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PROJECT SEAHORSE envisions a world with healthy and well-managed
marine ecosystems. Recognizedas the worlds preeminent authority on
seahorses and their immediate relatives, Project Seahorse is an
interdisciplinary, international organization committed to
conservation and the sustainable use of the worlds
coastal marine ecosystems.
Since its founding in 1996, Project Seahorse has used the iconic
seahorse to focus its efforts on collaborative
research and management, creating community-based initiatives
and stimulating action on international
policy development.
Examples of Project Seahorses work, innovation, and success
include:
conducting field research on seahorses and their relatives in 12
countries across six continents
publishing the first seahorse identification guide and
discovering nine new species
catalyzing the creation of 31 community-managed no-take marine
protected areas (MPAs) in the
Philippines and monitoring their effectiveness
establishing and mentoring a small-scale fishers alliance in the
Philippines that now implements
MPAs and encourages sustainable fishing
assisting Chinese medicine business groups in developing
voluntary codes of conduct for seahorse
imports to Hong Kong
Project Seahorse works in partnership with theZoological Society
of London (ZSL), UK, and theJohn G. Shedd
Aquarium, USA; the Project Seahorse Foundation for Marine
Conservation, Philippines, also plays an integral
role. Project Seahorse also recognizes a sustaining and
collaborating donor, Guylian Chocolates, since 1999.
More information: www.seahorse.fisheries.ubc.ca
Amanda Vincent, Director, Project Seahorse
604-827-5138, [email protected]
Larry Sproul, Development Director, UBC
604-827-5556, [email protected]
For opportunities to supportProject Seahorse, please
contact:
Spring 2010
Professor Amanda Vincent
Director,
Project Seahorse
The University of British Columbia
Dr. Heather Koldeway
Associate Director, Project Seahorse
Senior Curator for Aquariums,
Zoological Society of London, UK
A former geneticist, Dr. Koldeway holds a PhD from
the University College of Wales (Swansea) and a BSc
(Hons) in Biological Sciences from the University of
Plymouth. She chairs the European Aquarium
conservation breeding programs for fish and aquatic
invertebrates and is actively involved in severalinternational
panels on aquatic conservation. She is
also the IUCN Re-introduction Specialist Group Fish
Section Chair.
Prof. Vincent began researching seahorses as a PhD
candidate at Cambridge University, England, after
receiving a B.Sc. at the University of Western Ontario,
Canada. She is the first biologist to study seahorses
under water, document their extensive commercial
trade, and initiate a seahorse conservation project.She was
named a Leader for the 21
stCentury by TIME
magazine, in 1999.
