ensure that casual releases into natural habitats do not occur. Syngnathid populations are threatened in some parts...
Position Statement
April 18, 2009
Project Seahorse cautions against mating across different species (hybridization) of seahorses and pipefishes (syngnathids). Trade in hybrid offspring of such matings may compromise captive breeding...
Last reviewed: 9-May-2011
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