25th Anniversary Conservation Film

A new Great Hall film that will play daily will feature the Aquarium’s conservation programs and achievements over the past 25 years.

Credit: Aquarium of the Pacific / Katarina Plummer

The Aquarium has become a local leader in species and habitat conservation. Among the Aquarium’s many efforts are:

First to breed weedy sea dragons
Green sea turtle rehabilitation and release
Green sea turtle monitoring
Whale photo ID research
Vaquita porpoise conservation
Helped to protect and recover birds in the Northern Marianas Islands (Marianas Avifauna Conservation)
Sea jelly breeding
Participated in Great Lakes piping plover recovery
Sustainable seafood programs
Scientific diving monitoring and data collection
Reared, released, and monitored endangered white abalone
First to raise endangered giant sea bass
Participated in first release of giant sea bass back to the wild
Participated in largest wild shark survey ever done (FinPrint)
Beach and wetland habitat restorations
Monarch butterfly monitoring and habitat
Seabird rescues (oiled wildlife rescues and terns that fell from nesting barge)
Coral restoration (SECORE)
Pioneered shark artificial insemination
Raised and released endangered mountain yellow legged frogs
Engaged our visitors and community in conservation

25th Anniversary Celebration

Aquarium of the Podcific

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