Seahorse Cup

White’s seahorse cup

This cup honours the fragile and beautiful White’s Seahorse. Local to Sydney harbour it is only one of two endangered seahorses in the world. A collaboration involving SEA Life Sydney Aquarium, NSW Department of Primary Industries & Fisheries, Sydney Institute of Marine Science, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney Indigenous Gamay Sea Rangers and many volunteers has developed a successful captive breeding and release program. Baby seahorses (fry) are bred in the aquarium and regularly released into specially constructed habitat “hotels” in the harbour at Clifton Gardens and the nets in Clontarf. This encourages sea grass and seaweed to grow around the “hotel” helping to keep the populations of this delicate species safe.

Colours – natural porcelain, sea green