Amanda Vincent
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"Amanda Vincent" is a Canadian marine biologist and conservationist, one of the world's leading experts on seahorses and their relatives. She holds the Canada Research Chair in Marine Conservation at the UBC Fisheries Centre at the University of British Columbia, Canada. Vincent co-founded and directs Project Seahorse, an interdisciplinary and international organisation committed to conservation and sustainable use of the world's coastal marine ecosystems.

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Not only are they magnificent creatures, but sea horses also represent a conversion of the world's most pressing conservation issues. The recovery of sea horses will indicate that our seas are becoming healthier.

Of the 32 species of sea horses in the world, only four have been studied underwater. We need to increase our most basic understanding of these fish ? how long they live and where their seasonal migrations are.

There is a lot of money to be had in the trade, ... Per kilogram, sea horses retail for more than the price of silver.