My own opinion

[Paulie069]

It’s my opinion that if I didn’t take the seahorses I find on my nets they would 100 percent die. Either gas bubble from being pulled up from bottom or a fish eating them on their way back to bottom when I put back in water. Or just be stepped on by crew member that didn’t see it. They blend in with deck. So if I bring them home and put them in a safe environment with no predators. Then good for them

 

[Peach02]

Where are you collecting them from it sounds like it is a high human traffic area but seahorses don't generally inhabit those areas

 

[Paulie069]

Where are you collecting them from it sounds like it is a high human traffic area but seahorses don't generally inhabit those areas

In the ocean on my boat. I do commercial fishing

 

[Peach02]

In the ocean on my boat. I do commercial fishing

They are probably gonna be fine living in the ocean, they evolved to live there and have been there for millions of years, as for being stepped on I don't know but predators get some and miss some, its natural

 

[rayjay]

It IS TRUE that survivor-ship in nature is low, it is definitely better than 0% or we would have NO seahorses left anymore. This is IN SPITE of the harvesting of these creatures for medical benefits perceived by a large population of the world, and for the making of curios to sell to the unknowing public.
In fact though, the survival rate there is a WAY BETTER than that of ones in the seahorse keeping hobby.