Amanda Vincent
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Mongabay launches dedicated Oceans Desk to expand global reporting on marine ecosystems news.mongabay.com/2025/11/mong... 🧪🦑🌎
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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November 12, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Mongabay launches dedicated Oceans Desk to expand global reporting on marine ecosystems news.mongabay.com/2025/11/mong... 🧪🦑🌎
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!
🌊 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
Take part 👉 www.iconicfishes.art/participate
November 5, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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!
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
🎃 Happy Halloween 🎃 With their eerie appearances, sneaky camouflage tricks, and names like Harlequin #GhostPipefish, these #IconicFishes are the perfect muse for your art this spooky season👻.
Learn more: www.iconicfishes.art/updates/what...
#InspiredbyIconicFishes #Art #Artists #OceanArt
Learn more: www.iconicfishes.art/updates/what...
#InspiredbyIconicFishes #Art #Artists #OceanArt
November 5, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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
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...
www.aircanada.com/ca/en/aco/ho...
Illegal Wildlife Trade
www.aircanada.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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...
www.aircanada.com/ca/en/aco/ho...
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Want to know the shark and ray fisheries regulations in Europe, see handy link from the @sharktrust #Elasmo25
www.sharktrust.org/Pages/Catego...
www.sharktrust.org/Pages/Catego...
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...
www.sharktrust.org
October 29, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Want to know the shark and ray fisheries regulations in Europe, see handy link from the @sharktrust #Elasmo25
www.sharktrust.org/Pages/Catego...
www.sharktrust.org/Pages/Catego...
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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...
🔗 Read more: www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/17/n...
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.
www.nationalobserver.com
October 22, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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...
🔗 Read more: www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/17/n...
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.
🌊 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
Take part 👉 www.iconicfishes.art/participate
October 27, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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.
Please help excite people about our #IconicFishes.
🌊 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
Take part 👉 www.iconicfishes.art/participate
October 25, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Please help excite people about our #IconicFishes.
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‼️REMINDER: 2027 Indianapolis Prize Award Entries
🏆 2027 Indy Prize Nominations
🌟 2027 Emerging Conservationists
📅Both close: Feb. 27, 20267
🔗Nominate or apply: bit.ly/46Sajxr
🏆 2027 Indy Prize Nominations
🌟 2027 Emerging Conservationists
📅Both close: Feb. 27, 20267
🔗Nominate or apply: bit.ly/46Sajxr
October 8, 2025 at 2:00 PM
‼️REMINDER: 2027 Indianapolis Prize Award Entries
🏆 2027 Indy Prize Nominations
🌟 2027 Emerging Conservationists
📅Both close: Feb. 27, 20267
🔗Nominate or apply: bit.ly/46Sajxr
🏆 2027 Indy Prize Nominations
🌟 2027 Emerging Conservationists
📅Both close: Feb. 27, 20267
🔗Nominate or apply: bit.ly/46Sajxr
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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...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
October 21, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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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...
We are excited to share "Achievements 2024", a recap of a year rich in action, collaboration, and momentum for advancing marine conservation with seahorses at the heart of our mission.
Dive in: projectseahorse.org/...
Dive in: projectseahorse.org/...
October 8, 2025 at 12:07 AM
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...
Hey, some #iconicfishes from Malaysia. Where have you spotted our wondrous fishes? www.iconicfishes.art
October 22, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Hey, some #iconicfishes from Malaysia. Where have you spotted our wondrous fishes? www.iconicfishes.art
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.
maker! www.iconicfishes.art.
October 22, 2025 at 4:48 AM
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.
maker! www.iconicfishes.art.
In a Letter to the Editor to Nature... four marine leaders call for an end to bottom trawling in MPAs
tinyurl.com/3pnx952x
tinyurl.com/3pnx952x
Stop destructive fishing in marine protected areas | Nature
Letter to the Editor
www.nature.com
October 18, 2025 at 1:33 AM
In a Letter to the Editor to Nature... four marine leaders call for an end to bottom trawling in MPAs
tinyurl.com/3pnx952x
tinyurl.com/3pnx952x
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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
💙💪 Together, let’s give these fishes the spotlight they deserve. 💪💙
#OceanArt #ArtforNature #ConservationArt
October 16, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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
💙💪 Together, let’s give these fishes the spotlight they deserve. 💪💙
#OceanArt #ArtforNature #ConservationArt
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
@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
October 17, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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
@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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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.
October 14, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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.
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/...
"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/...
'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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October 15, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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/...
"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/...
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.
October 14, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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.
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
Helene Marsh Dugong launch Oct 12
YouTube video by JEM
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October 14, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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
So sad that a marine cone snail (Conus lugubris) has just been declared Extinct on the #IUCNRedList. Being predatory and venomous was not enough to save it. Degradation of its Cabo Verde habitats was the main problem. www.iucnredlist.org/search?query...
October 13, 2025 at 10:17 PM
So sad that a marine cone snail (Conus lugubris) has just been declared Extinct on the #IUCNRedList. Being predatory and venomous was not enough to save it. Degradation of its Cabo Verde habitats was the main problem. www.iucnredlist.org/search?query...
Here's a great World Conservation Congress hybrid event on Friday at 3 am in New York and midnight in Vancouver. We will cover fungi, plants, fish and more in a bid to really indicate the huge scale of the trade... and its impacts. Co-hosted by @sscmarine.bsky.social
October 9, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Here's a great World Conservation Congress hybrid event on Friday at 3 am in New York and midnight in Vancouver. We will cover fungi, plants, fish and more in a bid to really indicate the huge scale of the trade... and its impacts. Co-hosted by @sscmarine.bsky.social
At the World Conservaiton Congress in Abu Dhabi. Here's a really important push to foster joined up thinking, research, management and policy. Co-hosted by @sscmarine.bsky.social @protectspecies.bsky.social and other partners. Supports Motion 20 already adopted by the @IUCN.
October 9, 2025 at 6:16 AM
At the World Conservaiton Congress in Abu Dhabi. Here's a really important push to foster joined up thinking, research, management and policy. Co-hosted by @sscmarine.bsky.social @protectspecies.bsky.social and other partners. Supports Motion 20 already adopted by the @IUCN.
So delighted by this gorgeous batik art inspired by our #IconicFishes. Share your sightings of the magical seahorses, pipefishes, seadragons, trumpetfish, cornetfish, bellowsfish and ghost pipefish. And consider creating your own art, too! Read more here: iconicfishes.art
🌊 Iconic fishes spotted in hand-painted Indonesian #batik! Scroll to see which of our quirky fishes make an appearance 👀
The artist certainly was inspired by our #IconicFishes 😉.
Feeling inspired, too? Take part 👉 www.iconicfishes.art
📸 Special thanks to our supporter for sharing this sighting.
The artist certainly was inspired by our #IconicFishes 😉.
Feeling inspired, too? Take part 👉 www.iconicfishes.art
📸 Special thanks to our supporter for sharing this sighting.
October 8, 2025 at 5:53 AM
So delighted by this gorgeous batik art inspired by our #IconicFishes. Share your sightings of the magical seahorses, pipefishes, seadragons, trumpetfish, cornetfish, bellowsfish and ghost pipefish. And consider creating your own art, too! Read more here: iconicfishes.art
Calling all artists, makers, creators, dreamers.... We'd love to you help inspire passion for our #IconicFishes. Whether you compose organ music, make potato prints, design jewellery, paint with oils, build driftwood sculptures or dance with delight... we would love you to take part in our movement.
Ever seen #seahorses, #pipefishes, #seadragons & their quirky cousins take centre stage in an arts movement? Now you have. 👉 Scroll through to discover what Inspired by Iconic Fishes is all about! 🔗Learn more www.iconicfishes.art
October 8, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Calling all artists, makers, creators, dreamers.... We'd love to you help inspire passion for our #IconicFishes. Whether you compose organ music, make potato prints, design jewellery, paint with oils, build driftwood sculptures or dance with delight... we would love you to take part in our movement.