Saving Seahorses to Save Seas (Free Virtual Event)

Amanda Vincent, Director and Cofounder, Project Seahorse; Professor, Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, The University of British Columbia

Amanda Vincent, the 2021 Indianapolis Prize winner, has dedicated her career to understanding and advocating for seahorses, which serve as a flagship species for a wide range of marine conservation issues. She is credited with bringing the world’s attention to the 44 known species of seahorses and with developing a collaborative approach to marine conservation that is also improving the status of many other marine fishes, such as sharks, rays, groupers, and eels. Hear how her determination and optimism is saving not only these iconic sea creatures but also our world’s oceans.

Presented by the Harvard Museum of Natural History and the Harvard Museums of Science & Culture in collaboration with the Indianapolis Prize of the Indianapolis Zoological Society, Inc.