Amanda Vincent

Canada Excellence Research Chairs: 2026 Competition The 2026 Canada Excellence Research Chairs (CERC) competition has now launched.

Hey. @ubcoceans.bsky.social is hiring for a Canada Excellence Research Chair in Ocean Ecological Modelling. Deadline 12 Sept. To join us, apply here: research.ubc.ca/federal-rese...

The woman saving seahorses from ‘annihilation fishing’ | CNN Scientists say catching fish by bottom trawling is destroying marine habitats. Amanda Vincent is on a mission to change that.

All this talk about #BottomTrawling reminds me of a 5 minute film I made with @cnn.com on how such destructive fishing affects seahorses. @projectseahorse.bsky.social
edition.cnn.com/2021/12/13/w...

YouTube video by Project Seahorse End Bottom Trawling - the waste of life is a disaster

If you want to #EndBottomTrawling as much as I do... here's our one minute video summary of some #BottomTrawling concerns. www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZ5X...
@projectseahorse.bsky.social Please repost.

Ocean damage 'unspeakably awful', Attenborough tells William Sir David Attenborough told Prince William he hopes the UN oceans conference will bring new protections.

I'm keeping exalted company just now ... at least in the news... as we all focus on #BottomTrawling @projectseahorse.bsky.social @ubcoceans.bsky.social www.bbc.com/news/article...

Some of our @projectseahorse.bsky.social research on #BottomTrawling is featured in this story. We have much more emerging, too, as we work to #EndBottomTrawling

Entertainment or emergency? Global leaders heed Attenboro... Naturalist David Attenborough’s film Ocean highlighted the destructive fishing practice of bottom trawling, which involves dragging the seabed with heavy...

So pleased to see that #BottomTrawling is rising rapidly up the #UNOC3 agenda. Our @projectseahorse.bsky.social work on #BottomTrawling is featured in today's story in ‪@theobserveruk.bsky.social. @ubcoceans.bsky.social observer.co.uk/news/oceans/...

We consulted co-Chairs of the @sscmarine.bsky.social taxon expert groups and they told about non-selective fisheries exerting huge pressures on their very diverse taxa, particularly from #BottomTrawls and #Gillnets. @projectseahorse.bsky.social

We must transition determinedly to #EndBottomTrawling,

More on the news from #UNOC3
•⁠ ⁠186,000 km² will be reserved for artisanal fishing out to 15 miles around each island.
•⁠ ⁠A one-year extension is granted to reach an agreement with industrial fishermen, with a view to reinforcing protection in the Marquesas and Austral islands by June 8, 2026.

News from #UNOC3: The entire exclusive economic zone (EEZ) of French Polynesia - 5 million km² - will be converted into a marine protected area (MPA), making it the largest MPA in the world. •⁠ ⁠1.1 million km² will be placed under strong protection status, equivalent to IUCN category 2

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My second talk yesterday was on "Why do fishers start, stay in and stop bottom trawl fishing in India?". Wonderful analysis by Roshni Mangar (with Sarah Foster & me). Generated much interest and offers ways forward. #OOS2025 @projectseahorse.bsky.social @ubcoceans.bsky.social

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It's been a long and wonderful day at #OOS2025. Sitting on our apartment balcony, watching lots of swifts fly over terracotta roofs.

Sadly, some ocean businesses had to close to allow #OOS2025 & #UNOC3 to take place in Nice's Port Lympia. So sorry. Let's give them some business next time we come to Nice.

Coralie Palmer & I are grinning wildly as gorgeous Norwegian tall ship Statsraad Lehmkuhl berths in Nice @ #OOS2025 Its crew of emerging ocean researchers were chanting with joy. Please please may we come aboard? @projectseahorse.bsky.social @ubcoceans.bsky.social @protectspecies.bsky.social

Our #OOS2025 poster on how #BottomTrawling is flying blind - we know so little about its ecological impacts - has attracted much interest. Joana diCapitani led on identifying huge knowledge gaps. Sarah Foster led on tallying affected fish species. @projectseahorse.bsky.social @ubcoceans.bsky.social

At #OOS2025, I am presenting our @projectseahorse.bsky.social work on (1) What happens when we ban #BottomTrawling (2) Why fishers engage with #BottomTrawling (3) How many fish species are caught in #BottomTrawling (4) Dangerous gaps in knowledge about #BottomTrawling. We have much more underway...

In honour of the UN Ocean Conference next week, Nice (France) is celebrating the Ocean all year. And our #IconicFishes are featured in public art. Seadragons and Ghost Pipefishes. What could be more glorious? #OOS2025 @projectseahorse.bsky.social @iucnseahorse.bsky.social @ubcoceans.bsky.social

My second talk yesterday was on "Why do fishers start, stay in and stop bottom trawl fishing in India?". Wonderful analysis by Roshni Mangar (with Sarah Foster & me). Generated much interest and offers ways forward. #OOS2025 @projectseahorse.bsky.social @ubcoceans.bsky.social

Yesterday, I was proud to talk on "What Happens to Marine Biota When We Stop Bottom Trawling?" Joana deCapitani, our PhD student led on this first-ever impressive global review (w Sarah Foster & me). Many people wanted to discuss. @projectseahorse.bsky.social @ubcoceans.bsky.social #OOS2025

At #OOS2025, the meetings are held at Port Lympia (NIce, France), right on the water, in temporary buildings. Inspirational venue.

Having a wonderful and informative time at the One Ocean Science Congress in Nice, France #oos2025.

Our latest study finds nearly 5 million seahorses smuggled across 60+ countries despite strict trade regulations — and that’s just the tip of the iceberg.

Read full story: projectseahorse.org/new-study-ex...

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