@sjanefoster

Tackling marine conservation problems as @UBCOceans Research Associate, @ProjectSeahorse Program Manager, @IUCNSeahorse global trade focal point. Views my own.

 Vancouver, BC
projectseahorse.org
Joined June 2011
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“We need to spend taxpayers’ money in ways that reinforce positive feedback from people to nature, and nature to people,” @DrRashidSumaila Millions of tonnes of dead animals: the growing scandal of fish waste theguardian.com/environment/…

Millions of tonnes of dead animals: the growing scandal of fish waste

Dumped at sea, lost on land or left to rot in shops and fridges, the global catch of fish is being wasted like never before – hurting not only the oceans but the nutrition of billions of people. Can...

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Sarah Foster retweeted
IMPAC5@IMPAC5Canada26 Apr 2022
✨IMPORTANT NEWS: NEW CONGRESS DATES!✨ #IMPAC5 will now take place 3-9 February 2023 in Vancouver, Canada. Help us spread the news by sharing this post!
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So glad our Op-Ed on this important issue got published. @UBCoceans #banscrubbers #nodumping Julia Fast, Joana De Capitani and Kathleen Gill: It's past time Canada banned dumping of ship scrubber discharge into our waters vancouversun.com/opinion/jul… via @VancouverSun
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Fish are amazing - especially #seahorses! Fun to feature in sharing these extraordinary fishy facts and a conservation message with @NatGeo featuring @projectseahorse @ZSLMarine and @coast4c. Saving seahorses helps save the seas.
National Geographic
@NatGeo11 Apr 2022
It's time we start paying more attention to seahorses on.natgeo.com/37BtWii
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It's time we start paying more attention to seahorses on.natgeo.com/37BtWii
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Our co-founder (& @NatGeo Explorer) @HeatherKoldewey talks about how #seahorses are a fish but also so un-fish-like Great video!! @IUCNSeahorse
National Geographic
@NatGeo11 Apr 2022
It's time we start paying more attention to seahorses on.natgeo.com/37BtWii
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Come work with me!!
Project Seahorse (@projectseahorse.bsky.social)@projectseahorse8 Apr 2022
Less than two weeks to go!! Apply to join us as a #WildlifeTrade Researcher, and work closely with @Sjanefoster to support work related to trade in #syngnathid fishes& other marine life. Position based in Vancouver BC. at our base @UBCoceans. Please share widely. Thanks.
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Less than two weeks to go!! Apply to join us as a #WildlifeTrade Researcher, and work closely with @Sjanefoster to support work related to trade in #syngnathid fishes& other marine life. Position based in Vancouver BC. at our base @UBCoceans. Please share widely. Thanks.
Project Seahorse (@projectseahorse.bsky.social)@projectseahorse4 Apr 2022
Do you have extensive experience in #WildlifeTrade research & analysis? Join us to advance research, management & policy related to TRADE in syngnathid fishes (seahorses, pipefishes and seadragons) & other marine wildlife. ubc.wd10.myworkdayjobs.com/e… Deadline 20 April 2022.
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(Daniel) Pauly concludes: “If bottom trawling were introduced today, it would never be allowed. The only reason it is tolerated is because it was introduced 200 years ago.” It is time to #EndBottomTrawling equaltimes.org/will-2022-mar… via @equaltimes

Will 2022 mark a turning point in the regulation or banning of bottom trawling?

A growing number of voices are calling for an end to what has been described as ‘the worst fishing technique in the world', bottom trawling. They are also calling for a profound transformation of...

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Will 2022 mark a turning point in the regulation or banning of bottom trawling? equaltimes.org/will-2022-mar… via @equaltimes #EndBottomTrawling

Will 2022 mark a turning point in the regulation or banning of bottom trawling?

A growing number of voices are calling for an end to what has been described as ‘the worst fishing technique in the world', bottom trawling. They are also calling for a profound transformation of...

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Calling all @ubcscience @ZoologyUBC and more students... We have three summer jobs available for international undergraduate students.
Amanda Vincent@AmandaVincent116 Mar 2022
Hey @UBC students. We have three summer jobs available for international students. See Careers Online: ubc-csm.symplicity.com and search for WLIURA postings on Trawling (897911), IUCN Red Listing (897916) & Library (898626). Deadline 20 March. @projectseahorse @UBCoceans
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Hey @UBC students. We have three summer jobs available for international students. See Careers Online: ubc-csm.symplicity.com and search for WLIURA postings on Trawling (897911), IUCN Red Listing (897916) & Library (898626). Deadline 20 March. @projectseahorse @UBCoceans
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Sarah Foster retweeted
SeaChoice@SeaChoice15 Mar 2022
Are you a skilled project manager with experience working in the environmental field? SeaChoice is looking for a national manager to lead and coordinate the partnership and program success. The deadline to apply is March 30th, 2022. seachoice.org/wp-content/upl…
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We have⭐️hopeful news⭐️on what may be the first quantitative analysis of how @CITES has influenced the international trade in marine fishes. @sjanefoster shares her thoughts here: projectseahorse.org/cites-ma… @UBCoceans 🧵 1/8 📸Joshua Feingold / Guylian SOTW
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One week to go!! Get those applications in. ow.ly/XVNV50Ifake
Project Seahorse (@projectseahorse.bsky.social)@projectseahorse9 Mar 2022
We're hiring a research assistant to support our research, management and policy activities in #marineconservation. Based in Vancouver, BC. Start as soon as possible. Deadline - midnight, March 21. Apply here ow.ly/XVNV50Ifake @UBCoceans @ubcscience
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⭐ Join our team! ⭐ Great opportunity for a Sygnathid Biologist to further the conservation of #seahorses, #pipefishes & #seadragons through research, expert collaboration & community engagement. projectseahorse.org/about-us… Deadline midnight, March 30, 2022. @UBCoceans @ubcscience

Join Our Team - Project Seahorse

We value excellence, ambition, diversity and idealism.  We love hearing from enthusiastic, dedicated and optimistic people about how we might work together.

projectseahorse.org
UBC Academic Positions@UBCAcademicJobs1 Mar 2022
Faculty position 👇 Research Associate - Conservation of Syngnathid fishes - apply by 30 Mar 2022 - thanks for the RT! @UBCoceans #facultyjobs #Science #sciencejobs #AcademicTwitter #BiologicalSciences #Zoology #STEM #Biology #researchjobs ubc.wd10.myworkdayjobs.com/e…
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We're hiring a research assistant to support our research, management and policy activities in #marineconservation. Based in Vancouver, BC. Start as soon as possible. Deadline - midnight, March 21. Apply here ow.ly/XVNV50Ifake @UBCoceans @ubcscience
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Hey! I can spot our very own @sjanefoster in that photo, can you? Sarah is @CITES in the name of all #seahorses and other marine species.
CITES@CITES8 Mar 2022
This time it's all the women delegates to #SC74 that wanted to wish you a very Happy International Women's Day! #InternationalWomensDay #IWD #InternationalWomensDay2022
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Sarah Foster retweeted
CITES@CITES8 Mar 2022
This time it's all the women delegates to #SC74 that wanted to wish you a very Happy International Women's Day! #InternationalWomensDay #IWD #InternationalWomensDay2022
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Join our team! We're hiring 3 positions, based in Vancouver Canada. ⭐ Wildlife trade researcher ⭐ Syngnathid research associate ⭐ Research assistant Details at projectseahorse.org/about-us… (see links under Staff ) Please share widely. Thanks!
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