Sarah Foster
@sarahjfoster.bsky.social
Program Leader @ ProjectSeahorse.org; Research Associate @ oceans.ubc.ca, The University of British Columbia; Focal Point for Global Fisheries and Trade @ iucn-seahorse.org. Goal - Save seahorses by constraining bottom trawling.
Side event today!
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
Learn more 👉 www.iucn-seahorse.org/cites
November 29, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Side event today!
Why decisions made at CITES CoP20 matter for seahorses: projectseahorse.org/why-decision...
Why decisions made at CITES CoP matter for seahorses - Project Seahorse
Insights from Dr Sarah Foster, Project Seahorse Program Leader, reporting from CoP20 in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. I’m honoured to be at the 20th meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endang...
projectseahorse.org
November 29, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Why decisions made at CITES CoP20 matter for seahorses: projectseahorse.org/why-decision...
I've arrived in Uzbekistan to represent @iucnseahorse.bsky.social at CITES CoP20. Two weeks of critical decision-making that will affect the over 40,900 species of animals and plants listed on the CITES Appendices - including all species of seahorse. cites.org/eng/news/pr/...
CITES Parties to deliberate potential listings of animals and plants in the CITES Appendices at the landmark World Wildlife Conference in Samarkand: CITES Secretariat Final Recommendations released | ...
Geneva, 15 October 2025 — With just over one month to go before the 20th World Wildlife Conference, the Secretariat of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and
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November 23, 2025 at 6:08 AM
I've arrived in Uzbekistan to represent @iucnseahorse.bsky.social at CITES CoP20. Two weeks of critical decision-making that will affect the over 40,900 species of animals and plants listed on the CITES Appendices - including all species of seahorse. cites.org/eng/news/pr/...
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Will you be at #CITESCop20? So will Dr. Sarah Foster
@sarahjfoster.bsky.social, our Focal Point for Global Fisheries and Trade. If you spot her, please say hello, & be sure to join our side event "Global Action for Seahorses" on 29 Nov!
👉 www.iucn-seahorse.org/cites
#CoP20Samarkand #Uzbekistan
@sarahjfoster.bsky.social, our Focal Point for Global Fisheries and Trade. If you spot her, please say hello, & be sure to join our side event "Global Action for Seahorses" on 29 Nov!
👉 www.iucn-seahorse.org/cites
#CoP20Samarkand #Uzbekistan
November 20, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Will you be at #CITESCop20? So will Dr. Sarah Foster
@sarahjfoster.bsky.social, our Focal Point for Global Fisheries and Trade. If you spot her, please say hello, & be sure to join our side event "Global Action for Seahorses" on 29 Nov!
👉 www.iucn-seahorse.org/cites
#CoP20Samarkand #Uzbekistan
@sarahjfoster.bsky.social, our Focal Point for Global Fisheries and Trade. If you spot her, please say hello, & be sure to join our side event "Global Action for Seahorses" on 29 Nov!
👉 www.iucn-seahorse.org/cites
#CoP20Samarkand #Uzbekistan
Reposted by Sarah Foster
Will you be at #CITESCop20? So will Dr. Sarah Foster
@sarahjfoster.bsky.social, our Program Leader & the Focal Point for Global Fisheries & Trade for @iucnseahorse.bsky.social.
Learn about the seahorse decisions up for discussion & why they matter 👉 www.iucn-seahorse.org/cites
#CoP20Samarkand
@sarahjfoster.bsky.social, our Program Leader & the Focal Point for Global Fisheries & Trade for @iucnseahorse.bsky.social.
Learn about the seahorse decisions up for discussion & why they matter 👉 www.iucn-seahorse.org/cites
#CoP20Samarkand
Will you be at #CITESCop20? So will Dr. Sarah Foster
@sarahjfoster.bsky.social, our Focal Point for Global Fisheries and Trade. If you spot her, please say hello, & be sure to join our side event "Global Action for Seahorses" on 29 Nov!
👉 www.iucn-seahorse.org/cites
#CoP20Samarkand #Uzbekistan
@sarahjfoster.bsky.social, our Focal Point for Global Fisheries and Trade. If you spot her, please say hello, & be sure to join our side event "Global Action for Seahorses" on 29 Nov!
👉 www.iucn-seahorse.org/cites
#CoP20Samarkand #Uzbekistan
November 20, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Will you be at #CITESCop20? So will Dr. Sarah Foster
@sarahjfoster.bsky.social, our Program Leader & the Focal Point for Global Fisheries & Trade for @iucnseahorse.bsky.social.
Learn about the seahorse decisions up for discussion & why they matter 👉 www.iucn-seahorse.org/cites
#CoP20Samarkand
@sarahjfoster.bsky.social, our Program Leader & the Focal Point for Global Fisheries & Trade for @iucnseahorse.bsky.social.
Learn about the seahorse decisions up for discussion & why they matter 👉 www.iucn-seahorse.org/cites
#CoP20Samarkand
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A glimpse of “Lament of the Ocean” inspired by #IconicFishes, created by #artists at Pangrok Sulap & a fishing community in Malaysia. 👀How many of our iconic fishes can you spot in this woodcut print?
✨Stay tuned for the full reveal.
🎨 Feeling inspired to create? Start here 👉 www.iconicfishes.art
✨Stay tuned for the full reveal.
🎨 Feeling inspired to create? Start here 👉 www.iconicfishes.art
October 10, 2025 at 3:27 AM
A glimpse of “Lament of the Ocean” inspired by #IconicFishes, created by #artists at Pangrok Sulap & a fishing community in Malaysia. 👀How many of our iconic fishes can you spot in this woodcut print?
✨Stay tuned for the full reveal.
🎨 Feeling inspired to create? Start here 👉 www.iconicfishes.art
✨Stay tuned for the full reveal.
🎨 Feeling inspired to create? Start here 👉 www.iconicfishes.art
when you really need a "dislike" button....
#ICYMI South Australia has experienced the largest recorded mass mortality of #leafyseadragons & #weedyseadragons. Thousands of these iconic fishes have died during an extended harmful algal bloom. Read more www.iucn-seahorse.org/news/2025/9/...
#SavingIconicFishes #Seadragon
#SavingIconicFishes #Seadragon
Thousands of seadragons dead in south Australia’s worst recorded harmful algal bloom — IUCN Seahorse, Pipefish & Seadragon
Over the past 7 months, South Australia has experienced the largest recorded mass mortality of leafy seadragons (Phycodurus eques) and weedy seadragons (Phyllopteryx taeniolatus). Thousands of these i...
www.iucn-seahorse.org
November 14, 2025 at 8:39 PM
when you really need a "dislike" button....
One of the issues being addressed for seahorses at the 20th CITES CoP in Uzbekistan is seahorse illegal trade. Learn more about the scale of the issues in this news article covering our paper on seahorse smuggling vancouversun.com/news/smuggli...
'This should raise flags': Smuggling seahorses a $29 million global industry, say UBC researchers
A UBC study found that nearly five million dried seahorses, used in traditional Chinese medicine, were seized at airports or in sea cargo.
vancouversun.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:35 PM
One of the issues being addressed for seahorses at the 20th CITES CoP in Uzbekistan is seahorse illegal trade. Learn more about the scale of the issues in this news article covering our paper on seahorse smuggling vancouversun.com/news/smuggli...
Excited to represent @iucnseahorse.bsky.social at the 20th CITES CoP in Samarkand, Uzbekistan (24 Nov–5 Dec 2025). Learn about the seahorse decisions up for discussion and why they matter: www.iucn-seahorse.org/cites
CITES action — IUCN Seahorse, Pipefish & Seadragon
www.iucn-seahorse.org
November 5, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Excited to represent @iucnseahorse.bsky.social at the 20th CITES CoP in Samarkand, Uzbekistan (24 Nov–5 Dec 2025). Learn about the seahorse decisions up for discussion and why they matter: www.iucn-seahorse.org/cites
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.
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...
I'm definitely biased, but this is my favourite of the #iconicfishes
🌊 First up in our #IconicFishes lineup: the magical seahorse.
🎶 One could even say it leads the orchestra of ocean’s quirkiest performers: Pipefish, Ghost Pipefish, Trumpetfish, Cornetfish, Bellowsfish, & Seadragon, the elegant dancer.
Stay tuned as they take centre stage in #InspiredByIconicFishes
🎶 One could even say it leads the orchestra of ocean’s quirkiest performers: Pipefish, Ghost Pipefish, Trumpetfish, Cornetfish, Bellowsfish, & Seadragon, the elegant dancer.
Stay tuned as they take centre stage in #InspiredByIconicFishes
October 7, 2025 at 10:31 PM
I'm definitely biased, but this is my favourite of the #iconicfishes
Excited that my first Blue Sky post is to share our new initiative which calls on artists of all kinds, in all places, to inspire love for our #iconicfishes. Looking forward to digging up some old seahorses in art photos to share with you soon.
🌊 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
Take part 👉 www.iconicfishes.art
October 7, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Excited that my first Blue Sky post is to share our new initiative which calls on artists of all kinds, in all places, to inspire love for our #iconicfishes. Looking forward to digging up some old seahorses in art photos to share with you soon.