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Amanda Vincent

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Project Seahorse @projectseahorse.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
This week’s #ThrowbackThursday study revealed legal global trade of live seahorses dropped to 7% of historic levels following the listing of seahorses in CITES Apppendix II. But the massive trade of dried seahorses still exists. Read more: ow.ly/fOY550Z3gFm
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Project Seahorse @projectseahorse.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
A major #WorldOceanDay moment for our research! Today, The New York Times draws on our recent research, The global diversity of marine fishes caught in bottom trawl fisheries, to argue why it is time to rethink this problematic fishing practice. Read more: ow.ly/sAwS50Z93yr
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Amanda Vincent @amandavincent.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Infographic for our latest paper on bottom trawling. Please share.
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Sarah Foster @sarahjfoster.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
On this #WorldOceansDay, The New York Times uses our research on the diversity of fishes caught in the worlds bottom trawls to argue why it is time to rethink this widespread and problematic fishing practice. @ubcoceans.bsky.social @projectseahorse.bsky.social @amandavincent.bsky.social
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Opinion | 3,000 Different Species Are Killed for Supper. Why Do We Allow It?
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Project Seahorse @projectseahorse.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
This #WorldOceanDay, we’re calling for greater attention to what bottom trawling catches, what it damages, and what must be protected. projectseahorse.org/all-eyes-on-a-h… #WorldOceanDay2026 #ProjectSeahorse
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Iconic Fishes @iconicfishes.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
We are delighted to share a painting by Diandra Madeline, inspired by #IconicFishes for #WorldOceanDay. After visiting UBC’s Beaty Biodiversity Museum and learning about the Inspired by #IconicFishes movement, she was inspired to connect art with conservation. ow.ly/MuxF50Z93Z5
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Amanda Vincent @amandavincent.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Really enjoyed the chance to talk. Thank you. Bottom trawling needs all the attention it can get.
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Amanda Vincent @amandavincent.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Our @projectseahorse.bsky.social team is pushing hard on many bottom trawl research projects. These devastating gears are the biggest threat to seahorses... and to many more species, habitats, selective fisheries & food security. Read more: projectseahorse.org/limiting-fis...
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end bottom trawling
End bottom trawling - the waste of life is a disaster.
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Amanda Vincent @amandavincent.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Today's @nytimes.com powerful editorial on bottom trawling features our @projectseahorse.bsky.social discovery of >3000 fish species caught in bottom trawls (many of them threatened). May this help end bottom trawling @ubcoceans.bsky.social @sarahjfoster.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/06/08/o...
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Opinion | 3,000 Different Species Are Killed for Supper. Why Do We Allow It?
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Project Seahorse @projectseahorse.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
🎥 Watch now: Drawing on more than 20 years of experience with global trade regulations for marine fishes, @amandavincent.bsky.social and @sarahjfoster.bsky.social share insights from three case studies: seahorses, sharks, and humphead wrasse. projectseahorse.org/assessingpol... #ProjectSeahorse
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🎥 Watch our talk: Assessing policy implementation in global trade of marine fishes - Project Seahorse
Our Director, Dr Amanda Vincent, and Program Leader, Dr Sarah Foster, share how conservation policies move from agreements on paper to action on the ground for marine fishes in a recent talk at the In...
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Sarah Foster @sarahjfoster.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Article on the immense ecological, social and economic costs of bottom trawling. Features research I led with @projectseahorse.bsky.social insideclimatenews.org/news/2704202...
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Europe’s Trawlers Extract a Huge ‘Cost to Society’ in Bycatch and Carbon Dioxide - Inside Climate News
Bottom trawlers drag giant nets across the ocean floor, releasing stored CO2 and killing up to 75 percent of the marine life unintentionally caught up in the process.
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Amanda Vincent @amandavincent.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
This older paper of ours is still of great relevance if you care about bottom trawling in and by China. Please do!
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UBC Oceans @ubcoceans.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
By far the biggest threat to #seahorses is their incidental capture in bottom trawls. As such, seahorses provide an index of the tremendous intensity of bottom trawling. @amandavincent.bsky.social @projectseahorse.bsky.social theconversation.com/bottom-trawl... via @theconversation.com
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Bottom trawling is scraping oceans of wildlife
Bottom trawling operates by dragging large, weighted nets across the ocean floor, sweeping up most of the life they encounter along the way and destroying habitats.
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Amanda Vincent @amandavincent.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
If you have a moment, please have a read...
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Amanda Vincent @amandavincent.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Delighted that our @projectseahorse.bsky.social paper in Journal of Fish Biology has been one of the most viewed. Our #iconicfishes need the love. Congratulations Elsa Camins and Miguel Correia
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Amanda Vincent @amandavincent.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
It was wonderfully interesting to draw together everything known about four families of these muscially named #iconicfishes... trumpetfishes, bellowsfishes, cornetfishes and ghost pipefishes. Please join our art movement to support them: iconicfishes.art
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Amanda Vincent @amandavincent.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
What seemed like a simple question led to a new research project... with big results.
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Amanda Vincent @amandavincent.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
You might want to browse our new paper on coral damage and resilience...
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Project Seahorse @projectseahorse.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
📣 Call for videos and photos 📣 We urgently need visual resources to help advance our conservation mission. We would be so grateful for your 🎥videos and 📸photos, for non-commercial use. More details here: projectseahorse.org/call-for-videos… 🌊 Please help us spread the word!
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Project Seahorse @projectseahorse.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Hippocampus denise, nicknamed “Hippocampus santa”🎄🎅 by the diving community in Indonesia. This seahorse doesn’t bring gifts, but spotting one is a gift in itself. If you spot one, don't forget to share your sightings with #iSeahorse on #iNaturalist. 🔗 Learn more: projectseahorse.org/meet-santa-o...
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Meet Santa of the sea! - Project Seahorse
Hippocampus denise, nicknamed “Hippocampus santa” by the diving community in Indonesia because of its festive red and white colours. This seahorse Santa doesn’t bring gifts, but spotting one is a gift...
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Iconic Fishes @iconicfishes.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
🌊 Whether you paint 🎨, dance 💃, doodle ✏️, weave 🧵, write ✍️, design jewellery 💎, compose music 🎶, build Legos 🧩, cut potato prints 🥔or create in ways we haven’t even imagined, this is your invitation to join a global arts movement Inspired by #IconicFishes Take part 👉 www.iconicfishes.art/participate
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Iconic Fishes @iconicfishes.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
How cool are these stickers inspired by #IconicFishes! We’re so grateful for artists like divermonart.com who help spark wonder & awe for these magical species! Feeling inspired? 🎨Start here 👉 www.iconicfishes.art/participate 💪🌊Together, let's give these fishes the spotlight they deserve! 🌊💪
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Amanda Vincent @amandavincent.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
How can you contribute to #iconicfishes with your creativity... or by spotting others' arts?
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Amanda Vincent @amandavincent.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Diving into this video is a very special experience. Find the 9 seahorses! Thanks so much for sharing, Olivier.
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Amanda Vincent @amandavincent.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
This art is spectacular, on so many layers. Dive deep into the ambassador and see her messages.
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Amanda Vincent @amandavincent.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
So proud of what @iucnseahorse.bsky.social & @projectseahorse.bsky.social contribute to regulating international trade in seahorses for sustainability and legality.
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IUCN SSC Seahorse, Pipefish and Seadragon Specialist Group @iucnseahorse.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Dr. Sarah Foster (@sarahjfoster.bsky.social), our Focal Point for Global Fisheries and Trade, is championing #seahorses at #CITESCoP20. If you see her around, do say hello, and be sure to join our side event "Global Action for Seahorses" on 29 Nov! Learn more 👉 www.iucn-seahorse.org/cites
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Amanda Vincent @amandavincent.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Please spread the news to colleagues at #CITESCoP20
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Amanda Vincent @amandavincent.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
This is so special. Making art about bottom trawling and #IconicFishes. Watch and enjoy.
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Project Seahorse @projectseahorse.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
🌊This #WorldFisheriesDay, we’re highlighting three ways we are reconciling fisheries with marine conservation, at all scales. To learn more, visit www.projectseahorse.org #ProjectSeahorse #SustainableFisheries #EndBottomTrawling #AdvancingMarineConservation #SavingSeahorses
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Mongabay launches dedicated Oceans Desk to expand global reporting on marine ecosystems news.mongabay.com/2025/11/mong... 🧪🦑🌎
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Mongabay launches dedicated Oceans Desk to expand global reporting on marine ecosystems
With increasing pressures from overfishing, habitat destruction, pollution and climate change, the health of the world’s oceans is imperiled. In response, Mongabay has launched a dedicated Oceans…
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Amanda Vincent @amandavincent.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Tell us about where you have seen our #IconicFishes (seahorses. pipefishes, pipehorses, seadragons, cornetfishes, trumpetfishes, bellowsfishes and ghost pipefishes) in artistic form. And have a go at capturing their magic in in your own making and creating!
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Amanda Vincent @amandavincent.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Myself, I think they are more gorgeous than scary. We have just completed a review of their biology... and are awaiting a verdict from the journal. #IconicFishes
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Amanda Vincent @amandavincent.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Air Canada says it "is the first airline in North America to obtain IATA’s Illegal Wildlife Trade (IWT) certification", making 11 key commitments to help disrupt the trafficking of wildlife. Read more here. www.aircanada.com/ca/en/aco/ho...
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Illegal Wildlife Trade
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Nick Dulvy @nickdulvy.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Want to know the shark and ray fisheries regulations in Europe, see handy link from the @sharktrust #Elasmo25 www.sharktrust.org/Pages/Catego...
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Fisheries Advisories
Each year we produce Commercial Fisheries Advisories in line with the latest UK and EU law. These provide rapid access to the current legislative status of sharks, skates and rays in UK, EU, and inter...
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Coast Funds @coastfunds.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
First Nations have announced three new marine refuges along British Columbia's North Coast, protecting sensitive habitat for salmon, herring, seabirds, and seals. 🌊 🔗 Read more: www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/17/n...
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Three Indigenous-led marine refuges established in waters off B.C.'s North Coast
All three sites have been established under an initiative meant to increase Indigenous-led marine conservation efforts on the West Coast, while also advancing reconciliation.
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Amanda Vincent @amandavincent.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Help @projectseahorse.bsky.social and @iucnseahorse.bsky.social get the world passionately excited about our #iconicfishes. Create and make... and tell us about others who create and make.
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Amanda Vincent @amandavincent.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
Please help excite people about our #IconicFishes.
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Indianapolis Prize @indianapolisprize.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
‼️REMINDER: 2027 Indianapolis Prize Award Entries 🏆 2027 Indy Prize Nominations 🌟 2027 Emerging Conservationists 📅Both close: Feb. 27, 20267 🔗Nominate or apply: bit.ly/46Sajxr
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Jan Geert Hiddink @jangeerthiddink.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Assessment of trawling impacts on 10 Vulnerable Marine Ecosystem indicator taxa (e.g. cold-water corals) across New Zealand waters show that 30 years of trawling reduced VME area by 20.8 %, with losses up to 40.7 % in some bioregions. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Sarah Foster @sarahjfoster.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Proud to be part of an amazing group of dedicated conservationists, working to save seahorses and their seas. See what we got up to in 2024...
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Amanda Vincent @amandavincent.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Hey, some #iconicfishes from Malaysia. Where have you spotted our wondrous fishes? www.iconicfishes.art
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Inspired by Iconic Fishes | Home
Calling on artists, makers, and dreamers to join a global arts movement that celebrates the wondrous lives of truly iconic fishes: seahorses, pipefish, seadragons, and their quirky cousins like ghost ...
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Amanda Vincent @amandavincent.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Spotted more of our #IconicFishes today. Would love to see some handknitted clothing with #seahorses! Read all about our arts movement for conservation... and consider what you might contribute, as a crafter, artist, musician, dancer, baker or maker! www.iconicfishes.art.
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Amanda Vincent @amandavincent.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
In a Letter to the Editor to Nature... four marine leaders call for an end to bottom trawling in MPAs tinyurl.com/3pnx952x
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Stop destructive fishing in marine protected areas | Nature
Letter to the Editor
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Iconic Fishes @iconicfishes.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Sharing #trumpetfish art inspired by #IconicFishes. This super cute Pacific trumpetfish was illustrated by Yuri Katayama. Feeling inspired, too? 🎨 Visit www.iconicfishes.art 💙💪 Together, let’s give these fishes the spotlight they deserve. 💪💙 #OceanArt #ArtforNature #ConservationArt
Drawing of three bright yellow trumpetfish.
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Amanda Vincent @amandavincent.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Passing through the shop @beatymuseum.bsky.social and spotted one of our #IconicFishes on a tea cloth/dish towel. Hooray for the wondrous seadragons. @iconicfishes.bsky.social Visit www.iconicfishes.art
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Sarah Foster @sarahjfoster.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
So many seahorses around Puerto Vallarta, Mexico - a place dear to my heart after spending a year near there living on board #bottomtrawlers for my PhD research. Perhaps our #iconicfishes can inspire a transition toward more sustainable fishing methods in the Gulf of California.
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Amanda Vincent @amandavincent.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
We need to spread the news that fish are indeed wildlife! "The fish [falling from the sky] damaged the windshield ... there was some confusion when [XX] tried to make the wildlife collision claim under her insurance, with one adjustor telling her fish isn’t wildlife" www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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'Scared the heck out of me': Falling fish smashes Sask. woman's windshield | CBC News
Of all the things that could smash a car’s windshield in Saskatchewan, a fish that fell from the sky is pretty low on the list of likely suspects. But that’s what happened to Marie Ahlstrom when she w...
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Amanda Vincent @amandavincent.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Hey look at the playground art at the #BCFerries terminal at Swartz Bay, British Columbia. Inspired by #IconicFishes @iconicfishes.bsky.social Love that kids waiting for the ferry are encountering seahorses.
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Amanda Vincent @amandavincent.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Definitive ‘A global assessment of #dugong status and conservation needs’, just released by The Convention of Migratory Species/UNEP/Dugong MOU. You can watch the excellent 7 minute synopsis here: youtube.com/watch?v=9qhsW0-dYfU&feature=youtu.be @sscmarine.bsky.social
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Helene Marsh Dugong launch Oct 12
YouTube video by JEM
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