sarahjfoster.bsky.social
Program Leader @ ProjectSeahorse.org; Senior Researcher @ 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.
👤 Joined on 07 October 2025
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@sarahjfoster.bsky.socialPleasure to chat to @drvanessapirotta.bsky.social for @mongabay.com about her latest: playing poacher with shark fins, 3D x-rays and AI to flag potential trafficking of marine animals. @scicommexcellence.nationalacademies.org
Show Post“Our biggest challenge in ocean conservation writ large is getting people to recognize fish as wildlife, the way they care about elephant ivory or rhino horn,” says @sarahjfoster.bsky.social "I am pleased to see papers like this try and shift that, and come up with solutions.”
Show Post️‼️The hidden pressures of bottom trawling. From seahorses to sharks, more than 3,000 fish species have been caught in bottom trawls, including many at risk of extinction, according to our latest study. Learn more: https://projectseahorse.org/bottom-trawling-catches-thousands-of-fish-species/
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Show Post🤔 Do you know how many marine fish species bottom trawls catch? Our new paper recorded nearly 3,000 species “Our estimates suggest the true number could be double that,” @sarahjfoster.bsky.social said. Great to see this covered by @mongabay.com Check it out here: news.mongabay.com/short-articl...
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