Seychelles Seatizens

Seychelles Fish Identification Website and Database

[John Nevill @Seychellesharks]

Today I recorded the 36,000th shark on the artisanal catch database. The 10 most common species account for 98.7% of the sharks caught, the remaining 1.3% being made up of 15 species.

[Seychelles Seatizens @SSeatizens]

Forktail large-eye bream (Gymnocranius elongatus) - "sousout" - English River market (20/06/26). SeyCCAT-funded project: Establishing a baseline for the Lethrinid fishery. #SeyCCAT #gymnocraniuselongatus

[Seychelles Seatizens @SSeatizens]

First adult female of the season, scalloped hammerhead (sphyrna lewini). She birthed all pups before being hauled in. Monitoring the effectiveness of new shark protection laws in Seychelles. #saveourseasfoundation #ArtisanalFisheries #sphyrnalewini

[Seychelles Seatizens @SSeatizens]

A young smalltooth emperor (Lethrinus microdon) - "bek bek" - still displaying much of its living colouration, North mahe (19/06/26). SeyCCAT-funded project: Establishing a baseline for the Lethrinid fishery. #SeyCCAT #lethrinusmicrodon

[Seychelles Seatizens @SSeatizens]

The scalloped hammerhead (Sphyrna lewini) season has begun with the first adults being landed this week, Mahe (16/06/26).
Monitoring the effectiveness of new shark protection laws in Seychelles. #saveourseasfoundation #ArtisanalFisheries #sphyrnalewini

[Seychelles Seatizens @SSeatizens]

Today I recorded the 17th species under the #SeyCCAT Lethrinid project, the humpnose big-eye bream (Monotaxis grandoculis). SeyCCAT-funded project: Establishing a baseline for the Lethrinid fishery. #SeyCCAT #monotaxisgrandoculis

[Seychelles Seatizens @SSeatizens]

Mature female great hammerhead (Sphyrna mokarran) - "marto blan" - measured, weighed and tissue sample taken. SOSF-funded project: Monitoring the effectiveness of new shark protection laws in Seychelles. #saveourseasfoundation #ArtisanalFisheries #sphyrnamokarran

[Seychelles Seatizens @SSeatizens]

Young bull shark (Carcharhinus leucas) - "kilpa" - Mahe (16/06/26).
SOSF-funded project: Monitoring the effectiveness of new shark protection laws in Seychelles. #saveourseasfoundation #ArtisanalFisheries #carcharhinusleucas

[Vive con Propósito. @PropositoyVida]

Tomás Vega, ingeniero formado en el MIT, ha creado un dispositivo que permite a las personas con parálisis controlar teléfonos, tabletas y ordenadores solo con la lengua.

El dispositivo se coloca en el paladar y funciona como un trackpad inalámbrico.

[Seychelles Seatizens @SSeatizens]

The orange-striped emperor (Lethrinus obsoletus) - "poul kouve" - is one of the less common emperor's in the catch and is caught almost exclusively in the trap fishery. SeyCCAT-funded project: Establishing a baseline for the Lethrinid fishery. #SeyCCAT #lethrinusobsoletus

[Seychelles Seatizens @SSeatizens]

Moonfish (Mene maculata) - "line" - Mahe (13/06/26).

[Seychelles Seatizens @SSeatizens]

Bottlenose wedgefish (Rhynchobatus australiae) - "vyolon" - a priority species under this project, this specimen measured 242.5 cm TL, North Mahe (13/06/26). SOSF-funded project: Monitoring the effectiveness of new shark protection laws in Seychelles. #saveourseasfoundation

[Seychelles Seatizens @SSeatizens]

Working closely with artisanal fishers is the best way to develop sound management approaches. SOSF-funded project: Monitoring the effectiveness of new shark protection laws in Seychelles. These bull sharks were 18 months old full biometric details and weights were collected.

[Seychelles Seatizens @SSeatizens]

The longface emperor (Lethrinus olivaceus) - "bek long" - the largest lethrinid in the world reaches up to a metre in length. The largest recorded in the #SeyCCAT lethrinid project so far this year is 90.75 cm. The 4 shown here in measured between 71.5 -78cm. #lethrinusolivaceus

[Seychelles Seatizens @SSeatizens]

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[Seychelles Seatizens @SSeatizens]

Packet of lethrinids, LtoR: Sky (Lethrinus mahsena), smalltooth (L. microdon) and pinkear (L. lentjan) emperors, English River (11/03/26). SeyCCAT-funded project: Establishing a baseline for the Lethrinid fishery. #SeyCCAT #lethrinidae #BGF9

[Seychelles Seatizens @SSeatizens]

Perfect young specimen of the spottail shark (Carcharhinus sorrah), this species is the fourth most numerous in the artisanal catch. SOSF-funded project: Monitoring the effectiveness of new shark protection laws in Seychelles. #saveourseasfoundation #ArtisanalFisheries

[Sarahh @Sarahhuniverse]

Gyotaku, a traditional Japanese art of fish printing. Originating in 1800s, fishermen used it as a "natural photograph" to record the exact species and size of their trophy catches before the invention of modern photography. 🇯🇵🐟😍

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