Submitted by: Sarah Foster
Seahorses are small fishes that are making a big difference to how we manage wildlife trade for sustainability. They were the first marine fishes brought under global export regulations, requiring 178 countries to prove that their seahorse exports are not harming wild populations. Failure to do so could mean trade bans. Our research builds in-country capacity for assessing sustainability of seahorse trade, by generating new information and frameworks for assessment, and by exploring management options. Our outputs are transferable to other marine fishes in trade, including the sharks and rays that have followed seahorses in coming under global export controls