Campaigns

SOS: Support Our SHOAL

Led by the aquarium hobby and established with OATA and Practical Fishkeeping’s support and guidance, SOS: Support Our SHOAL is a campaign designed to bridge the gap between the home aquarium community and impactful conservation of the world’s most threatened freshwater fish.

SOS: Support Our SHOAL provides a reliable channel for aquarists to direct vital funds to the freshwater species and ecosystems that need them most.

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SOS: Support Our Shoal is a rallying cry to those who care about what is happening to freshwater species and want to be part of the solution. SHOAL provides a reliable platform for the aquarium world to fund conservation projects that really work. This is a landmark time for the aquarium community, and collaborating with us is a demonstration that it is beginning to take conservation seriously.
Mike Baltzer, Executive Director, SHOAL
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Search for the Lost Fishes

All around the world, freshwater fish face multiple stressors that have caused populations to plummet and, for all kinds of reasons, once discovered species have fallen off our radar. These Lost Fishes are species that have gone unseen for years – even decades – and are feared possibly extinct. In order to save these species, we first need to find them.

SHOAL have worked closely with Re:wild to launch a freshwater fish-focused extension to their tremendously successful Search for Lost Species campaign. In collaboration with Re:wild and the IUCN-SSC Freshwater Fish Specialist Group, SHOAL has compiled a list of more than 300 fish species that are currently missing to science.

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