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IUCN SSC Seahorse, Pipefish and Seadragon Specialist Group
Overview and description
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This Specialist Group is dedicated to the conservation of seahorses, pipefishes, and seadragon — as well as related species such as trumpetfishes, cornetfishes, seamoths, shrimpfishes, and pipehorses ...
Group leadership
More about the Specialist Group
As the recognised global authority on seahorses, pipefishes, seadragons, and their relatives, we are dedicated to the conservation of these important fishes.
The IUCN SSC Seahorse, Pipefish and Seadragon Specialist Group (SPS SG) provides independent technical and scientific advice to governments and other groups to improve the conservation status of these species. We regularly assess the threat of extinction for these animals, undertake and publish research ...
MISSION
Promote the long-term conservation of the world's Syngnathiform (seahorses, pipefishes, seadragons, and their relatives) fishes through the illumination and alleviation of threats to wild populations and their ocean habitat.
Specialist Group work
Conservation Assessments
Develop conservation action plans for threatened species and examine the threat of extinction facing.
SPSSG on the IUCN Red List
To inform conservation efforts, SPSSG assesses species for the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
SPSSG Annual Report
Learn about SPSSG work and results.
SPSSG Annual Report 2021
SPSSG Annual Report 2020
SPSSG Annual Report 2019
SPSSG Annual Report 2018
SPSSG Annual Report 2016-2017
At a glance
Official name:
IUCN SSC Seahorse, Pipefish and Seadragon Specialist Group
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